Last week, I went to the talk given by Dr. Jonathan Robins about fats. Firstly, I want to say that I really appreciate him making the drive all the way to Ithaca in spite of the snow. However, I wish there could have bit more of a plan for the presentation. After his introduction about fats and why he was here speaking about them, he opened up the discussion to Q&A, which made for a short session. I think it would have been better to have slides and an overarching theme for the 1 hour talk.

In spite of this, I found it interesting how Dr. Robins pointed out that there wasn’t concrete evidence for one fat being better than the other. It was also interesting how the different companies would run campaigns against other companies, claiming that one fat was bad for you while theirs was not. It makes one realize it’s important to consider the scientific facts behind food in making good judgements about what is actually beneficial to your health.