Food Industry Influence on the 2010 Dietary Guidelines
October 17th, 2012 - Posted in Nutriton - Tags: diet
Walter C. Willett, Chairman of the Department of Nutrition
at the Harvard School of Public Health suggests that the
2010 U.S. Dietary Guidelines are influenced by the food industry
and should be corrected (NEJM, October 27, 2011).
He feels that the guidelines for healthful eating should
emphasize foods, not individual nutrients, and that recommending
three daily servings of dairy products is incorrect because of lack
of evidence that dairy intake protects against bone fractures, and
that it may be linked to prostate and ovarian cancers.
He recommends:
1) Eating lots of vegetables, beans, fruits, whole grains, and nuts
2) Replacing red meat and poultry with fish
3) restricting refined carbohydrates: *foods made from flour (bakery
products and pastas), *all added sugars, *all sugar sweetened beverages
4) restricting solid fats: *red meat, *cheese, *butter
Dr.mirkin.com
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