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Interesting. Whenever the topic is nutrition, the official guidelines are often criticized. Which always left me puzzled - I wouldn't even know if my country ha
by s9w 7y ago
Interesting. Whenever the topic is nutrition, the official guidelines are often criticized. Which always left me puzzled - I wouldn't even know if my country had some kind of official advice on that. Let alone follow them. But in the US that seems to actually have some kind of authority.
Besides that, and just carefully: After skipping over that document, I'm confident that it contains grossly outdated advice to the point where doing the exact opposite might not be worse. Especially on topics like saturated fats, salt intake or cholesterol.
- dragontamer 7y ago> 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. Some of the advice may be specific to Americans. Since Type 2 diabetes and obesity are so common in America, it makes sense to reduce saturated fats, salt intake in the USA. -------- Note: the 300mg of cholesterol recommendation was removed in this 2015 edition. The limitations are salt, sugar, trans fats, and saturated fats.