ironpony
Professional Pot-Stirrer
I don't think "they" shifted "blame" as much as the sugar industry used the argument being made in medicine that all fats were the root cause of coronary disease to position their products as part of the replacement for fats in prepared foods.i got an excerpt from one site:
But conspiratorial tales, when not grounded in strong evidence, can pose a real danger to our ability to make good public health policies and understand how science actually works. Stories about clandestine payoffs and corporate cover-ups by definition suggest that some scandalous truth was being hidden (e.g., sugar is the real devil, not fat!). The act of uncovering apparent greedy meddling can provide a powerful stimulant to action (e.g., the sugar industry tricked us—we won’t get fooled again!).
The Made-Up Story About How Big Sugar Shifted the Blame to Fat
As much as 100% fat free food was pushed starting 40 years ago, you'd think we'd be living a million years now. Instead, we now have an epidemic of diabetes, as well as coronary disease - and the rates of occurrence of coronary disease haven't improved.
Chuck the sugar... eat bacon!

The Shady History of Big Sugar
Big Sugar Vs Your Body
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