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Like the author I have my reservations about the USDA guidelines, but can we really blame the obesity epidemic on them? After all - how many people even remotel
by like_any_other 2y ago
Like the author I have my reservations about the USDA guidelines, but can we really blame the obesity epidemic on them? After all - how many people even remotely follow those guidelines?
- hilux 2y agoYes, I think we can. Fifty years of the guidelines, even if not always followed, form the cultural and psychological and healthcare baseline for healthy eating. And they're completely wrong – that's the author's well-documented claim, and I believe it. E.g. look at all the fruit juice and sweet cereals and "low-fat" items on any supermarket shelf. Sells $$$billions each year - I just checked. Low-fat is very unhealthy compared to full-fat, and in the current obesity and diabetes epidemic, fruit juice and sugary cereals are just plain poison.