As the author of the _Nutrients_Catalog_, I feel compelled to point out that fat and essential fatty acids are not the same thing. They are both essential nutrients, and human nutrition can be damaged by a deficiency in either.
> All this anti-fat hysteria is going around, and people are forgetting some
basic
> fact. Fats are called essential fatty acids for a good reason. You need
fat in
> your diet every day, and without fat you will die.