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Mona Charen describes the debate in the National Review<\/a>, and this weekend the article that caused all the fuss was in the Wall Street Journal, by Nina Teicholz<\/a>. \u00a0 Is she right? \u00a0It wouldn\u2019t be the first time that conventional wisdom was proven wrong. \u00a0It wasn\u2019t that long ago that papers reported that the 8 glasses of water a day requirement was a myth, and that sodium is just fine for healthy people. \u00a0But typically, when someone comes out swinging against the conventional wisdom, the conventional wisdom is still right \u2014 for instance, the anti-vaccine crowd or the anti-GMO protesters are cases where the crusaders are wrong, sometimes even, literally, dead wrong.<\/p>\n

And here\u2019s an article which someone in the Charen piece\u2019s comment section linked to: \u00a0\u201c Is ADHD Caused by Insufficient Dietary Fat?<\/a>\u201d \u00a0This is by a researcher at MIT, though she disclaims any connection to her MIT research in the article, and I have no idea whether it is related to her specialized field of study. \u00a0Her basic conclusion is this: \u00a0\u201cI believe that symptoms will improve slowly over time if the child\u2019s diet is simply adjusted to include more meats, eggs, fish, and high-fat dairy, while minimizing the consumption of empty carbs.\u201d \u00a0Should I make an effort to make eggs for the kids in the morning more often? \u00a0Or is that just wishful thinking?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"