Last week I wrote about Seven Things to be Happy About This New Year. Thanks to President Trump, we now have an eighth: the new dietary guidelines for Americans.
Just one problem: Labour's war on rural Britain and its farms in particular will reduce the availability of seasonal, truly fresh produce, the sort that Grandma would recognise.
Great post Laura! I am very glad you have addressed this! And for one, I am glad that Trump is kicking ass in so many ways! He just got rid of 65 globalist parasite organizations. He puts out constant posts on truth social and does his impromptu press conferences because he doesn’t hide in secrecy like poached cabbage brain Biden ( who might have done 4 pressers in 4 years with a teleprompter) granted, Trump has his style, but he is much more sincere in his outreach. Just my 2 cents. Oh, and I think he honestly cares about family, God, and good health.
I read an article a couple of years ago that revealed in the 60s, the then US minister for health equivalent was paid millions of dollars by the sugar industry to push the high carbohydrate, low fat diet on the public. He took the money, and the rest is obesity....The UK follows where America leads.
The NHS has brought out a healthy lifestyle tool, which I encountered through our menopause group at work. Always up for a laugh I decided to have a go. Oh my. If you want dietary advice, give the NHS a swerve 😂 They are still pushing high carbohydrate, low fat foods and minimal meat. Still pushing oils like rapeseed which apparently is highly toxic (farmers feed rape to cows, why do you want to eat the oil? Do you eat grass too?🤪). There's no hope for the folk of the UK because the NHS is ideologically captured and cannot change. Until supermarkets make real food cheaper for those of us on limited incomes to afford, we'll continue to have a problem. I'm sick of eating chicken.
And I read something that said the UK Government research at the time of Dr Keys (who condemned fats) showed that fat was not a problem but that sugars were but we were persuaded/bought or just too unconfident to disagree with US science.
Which 'myth' did he destroy? The one about fat being the main cause of CHD or the one about John Yudkin's paper linking sugar to it? Just had a look and there are some articles eg http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/07/the-sugar-conspiracy-robert-lustig-john-yudkin about this issue. Of course I have no idea whether article is fair or balanced let alone correct but it certainly seems to have its adherents.
It is going to take time to undo 20+ years of ‘low fat’ and ‘low cal’ marketing supported by poor science. It is heartening to see natural fats, quality dairy and eggs and whole grains getting the science base they need to get back into public favour but we need the food industry to ‘get it’ and change too.
Oh - and we really need to ditch (most of) the cholesterol myth too. I have high hopes for RFK on that front also. If ever correlation is not causation became clear this is the one to highlight.
Just to be clear here...Froot Loops is no longer in the dietary guidelines anymore...son-of-a-...
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.
Kids?...Oh yeah, bad for the kids, that's what I was thinking too.
Side question here...what about for the grandparents?
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.
It is so good. I love Trump and his policies too. I read the sugar books and saw how big food like big Pharma are pushing the wrong foods/ drugs. It is heartening to see how the meat and veg option is coming back. Not sure I ever left that behind. But we in Australia will be slow to catch up we always are.
Even should they return to using butter, for example, I had heard that American butter is nowhere near as 'moreish' or healthy as European butter because it is sourced and made differently.
A quick search revealed:
Most American butter is made with milk from grain-fed cows whilst Europeans use grass-fed, which has a superior nutrient profile. American butter typically has about 80% butterfat and is made from sweet cream, resulting in a milder flavour, while British (or European-style) butter contains 82-86% butterfat, often uses cultured cream for a tangy taste, and has a richer, creamier texture, making it superior for baking and rich sauces.
It’s all a question of perception and parameters. With a little creative thinking leading to philosophical adjustment the nutrition conundrum evaporates into a gentle zephyr of Buddhist acceptance.
If I may, I will use myself as an example of successful lateral thinking. I, according to some sort of medical type person, am the ideal weight for a bloke seven feet nineteen inches tall and I am in the peak of physical condition for a bloke of one hundred and thirty five.
I am also a practitioner of the ancient art of self delusion; it has served me well since having accidentally lobotomised next door’s cat.
Not too sure about this food pyramid though. Whatever happened to butter mountains and wine lakes, weren’t they good enough?
Good old Trump, although I am a bit perturbed to hear that the Grauniad has marginally moderated its stance towards him. He really must try harder, the last thing he needs is a fatal kiss of approval from that middle class rag. I speak as a genuine working class reader of Pidgin Estonian telephone directories.
I must go now. I’ll have a reread of the jottings that inspired me to put finger to smartphone keypad. Oh, if you want to lose weight, don’t eat. No need to sit on a pyramid.
I think the MAHA pyramid is, generally, great and very sensible. But to be fair to the Swiss while the Swiss Food Pyramid icon does not show meat the accompanying text does include it:
Just one problem: Labour's war on rural Britain and its farms in particular will reduce the availability of seasonal, truly fresh produce, the sort that Grandma would recognise.
Great post Laura! I am very glad you have addressed this! And for one, I am glad that Trump is kicking ass in so many ways! He just got rid of 65 globalist parasite organizations. He puts out constant posts on truth social and does his impromptu press conferences because he doesn’t hide in secrecy like poached cabbage brain Biden ( who might have done 4 pressers in 4 years with a teleprompter) granted, Trump has his style, but he is much more sincere in his outreach. Just my 2 cents. Oh, and I think he honestly cares about family, God, and good health.
I read an article a couple of years ago that revealed in the 60s, the then US minister for health equivalent was paid millions of dollars by the sugar industry to push the high carbohydrate, low fat diet on the public. He took the money, and the rest is obesity....The UK follows where America leads.
The NHS has brought out a healthy lifestyle tool, which I encountered through our menopause group at work. Always up for a laugh I decided to have a go. Oh my. If you want dietary advice, give the NHS a swerve 😂 They are still pushing high carbohydrate, low fat foods and minimal meat. Still pushing oils like rapeseed which apparently is highly toxic (farmers feed rape to cows, why do you want to eat the oil? Do you eat grass too?🤪). There's no hope for the folk of the UK because the NHS is ideologically captured and cannot change. Until supermarkets make real food cheaper for those of us on limited incomes to afford, we'll continue to have a problem. I'm sick of eating chicken.
And I read something that said the UK Government research at the time of Dr Keys (who condemned fats) showed that fat was not a problem but that sugars were but we were persuaded/bought or just too unconfident to disagree with US science.
Dr Zoe Harcombe dissected this in The Obesity Epidemic too.
I remember seeing the late Michael Moseley utterly destroying that myth in one of his shows.
Which 'myth' did he destroy? The one about fat being the main cause of CHD or the one about John Yudkin's paper linking sugar to it? Just had a look and there are some articles eg http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/07/the-sugar-conspiracy-robert-lustig-john-yudkin about this issue. Of course I have no idea whether article is fair or balanced let alone correct but it certainly seems to have its adherents.
The one about fat being a problem.
It is going to take time to undo 20+ years of ‘low fat’ and ‘low cal’ marketing supported by poor science. It is heartening to see natural fats, quality dairy and eggs and whole grains getting the science base they need to get back into public favour but we need the food industry to ‘get it’ and change too.
Oh - and we really need to ditch (most of) the cholesterol myth too. I have high hopes for RFK on that front also. If ever correlation is not causation became clear this is the one to highlight.
Just to be clear here...Froot Loops is no longer in the dietary guidelines anymore...son-of-a-...
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.
https://a.co/d/fy5rSdW
No more pretending that Froot Loops are good for kids I'm afraid!
Kids?...Oh yeah, bad for the kids, that's what I was thinking too.
Side question here...what about for the grandparents?
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.
https://a.co/d/fy5rSdW
bad luck!
It is so good. I love Trump and his policies too. I read the sugar books and saw how big food like big Pharma are pushing the wrong foods/ drugs. It is heartening to see how the meat and veg option is coming back. Not sure I ever left that behind. But we in Australia will be slow to catch up we always are.
Even should they return to using butter, for example, I had heard that American butter is nowhere near as 'moreish' or healthy as European butter because it is sourced and made differently.
A quick search revealed:
Most American butter is made with milk from grain-fed cows whilst Europeans use grass-fed, which has a superior nutrient profile. American butter typically has about 80% butterfat and is made from sweet cream, resulting in a milder flavour, while British (or European-style) butter contains 82-86% butterfat, often uses cultured cream for a tangy taste, and has a richer, creamier texture, making it superior for baking and rich sauces.
It’s all a question of perception and parameters. With a little creative thinking leading to philosophical adjustment the nutrition conundrum evaporates into a gentle zephyr of Buddhist acceptance.
If I may, I will use myself as an example of successful lateral thinking. I, according to some sort of medical type person, am the ideal weight for a bloke seven feet nineteen inches tall and I am in the peak of physical condition for a bloke of one hundred and thirty five.
I am also a practitioner of the ancient art of self delusion; it has served me well since having accidentally lobotomised next door’s cat.
Not too sure about this food pyramid though. Whatever happened to butter mountains and wine lakes, weren’t they good enough?
Good old Trump, although I am a bit perturbed to hear that the Grauniad has marginally moderated its stance towards him. He really must try harder, the last thing he needs is a fatal kiss of approval from that middle class rag. I speak as a genuine working class reader of Pidgin Estonian telephone directories.
I must go now. I’ll have a reread of the jottings that inspired me to put finger to smartphone keypad. Oh, if you want to lose weight, don’t eat. No need to sit on a pyramid.
You’re always good value Roger!
I love Trump because he gets things DONE. Compare and contrast our gobshite PM, still rummaging around in his undies to see if he has pair.
Plus - he is a TOP troll
Thank you. RKJ is a godsend . Been waiting a long time for this to happen
I think the MAHA pyramid is, generally, great and very sensible. But to be fair to the Swiss while the Swiss Food Pyramid icon does not show meat the accompanying text does include it:
https://www.blv.admin.ch/blv/en/home/lebensmittel-und-ernaehrung/ernaehrung/empfehlungen-informationen/schweizer-ernaehrungsempfehlungen.html
It’s a terribly pyramid and I’m not sure it deserves your fairness!