Here’s the bigger issue - we’ve got NCDs as greatest global threat, and it appears the go to solution is National Food Guidelines (NFG) - when every nation with NFG have led with highest rates of NCDs! As an Epi, does that not ring alarm bells with you?
Absolutely, but I did talk about that in the op-ed. Most disagreements - like the discussion we had last week - focus on the utility/equity side of things as opposed to the question of whether eating according to the dietary guidelines would improve population health
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There are many ways to eat to achieve health. The ADG are not the panacea. Having them exist says they are the panacea. Its quite simple. If we "no one diet is superior" then there is no place for ADG. Can't have it both ways. The robustness of the evidence is 2ndry
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Well, the first two sentences are actually in my op-ed, I'd just disagree with the third there
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And as far as I can tell, you are the only person arguing with me about guidelines who has actually read the document, which tells you the calibre of most of the arguments I've had in the last day or so!
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I have read the guidelines. My understanding is not as detailed or deep as
@WeDietitians and@foodnuthealth since they actually did work relating to it. But I still disagree, fundamentally, from a biochem and physiology perspective. And I am not a LCHFer either. - Show replies
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