Dietary Guidelines for Americans: You’re fat and diabetic and it’s your own fault

(Pictured above is a sample breakfast consistent with the new Dietary Guidelines: approximately 88 grams net carbohydrates, very low in fat, a breakfast guaranteed to trigger high blood sugar flagrantly. Just check a fingerstick blood sugar 30 to 60-minutes after consuming and you will witness just how awful this advice is.) The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans have just been released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), both charged by Congress to deliver dietary advice to Americans. You can view the Executive Summary here. Their comments begin with this statement: “. . . rates of chronic diseases—-many of which are related to poor quality diet and physical inactivity—-have increased. About half of all American adults have one or more preventable, diet-related chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and overweight and obesity.” In other words, they open with the suggested implication that, no matter how hard the HHS and USDA try to give people sound diet advice, Americans too often give into poor diet and sloth—in other words, the epidemics of obesity and overweight, type 2 diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular disease are the public’s own fault. They thereby make it clear that it’s not the fault of HHS and USDA, but yours. The guidelines do indeed make some important changes. Among them: —There is no need to limit dietary chol...
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