Flagpole wrote:
Tyrannosaurus Rexing,
You are using old data and old mantra.
Just so you know where this is all coming from (and more will follow), you should read Wheat Belly and Grain Brain -- and those two are just the start.
completely incorrect. I am far more up to date on any and all nutrition concepts than you are. Just because you occasionally read a best-seller capitalizing on the latest diet fad, or because you read an occasional nutrition blog or pop-science article, doesn't mean you are up to day on new "data." Not even close. I read the actual research. Old AND new. Constantly. You don't.
Here are *latest* recommendations from "Report of the DGAC on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans" (2010). This is based on comprehensive, exhaustive analysis on all nutrition research published in recent years. These came out AFTER everyone was declaring the "cholesterol hypothesis dead" and that it was "obvious" that even moderately high carb diets were detrimental to one's health. My comments will be inserted in the {*starred*} sections.
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Executive Summary
" Reduce the incidence and prevalence of overweight and obesity of the US population by reducing overall calorie intake and increasing physical activity. {*obesity is much more about calories than it is about carb intake. You've drunk the kool-aid on this issue*}
• Shift food intake patterns to a more plant-based diet that emphasizes vegetables,cooked dry beans and peas, fruits, whole grains, nuts, and seeds. {* these are almost all high-carb foods. You say: emphasize meat. People that know BETTER THAN YOU say don't. I have no problem with some meat consumption, nor do they, but you are wrong to say that meat should be the emphasis of any healthy diet*}
In addition, increase the intake of seafood and fat-free and low-fat milk and milk products and consume only moderate amounts of lean meats, poultry, and eggs.
{* again: limit sat fat intake and cholesterol. THAT's the message}
• Significantly reduce intake of foods containing added sugars and solid fats because these dietary components contribute excess calories and few, if any, nutrients. In addition, reduce sodium intake and lower intake of refined grains, especially refined grains that are coupled with added sugar, solid fat, and sodium.
{*take home message: sugar is not toxic, but there are much better choices because sugar-foods contain lots of calories INCLUDING often lots of fat. It's more about the empty calories, and not the sugar per se.*}
In order to reduce the population’s burden from CVD and T2D and their risk factors, the preponderance of the evidence indicates beneficial health effects are associated with several changes in consumption of dietary fats and cholesterol. These include limiting saturated fatty acid intake to less than 7 percent of total calories and substituting instead food sources of mono- or polyunsaturated fatty acids. Other beneficial changes include limiting dietary cholesterol to less than 300 mg per day, but aiming at further reductions of dietary cholesterol to less than 200 mg per day in persons with or at high risk for CVD or T2D, and limiting cholesterol-raising fats (saturated fats exclusive of stearic acid and trans fatty acids) to less than 5 to 7 percent of energy.
{* HIGH SAT FAT AND CHOLESTEROL DIETS ARE STILL CONSIDERED UNHEALTHY DIETS. this is not "old mantra", but the most recent opinion of majority of experts. Unsat fats are healthy. Sorry that "Wheat Belly" (lol!) didn't tell you that*}