New Dietary Guidelines: Confusing GWilkerson02/20/2015 Plant Based Nutrition
New Dietary Guidelines The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee released its report on what Americans should eat. The Guidelines will be the basis for all federal programs, including school lunches. Neal Barnard, M D posted his views on the new dietary guidelines of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee:
New Dietary Guidelines: The Good, the Bad, and the Downright Confusing I am just putting the highlights from his blog post.. Read all of it. A Step Forward The report is a big step forward for Americans eating The SAD – (Standard American Diet). The report singled out vegetarian diets as one of three healthful diet patterns. The report was a rebuke for those who suggest that saturated (“bad”) fat, common in meat and dairy products, is somehow not a danger. The report deleted “lean meat” from its list of favored foods. The report breaks new ground in reporting on food’s relationship to environmental health, which in turn affects human health.
Trouble spots: The report suggested that cholesterol in foods is not a major danger. The Committee report recommends fish, despite frequent contamination with mercury and PCBs, and despite evidence that vegetarians who avoid fish and shellfish are slimmer and have less risk of diabetes. The report continued to recommend dairy products, despite evidence that they do not “build strong bones” or protect against fractures. The Physician Committee’s own recommendations, represented graphically in The Power Plate (www.ThePowerPlate.org), focus on whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and legumes as dietary
staples. Just add a handful of raw nuts per day for optimal health. Walnuts provide a source of Omega-3 fatty acids for brain, cardio and immune functions.
PCRM Power Plate We can see where the dairy money has influenced this report! There is still time for the beef and egg/chicken industries to do likewise. The Dietary Guidelines Report Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee The PDF is 11.3 mb, or read multiple individual files. In facebook, Janice Stanger, Ph.D posted this status: “Anyone who tells you it’s healthy to eat meat, fish, dairy, or eggs is living in an alternate universe. That is, a universe not governed by the same laws of physics, chemistry, and biology that the rest of us have to follow.” For suggesting dairy intake this committee must be in an alternate universe itself!
Plant-Strong food From NBC News:
New Diet Recommendations: More Veggies, Less Fat — But Eggs Are OK
“On average, the U.S. diet is low in vegetables, fruit and whole grains and too high in calories, saturated fat, sodium, refined grains and added sugars.” Americans eat too little vitamin D, calcium, potassium and fiber and eat way too much fat and salt. These bad eating habits are making us sick. “About half of all Americans have one or more preventable chronic diseases that relate to poor dietary patterns and physical inactivity, including cardiovascular disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes and diet-related cancers,” the report says. “More than two-thirds of adults and nearly one-third of children and youth are overweight or obese.” Many foods can and do raise cholesterol and they should be limited. They include saturated fat, including the fat found in meat and dairy products as well as palm oil (and coconut oil). Conclusion I suggest using PCRM’s dietary guidelines, or Whole Plant-Based food recommendations from a growing number of physicians, dietitians and others, including The Plant Based Pharmacist. Follow this; or other plant-based blogs for your dietary guidelines information.. choose carefully who you trust for dietary guidelines. For me, this new set of dietary guidelines is certainly an improvement, though they should also eliminate dairy and fish, along with ALL other animal products.
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