USDA Has Issued Dietary Guidelines
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USDA has issued Dietary Guidelines for 2010
The US government is complicit with large corporations in destroying the health of the people. One of the organizations that fights the good fight to protect the health of the people is the Weston A Price Foundation found at www.westonaprice.org
This newsletter is derived from a report that Sally Fallon and her staff at the foundation put together this week. The basics of this USDA guideline will become the food pyramid. This is updated every 5 years. If you follow the food pyramid guidelines you will become unhealthy because the “facts” are wrong. In fact, if you want to become healthy, then do the opposite of everything on the USDA food pyramid.
USDA has issued draft Dietary Guidelines for 2010. Rather than correct its anti-saturated fat and anti-cholesterol position, which has led to an epidemic of disease in this country, the new Guidelines are worse than ever, with more stringent restriction of saturated fat (7 percent of total calories, down from 10 percent) and cholesterol consumption of less than 300 mg per day (less than 200 mg for those with risk factors for heart disease or diabetes–one egg contains about 245 mg cholesterol), and reduction of salt intake from 2.3 grams to 1.5 grams (about one-fourth teaspoon). This may seem strange that all this information put out by the USDA can be wrong but the truth is that it is wrong. There has never been one study that proves eating cholesterol causes cholesterol. The truth is that sugar and high fructose corn syrup are the main causes of high cholesterol and high triglycerides. The latest information is that cholesterol is not an indicator of heart disease.
The guidelines sweep the dangers of trans fat under the rug by lumping them with saturated fats, using the term “solid fats” for both, promote an increase in difficult-to-digest whole grains, and recommend lean meats and lowfat dairy products. Cheese is specifically singled out for avoidance because of its high “solid fat” content. Since, as the Committee admits, no one follows earlier versions of the Guidelines, it is recommending a focus on “actions needed to successfully implement” key recommendations, in other words on how to force people to eat in this highly deficient and grossly unsatisfying way.
When people ate healthy fats, low sugar, vegetables and nuts and berries the disease in this country was low. In 1900, there were almost no heart attacks, cancer was less than 3% of the deaths and type 2 diabetes was not “invented” because it did not exist.
The follow list of 13 points is almost all that we need to know about being healthy.
1. The proposed 2010 Dietary Guidelines perpetuate the mistakes of previous guidelines in demonizing saturated fats and animal foods rich in saturated fatty acids such as egg yolks, butter, whole milk, cheese, fatty meats like bacon and animal fats for cooking. The current obesity epidemic emerged as vegetable oils and refined carbohydrates replaced these healthy, nutrient-dense traditional fats. Animal fats supply many essential nutrients that are difficult to obtain from other sources.
2. When a healthy food like cheese is singled out as a food to be avoided, there must be something wrong with the premises on which the guidelines are based.
3. Basic biochemistry shows that the human body has a very high requirement for saturated fats in all cell membranes; if we do not eat saturated fats, the body will simply make them from carbohydrates. But excess carbohydrate increases blood levels of triglyceride and small, dense LDL, and compromises blood vessel function. Moreover, high-carbohydrate diets do not satisfy the appetite as well as diets rich in traditional fats, leading to higher caloric intakes and often to bingeing and splurging on empty foods, resulting in rapid weight gain and chronic disease.
4. The proposed guidelines will perpetuate existing nutrient deficiencies present in all American population groups, including deficiencies in vitamins A and D found in animal fats, vitamins B12 and B6 found in animal foods, as well as minerals like calcium and phosphorus, which require vitamins A and D for assimilation. Moreover, low intakes of vitamin K2 are associated with increased risk of heart disease and cancer. The main sources of vitamin K2 available to Americans are egg yolks and full-fat cheese.
5. By restricting healthy animal fats in school lunches and diets for pregnant women and growing children, the Guidelines will perpetuate the tragic epidemic of learning and behavior disorders. The nutrients found most abundantly in animal fats and organ meats-including choline, cholesterol and arachidonic acid-are critical for the development of the brain and the function of receptors that modulate thinking and behavior. Studies show that choline helps the brain make critical connections and protects against neurotoxins; animal studies suggest that if choline is abundant during developmental years, the individual is protected for life from developmental decline.
6. The National Academy of Sciences recommends 375 mg of choline per day for children nine through thirteen years of age, 450 mg for pregnant women and 550 mg for lactating women and men aged fourteen and older. These amounts are provided by four or five egg yolks per day-but that would entail consuming 800-1000 mg cholesterol, a crime by USDA standards. The committee referred to this as the “choline problem.” Pregnant women and growing children especially need to eat as many egg yolks as possible-yet the Guidelines demonize this nutrient-dense food.
7. The Guidelines lump trans fats together with saturated fats-calling them Solid Fats-thereby hiding the difference between unhealthy industrial trans fats and healthy traditional saturated fats. Trans fats contribute to inflammation, depress the immune system, interfere with hormone production, and set up pathological conditions leading to cancer and heart disease, whereas saturated fats fight inflammation, support the immune system, support hormone production and protect against cancer and heart disease.
8. The vitamins and fatty acids carried uniquely in saturated animal fats are critical to reproduction. The 2010 Guidelines will increase infertility in this country, already at tragically high rates.
9. The Guidelines are not based on science but are designed to promote the products of commodity agriculture and-through the back door-encourage the consumption of processed foods.
10. The Guidelines promote the consumption of whole grains, which can contribute to digestive disorders unless properly prepared.
11. The Guidelines completely avoid mentioning blood sugar problems caused by a diet high in carbohydrates and low in fat; the diet is particularly dangerous for those suffering from diabetes or hypoglycemia, since fats help regulate blood sugar levels. Many people have difficulty concentrating or can even suffer from seizures on a diet too low in fat.
12. The Guidelines urge salt restriction, which will lead to an increased use of artificial flavors like MSG in processed foods.
13. The Guidelines should be scrapped and the committee members should be replaced with individuals who have no ties to the food processing industry or to universities that accept funding from the food processing industry.
It is important that we eat healthy but these guidelines are wrong. As a nation, we are so controlled by large corporations “money making at all cost” even if it kills the people that are buying the products they are selling.
It is time to be your own best advocate. Do not depend on doctors, drug corporations, industrial food manufacturers or your government to give you good advice.
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