This is part 2 of my article on the critics and their comments on my previous posts on the changes to the new US food guidelines and food pyramid:
Some of the craziest comments from critics I’ve seen and experienced even on my recent posts on the topic of the recent changes to the US food guidelines and food pyramid, is the belief that meats and animal foods are unnecessary, unhealthy or even dangerous, and are the cause of heart disease, diabetes, cancers, and other health issues. And so they shouldn’t even be on the food pyramid.
Let’s think about this a bit more and take a common modern western meal to use as an example – the humble hamburger meal. So we have a bun with meat, some salad, sauces, and a side of chips/fries and a soft drink (or “soda” for those in the US!). ALL of this was valid under the previous food guidelines and food pyramid, along with chocolate, sweets, donuts, pizza, ice cream, coke, and more! What we have in reality in this meal is a highly processed high carb grain-based bun exposed to many agricultural chemicals from farming, with artificial preservatives and additives, artificial vitamins (because the natural ones were destroyed in their processing), inflammatory gluten, and even added sugar, with a variety of high carb sauces with artificial ingredients and additives, colourings and preservatives, high carb chips/fries cooked in toxic and oxidised seed oils and carcinogenic acrylamide, to be chased down with an extremely high carb sugary drink (or artificial sweetener ingredients, which are even worse for you than the sugar/HFCS drinks!) with more artificial colourings, additives and preservatives.
Oh, but it’s the MEAT which is to blame for the epidemics of heart disease, diabetes and cancers?!
Really?! Are you insane?
You CANNOT blame the meat on the hamburger for the inflammation, oxidative damage, or symptoms that the carbs/sugar, artificial chemicals, toxic oils, and other processing causes to your body and your health!
The new food guidelines and food pyramid focus on eating “REAL FOOD”, which includes meats, healthy fats, vegetables and some fruit. And less of, or none of, the highly processed crap. So that is why it doesn’t include recommendations from processed food companies, or junk food companies, and grain/cereal companies! And that’s a good thing!
Meats and animal foods don’t cause heart disease, diabetes or cancers!
The ironic thing is that it’s mostly plant foods which do cause these epidemics of chronic diseases! High carb and sugar diets most certainly cause heart disease, diabetes and cancers. And these highly processed foods come from plants. Meats with their healthy fats and cholesterol, do not cause these chronic health issues. Meats are the foods with the highest nutrient density for protein, vitamins, minerals, and healthy fats. Far more than plant foods, especially in terms of the amounts and bioavailability of the nutrients per gram. And we’ve been eating animal foods forever in history, but we’ve only seen these health epidemics in the last 50 years! Coinciding with the introduction of and availability of highly processed foods.
There’s also the ironic and amusing use of the word “plant” when it comes to food processing, being made in an industrial plant or factory! Any “food” which is highly processed or packaged, and made in a plant/factory perhaps shouldn’t be eaten. Even if it does originally come from a real biological plant!
I’m not suggesting that you shouldn’t be eating plant foods! But I am pointing out the irony in the beliefs of many people that plant-based options are better and healthier, or that meats or animal foods are unnecessary or unhealthy or cause disease, because they don’t.
But sadly, because of past biased food guidelines and diets, corrupt industry/organisations, poor quality studies, social media and influencers, and other factors, people are confused as to what is healthy or not. It looks like the times are finally changing, starting with the US in their official new food guidelines and recommendations. Let’s hope people do start following the new guidelines, and organisations too, and that we see real reductions in these chronic health issues.
Stay healthy!
Some of the craziest comments from critics I’ve seen and experienced even on my recent posts on the topic of the recent changes to the US food guidelines and food pyramid, is the belief that meats and animal foods are unnecessary, unhealthy or even dangerous, and are the cause of heart disease, diabetes, cancers, and other health issues. And so they shouldn’t even be on the food pyramid.
Let’s think about this a bit more and take a common modern western meal to use as an example – the humble hamburger meal. So we have a bun with meat, some salad, sauces, and a side of chips/fries and a soft drink (or “soda” for those in the US!). ALL of this was valid under the previous food guidelines and food pyramid, along with chocolate, sweets, donuts, pizza, ice cream, coke, and more! What we have in reality in this meal is a highly processed high carb grain-based bun exposed to many agricultural chemicals from farming, with artificial preservatives and additives, artificial vitamins (because the natural ones were destroyed in their processing), inflammatory gluten, and even added sugar, with a variety of high carb sauces with artificial ingredients and additives, colourings and preservatives, high carb chips/fries cooked in toxic and oxidised seed oils and carcinogenic acrylamide, to be chased down with an extremely high carb sugary drink (or artificial sweetener ingredients, which are even worse for you than the sugar/HFCS drinks!) with more artificial colourings, additives and preservatives.
Oh, but it’s the MEAT which is to blame for the epidemics of heart disease, diabetes and cancers?!
Really?! Are you insane?
You CANNOT blame the meat on the hamburger for the inflammation, oxidative damage, or symptoms that the carbs/sugar, artificial chemicals, toxic oils, and other processing causes to your body and your health!
The new food guidelines and food pyramid focus on eating “REAL FOOD”, which includes meats, healthy fats, vegetables and some fruit. And less of, or none of, the highly processed crap. So that is why it doesn’t include recommendations from processed food companies, or junk food companies, and grain/cereal companies! And that’s a good thing!
Meats and animal foods don’t cause heart disease, diabetes or cancers!
The ironic thing is that it’s mostly plant foods which do cause these epidemics of chronic diseases! High carb and sugar diets most certainly cause heart disease, diabetes and cancers. And these highly processed foods come from plants. Meats with their healthy fats and cholesterol, do not cause these chronic health issues. Meats are the foods with the highest nutrient density for protein, vitamins, minerals, and healthy fats. Far more than plant foods, especially in terms of the amounts and bioavailability of the nutrients per gram. And we’ve been eating animal foods forever in history, but we’ve only seen these health epidemics in the last 50 years! Coinciding with the introduction of and availability of highly processed foods.
There’s also the ironic and amusing use of the word “plant” when it comes to food processing, being made in an industrial plant or factory! Any “food” which is highly processed or packaged, and made in a plant/factory perhaps shouldn’t be eaten. Even if it does originally come from a real biological plant!
I’m not suggesting that you shouldn’t be eating plant foods! But I am pointing out the irony in the beliefs of many people that plant-based options are better and healthier, or that meats or animal foods are unnecessary or unhealthy or cause disease, because they don’t.
But sadly, because of past biased food guidelines and diets, corrupt industry/organisations, poor quality studies, social media and influencers, and other factors, people are confused as to what is healthy or not. It looks like the times are finally changing, starting with the US in their official new food guidelines and recommendations. Let’s hope people do start following the new guidelines, and organisations too, and that we see real reductions in these chronic health issues.
Stay healthy!
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