is not clear whether Dr Campbell addresses the type of situation that exists with the Masai. Of course, it might be difficult to defend his conclusions as "scientifically" derived if he didn't examine the lack of these diseases.
highly correlated variables do not mean that one causes the other. correlation does not imply causation, to establish causation, a designed experiment must be run.
googling the masai, and found this...of some interest...(take it for what its worth)
(i tend to think eating oh....say ....nutter butters... with their plant based trans fats are for more hazardous to one's health than a filet mignon<g>)
diabetes-normalsugars.com
Other research on trans fats
Enig and the University of Maryland group were not alone in their efforts to bring their concerns about the effect of partially hydrogenated fats before the public. Fred Kummerow at the University of Illinois, blessed with independent funding and an abundance of patience, carried out a number of studies that indicated that the trans fats increased risk factors associated with heart disease, and that vegetable-oil-based fabricated foods such as Egg Beaters cannot support life.38 George Mann, formerly with the Framingham project, possessed neither funding nor patience—he was, in fact, very angry with what he called the Diet/Heart scam. His independent studies of the Masai in Africa,39 whose diet is extremely rich in cholesterol and saturated fat, and who are virtually free of heart disease, had convinced him that the lipid hypothesis was “the public health diversion of this century. . . the greatest scam in the history of medicine.” He resolved to bring the issue before the public by organizing a conference in Washington DC in November of 1991. |
