Moderation in all things – so don’t ditch the biscuits just yet | Julian Baggini

A Lancet study suggests that a ‘moderate’ carbohydrate intake is best. That’s all very well, but what does it mean?

In perhaps the least shocking news of the week, a study published in the Lancet has suggested that a moderate carbohydrate intake is preferable to a low- or high-carb diet. Once again, it seems that it has taken years of scientific study to prove what common sense already knew: everything in moderation.

If only it were that simple. Even common sense recognises that if “everything in moderation” is true then moderation also has its limits. I bet there were people happily puffing away on their Rothmans dismissing the early evidence that smoking was toxic, convinced that a mere half packet a day couldn’t be all that bad. And there aren’t many cuckolds who accept that a moderate amount of adultery is absolutely fine.

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