Following on Peter Attia’s lecture from earlier this week, Gary Taubes lucidly explains in ten minutes how bad science led to poor governmental policy on nutrition.

When you have a spare hour, this Peter Attia, M.D. lecture on how dubious governmental dietary policies arose from research that was not based on well-controlled science is well worth a listen.

Dr. Peter Attia: The limits of scientific evidence and the ethics of dietary guidelines — 60 years of ambiguity from Peter Attia on Vimeo.