James Delingpole James Delingpole

The big fat lie about cholesterol

A gigantic scare that lasts for decades because the experts are too embarrassed to back down. Remind you of anything?

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issue 21 June 2014

Though I’m not generally big on banning stuff, there’s one substance I would prohibit without a moment’s hesitation — probably on pain of death if that’s what it took because clearly, where vanquishing monstrous evil is concerned, no sanction is too extreme.

I’m talking, of course, about the devil’s semen: semi-skimmed milk.

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