The process behind the dietary guidelines is broken, says National Academies of Medicine

How is it possible that official dietary guidelines still promote an obsolete low-fat diet, despite the lack of scientific support? Here’s one possible answer.

The process behind the dietary guidelines is faulty at its core and needs to change, says a new report by the National Academies of Medicine. The Nutrition Coalition completely agrees in a comment:

I sincerely hope that as a country this report will put us on a path towards science-based and effective guidelines that help, not hurt, our overall well-being.

I find my patients get healthier — lose weight and even reverse their diabetes — by doing what the current science says, which is the complete opposite of what the Guidelines tell them. It’s obvious to me, as a practitioner, that these Guidelines do not reflect the best and most current science.
– Dr. Sarah Hallberg, executive director of the Nutrition Coalition

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