This is part 1 of my article on critics to the recent food pyramid posts:
I’ve noticed from a number of negative comments on my recent posts on the new US food guidelines and food pyramid, that some people or critics who are following specific diets have no clue about nutrition and health.
Some people are concerned with seeing meat and fats at the top of the new food pyramid, which has symbolically been turned upside down literally and figuratively! Other people have issues with grain-based foods, including whole grains, now being the least recommended foods, often saying “but where will you get the fibre from?”!
Part of the trouble is that the general public have been brainwashed and lied to for decades on what foods are healthy or not, or which foods we actually need in our diet, from the previous food pyramid design, social media influencers, and other biased beliefs. It’s not easy to accept that previously-held beliefs were perhaps false, and to take on and accept new evidence or beliefs.
The previous food pyramid and food guidelines in the USA, Australia, and other countries, were all influenced by lobbying and sponsorships from food industries, or in other words, those involved in the past food guidelines were paid to tell lies about recommendations, to protect profits for the food industry. For example, the previous food guidelines in Australia, although published by the NHMRC being a government body, was actually the result of a tender which was won by the Dietitians Association of Australia for a little over $500,000. So it was actually the DAA who produced the food guidelines! And at the time, the DAA were sponsored and paid by many food industry companies, including junk food companies and processed food companies, and so the dietary guidelines were massively biased to these processed food companies, and not based on quality evidence or published studies. This is why they promoted lots of high carbohydrate grain-based processed foods, but recommended low fats, low salt, low cholesterol, packaged foods. And not much real foods.
The same can be said for many so-called health organisations such as the various heart health organisations and charities, diabetes organisations, cancer organisations, etc all around the world! They too are sponsored by processed food companies for favourable recommendations, rather than the truth based on evidence.
The previous food pyramid or food plate models allowed sweets, chocolate, sugary drinks, fries, alcohol, donuts, ice cream, biscuits, and more! In what insane universe are these foods healthy and being recommended in the food guidelines?!
We’ve had 50 years of nutrition lies and propaganda, and this is why our overall health has gone backwards ever since. Despite the so-called good food guidelines and recommendations of the past, we’re experiencing epidemics of so many chronic health issues, such as heart disease, diabetes, cancers, and these have actually got worse with the previous guidelines. Something had to change!
This is why the recent changes to the US food guidelines and food pyramid are a GOOD change to the lies and propaganda of food and nutrition, which everyone has been fed for decades! I actually don’t think the recommendations went far enough, but it’s a good start.
I will follow this up with another article on this topic, as my rant went on a bit longer than I initially expected!
Stay healthy!
I’ve noticed from a number of negative comments on my recent posts on the new US food guidelines and food pyramid, that some people or critics who are following specific diets have no clue about nutrition and health.
Some people are concerned with seeing meat and fats at the top of the new food pyramid, which has symbolically been turned upside down literally and figuratively! Other people have issues with grain-based foods, including whole grains, now being the least recommended foods, often saying “but where will you get the fibre from?”!
Part of the trouble is that the general public have been brainwashed and lied to for decades on what foods are healthy or not, or which foods we actually need in our diet, from the previous food pyramid design, social media influencers, and other biased beliefs. It’s not easy to accept that previously-held beliefs were perhaps false, and to take on and accept new evidence or beliefs.
The previous food pyramid and food guidelines in the USA, Australia, and other countries, were all influenced by lobbying and sponsorships from food industries, or in other words, those involved in the past food guidelines were paid to tell lies about recommendations, to protect profits for the food industry. For example, the previous food guidelines in Australia, although published by the NHMRC being a government body, was actually the result of a tender which was won by the Dietitians Association of Australia for a little over $500,000. So it was actually the DAA who produced the food guidelines! And at the time, the DAA were sponsored and paid by many food industry companies, including junk food companies and processed food companies, and so the dietary guidelines were massively biased to these processed food companies, and not based on quality evidence or published studies. This is why they promoted lots of high carbohydrate grain-based processed foods, but recommended low fats, low salt, low cholesterol, packaged foods. And not much real foods.
The same can be said for many so-called health organisations such as the various heart health organisations and charities, diabetes organisations, cancer organisations, etc all around the world! They too are sponsored by processed food companies for favourable recommendations, rather than the truth based on evidence.
The previous food pyramid or food plate models allowed sweets, chocolate, sugary drinks, fries, alcohol, donuts, ice cream, biscuits, and more! In what insane universe are these foods healthy and being recommended in the food guidelines?!
We’ve had 50 years of nutrition lies and propaganda, and this is why our overall health has gone backwards ever since. Despite the so-called good food guidelines and recommendations of the past, we’re experiencing epidemics of so many chronic health issues, such as heart disease, diabetes, cancers, and these have actually got worse with the previous guidelines. Something had to change!
This is why the recent changes to the US food guidelines and food pyramid are a GOOD change to the lies and propaganda of food and nutrition, which everyone has been fed for decades! I actually don’t think the recommendations went far enough, but it’s a good start.
I will follow this up with another article on this topic, as my rant went on a bit longer than I initially expected!
Stay healthy!
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