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Events200 Canadian doctors demand lower-carb dietary guidelines!
December 15 2016 by Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt, MD![Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt, MD]()
in The food revolution
in The food revolution 
The fat-phobic, high-carb dietary advice, that has been given for decades has been an enormous failure, and given the ever-increasing rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease, there is urgent need for a change.
Almost 200 doctors in Canada have now signed a petition for the government to change the dietary advice, and to include a low-carb option for people who could benefit. Two of the 200 doctors are Dr. Jason Fung and Dr. Jay Wortman:
Nutrition@hc-sc.gc.ca
Info@hc-sc.gc.ca
Consultations@ipsos.com
If LCHF worked for you or a loved one, TELL THEM YOUR STORY!! The folks at Health Canada - Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion need to know. If we don't tell them, they will not learn.
#1. Governments are really run by lobbyists and the lobbying firms that created this mess back in the 1970s with the US Senate Select Committee on Nutrition & Human Needs are a much bigger influence on government policy than we can ever hope to be.
#2. If government were not the authority on nutrition, then (and I know this is a scary thought because it requires that you accept that people will eventually come to the right source) DietDoctor.com will eventually become the authority on nutrition by our success.
More reliable and evidence-based resources on nutrition for health are nutritionfacts.org and pcrm.org. I do agree that people should avoid heavily processed foods i.e. "carbs" according to your reductionist approach. But otherwise, one can expect long-term to feel less well on a ketotic diet of high fat, low carb. This is the Atkins, South Beach, or paleo diet by another name... allows us to feel good about eating terrible food and our bad habits. They allow for weight loss in the short-term, but how many are on these diets for more than a few months?
Your propaganda is the joke around here...the human body has no need for carbohydrates other than a tiny amount for the brain which the body can manufacture.
And why are you so angry?...such venomous spew. Chill out...go eat a piece of bacon, it will calm down your hystrionic lashings.
Oh, yeah. Here's an example of a successful society...episode aired on Supersizers where a brother and sister team ( Giles and Sue) tested eating an Elizabethan diet (according to first cookbook published in UK). At the end of the week, Giles lost 3 kg and Sue lost 4 kg. The common diet in UK in the past was fatty pork, meat and foul...and lots of it!
https://www.youtube.com/all_comments?gl=UG&hl=en-GB&v=rGGH0...
I did read the article. I would note and remind people that Canadian physicians normally get maybe three hours on diet in medical school, and it normally emphasizes the Canada Food Guide (I know, I experienced this myself firsthand).
Tim: There is evidence that we may have a specific taste bud for carbohydrates. Would this cause you to question your world view? Just curious.
Apicus: I admit, it did not occur to me how rabid people would be in their response to my note. That was foolish of me, given that one may find people who are incredibly defensive regardless of the way of eating (WOE) or diet they are following. I don't think that makes me a joke, though, and I wish you good health nonetheless.
Hi Aaron, we can agree that the ideal way of eating involves less processed foods and added sugars. I'd suggest though that by subsidizing meat and dairy, our governments have been pushing those for far too long, in the face of overwhelming evidence of harm.
Dr. Wortman, pcrm does have an arm that is against animal testing. However, it also has an arm that provides evidence-based information about reversing DM2, reducing cholesterol, resolving migraines, etc. The studies on this website seem to be funded on occasion by organizations like the Atkins foundation, and perhaps were designed with bias in mind (in one of them, the low-fat group had consumption of 26% dietary fat!! That is not low-fat... but it will sway a study in the right direction.)
Best of luck to everyone in their pursuit of improved health. I do suggest giving the cited research articles a much closer read, looking for validity and bias. I did think this article was a joke, although perhaps this just goes to show how much Canadian medical schools need to up their game when it comes to teaching nutrition. No wonder patients don't know who to trust.
I doubt that, carbs aren't even a necessary nutrient. In any case, I don't miss them in the least...animal and dairy fat, avocado and olive oil provide all the taste I need.
Last time I took a full blood panel the doctor was shocked how good it was.
Thank goodness we have Dr Eenfeldt and his diet doctor team, and I am equally thankful for Dr Wortman and Dr Fung. They helped me to be where I am today. I am also thankful for the intelligence, courage and collaboration that the 200 Canadian doctors showed. They are not swayed by hidden agendas and lobbyists and activist groups like PETA and PCRM vegan activists...who care about nothing else but their own tunnel-vision political agenda.
These 200 Canadian doctors are working towards a common goal of advancing real food (over processed junk), which will have a huge positive impact on diabetes, obesity...and ultimately the escalating cost of healthcare...there are two big wins here...(1) the health of Canadians, and (2) the Canadian economy.
I'm sure you are going to enjoy reading this next bit of juicy news...a news report just came out on Global news that the Canadian military personnel are experiencing extremely high rates of obesity, citing "based on self-reported height and weight, 49 per cent of personnel were classified as overweight and another 25 per cent were classified as obese,” the report reads.
You can read the news article here:
http://globalnews.ca/news/3017931/report-suggests-three-quarters-of-c...
Isn't that interesting, Jen? I wonder what sort of treatment and nutritional advice the Canadian armed forces are getting from the doctors serving in the military. Me thinks Health Canada, Office for Nutrition Policy and Promotion will have no choice but look into what's going on in there.
When it comes to the research, I don't know a lot about it. But I know that even with as low as 26% fat the higher fat, lower carb did better. If low fat (10%? 20?) is the best, then the lower fat should always be better than the high fat, at least to my logic.
There is a lot of evidence that shows that people ate fatty foods and meats in the past. Just like someone pointed out the Inuits who ate basically nothing but fat. They are lean, though with your world view they should be obese and miserable. Our bodies don't need dietary carbohydrates, I am sure you know this. So eating a diet that is based around them doesn't make much sense.
I urge you to open your mind and see what is in front of you, right here, on this site. People getting healthy with a diet that isn't supposed to have any benefit for their health. It shouldn't be possible. Then how come it's happening?
Here in Canada what is important is:
1) Fight climat change even Canada is a carbon sink with is huge forests.
2) Fight the virtual Russian agression
3) Overthrow Bashar al-Assad
4) Legalized marijuana
5) Stall or cancel resource projects
6) etc.
Unfortunate for the torture Dr Annika went through as an LCHF pioneer...but, Sweden did eventually make the breakthrough. Not to say that they are 100% there....but, at least a huge step forward. That is to say that any doctor or dietician in Sweden who offers LCHF advice I believe would not undergo prosecution like Dr Fettke or Prof Noakes.
Very disturbing Andreas....
Where is the hammer and sickle? It's not there. That's the symbol for communism.
A raised fist is fighting for what you believe in as a group (ie 200 doctors)....nothing to do with communism.
Teach people to independently care for themselves and we don't need a bunch of doctors going hat in hand to the nanny authority. This like asking the fox to fix the predator problem...didn't happen in Sweden, the dietary guidelines are same as always, with 'special permission' to treat metabolic issues with low carb...and won't happen in Canada.
I have been reading through the comments here and on Facebook and haven't seen any similar reaction on this picture.
But just to make it clear the picture is NOT meant to demonstrate a symbol of Communist solidarity!
I have been a type 2 diabetic for 25 years. I gained 55 lbs and became diabetic because I bought into the idea that was preached starting 50 years ago, don't eat fat, eat carbs.
I lost all the weight and am able to easily keep it off with this diet. I simply cut out all forms of sugar, flour, potatoes and rice. I eat all the fruits and vegetables I want. Some protein in the form of meat, cheese, eggs. I eat full fat, sugar free yogurt to which I add flax seed, Hi maize 260 resistant starch fiber. Fiber keeps you full and sets you free and doesn't raise blood sugar.
I also use gelatin each day, as it also keeps hunger in remission. I don't count calories or carbs.
after 25 years I have none of the complications of type 2 diabetes. I am in perfect health at 78 years old.