Originally Posted by lurkingforacure

Thank you for this, Olsen. We had extremely low cholesterol for years pre-PD, and thought this was such a good thing. It's sad that fat has been wrongfully villanized. I wonder how many sick people would be healthy today if they had eaten more healthy fats.

I think in hindsight society is going to look back and realize fats are crucial for brain health and the horrible starchy, sugary diet the world is increasingly eating instead of healthy (and plentiful) fats and vegetables is the cause of many illnesses. As the US food pyramid has incredibly shifted to now advocate 9-11 daily servings of grain (look at the food pyramid of the 1950s compared to today), diabetes rates (and other chronic illnesses) have skyrocketed. Crazy.