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EventsThe US Dietary Guidelines Expert Committee Said to be “Completely Dissociated” From the Top Level Scientific Community
Professor Arne Astrup
CardioBrief: Second Opinion on BMJ Dietary Guideline Takedown
Here are the quotes from Professor Arne Astrup:
…the committee seems to be completely dissociated from the top level scientific community, and unaware of the most updated evidence. There are now several new meta-analyses of both observational studies and also of randomized controlled trials clearly showing that there is no benefit of reducing saturated fat in the diet. All analyses and research can be criticized, but these meta-analyses have been published in leading scientific journals typically after critical reviews by three to five independent scientists (including a statistician), and by expert editors, so they cannot and should not be dismissed so easily.”
Equally important, wrote Astrup, is “that the scientific studies that were the basis for the ‘cut down on saturated fat’ recommendations have been re-evaluated, and it is quite clear that today we would have concluded that there is no robust evidence to substantiate the advice.”
“The same,” he continued, “applies to the importance of carbohydrate amount and source. Reducing total carbs or selecting the low glycemic index carbohydrates are well documented tools to produce weight loss and treat type 2 diabetes, and there is quite good evidence for efficacy and safety.”
Comment
It’s quite clear there are big changes coming to the field of nutrition, and the old & moldy fear of fat is dying. Only question now is how long it’s going to take. Will the stalwart defenders of this failed idea make it to their retirement, or not, before it’s “game over” for them?
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I hear this not only from the government employee RD, but also my Urologist AND my Nephrologist..all promote the LOW FAT diet with lots of "heart healthy" carbs. So in order to save myself (and my Stage 4 CKD kidney) I must remain "non-compliant" with my LCHF diet. Consuming 50 grams carbs per meal, following their "myHealthyPlate" has NEVER worked for me, despite strict adherence, 16 months of that diet resulted in a weak ~8 lbs loss! But on the same calories and <30 grs carbs a day, with 110 gr fat I dropped 30 pounds in 5 months almost easily.
The dietician put me on an even lower fat diet and my lipids got WORSE. I was accused of "failing to comply" with the diet when actually the diet was failing to comply with ME - and with at best a large minority and at worst the majority of the population.
Even some of our fat doctors and nurses probably accuse themselves of "failing to comply" with their own diet . . . and of course the likes of Dr Eenfeldt are just "cranks on the internet", along with Ron Krauss, Gerald Reaven, Eric Westman, Jeff Volek, Stephen Phinney and everyone else who is disregarded as part of what is laughably called "evidence based medicine"