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Did we get dietary saturated fats all wrong? The #HADLmodel provides a new understanding and an opportunity to get it right. THREAD👇👇👇
@simondankel @kariannesve academic.oup.com/ajcn/advance-a…
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Increased dietary saturated fatty acids lead to increased cholesterol in lipoproteins, but we don’t know why. Enter the #HADLmodel, which explains changes in lipoprotein cholesterol as adaptive homeostatic adjustments that ensure optimal cell membrane fluidity and cell function.
We propose that circulating lipoproteins enable appropriate redistribution of cholesterol molecules between specific cells and tissues, to accomodate changes in dietary fatty acid supply, due to our omnivore nature and variable intake of fatty acids. #HADLmodel
Thread Re: #DietaryGuidelines (DGA), just out:
USDA-HHS Secys said they're for “all Americans,” yet the DGA is scoped ONLY for disease prevention, not treatment. This ignores the 60% of US with a diet-related disease. DGA is thus for minority of Americans who are healthy.
USDA-HHS Secys said they're for “all Americans,” yet the DGA is scoped ONLY for disease prevention, not treatment. This ignores the 60% of US with a diet-related disease. DGA is thus for minority of Americans who are healthy.
Congress' statute says the DGA must be for the "general public"--yet clearly majority of Americans now have diet-related diseases. THIS is the general public, yet Guidelines excludes them. DGA process didn't even look at studies on weight loss, when >42% of adults now w/ obesity.
Tagline of this DGA is "make every bite count," yet did not reduce 10% of calories as sugar, as recommended by the expert committee. Sugar is not just 'empty calories'--it raises blood sugar and over time high blood sugars lead to diabetes (+ increase vulnerability to Covid)
Obesity continues to rise in the US. 42.4% among adults now. There was a prediction that we'd hit 50% by 2030, but seems like we'll get there sooner. Not surprising given that nearly all trials on weight loss excluded from our #DietaryGuidelines 1/ cdc.gov/nchs/data/data…
Our nation's nutrition policy, affecting schools, military, feeding programs for elderly etc, is only for "healthy Americans"--USDA-HHS have decided. Even though Congress said the #dietaryguidelines should be for the "general public." 2/
General public is now >60% of America w/ 1 or more chronic disease. Yet Guidelines are not for them. The current committee has also excluded virtually all low-carb science and all science that contradicts continued caps on sat fats. No matter ur views, this is bad science... 3/
For those who missed the #DietaryGuidelines Committee hearing this week. Top news:
--USDA still using its 'own' methodology-- unvalidated, unrecognized. Allows evidence grade to be "strong" based solely on epidemiological studies 😒
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--USDA still using its 'own' methodology-- unvalidated, unrecognized. Allows evidence grade to be "strong" based solely on epidemiological studies 😒
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Thus, committee gave "strong" evidence grade for existing, status-quo Guidelines (Med/DASH/plant-based) and all-cause mortality, based only on epi data (not enough evidence for other 'dietary patterns,' committee said)
--No other "Dietary Pattern" review is yet complete. 2/
--No other "Dietary Pattern" review is yet complete. 2/
--It appears "low-carb" still defined as 45%
--Saturated-fats review not yet done.
--No 'strong' evidence for anything else. Only "moderate" or less for other questions...thus, if this were a rigorous process, no recommendations would be made based on such weaker evidence... 3/
--Saturated-fats review not yet done.
--No 'strong' evidence for anything else. Only "moderate" or less for other questions...thus, if this were a rigorous process, no recommendations would be made based on such weaker evidence... 3/
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#EATLancet is on mission: it wants to impose its Great Food Transformation on the planet (& your plate for that matter). How? By eliminating consumer choice & using “hard policy interventions” – what do they mean, how do they plan to achieve that & should you care?
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#EATLancet is on mission: it wants to impose its Great Food Transformation on the planet (& your plate for that matter). How? By eliminating consumer choice & using “hard policy interventions” – what do they mean, how do they plan to achieve that & should you care?
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Enters the @WorldResources Institute: a 'knowledge partner' of the #EAT-Lancet cluster, founded in 1982 & like EAT a close partner of the World Economic Forum (@wef), @UNEnvironment & their industry platform @wbcsd (incl. the major food multinationals) – what is it’s role?
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As #EATLancet's partner, @WorldResources is in charge of the social engineering bit, for instance by applying the “Shift Wheel” approach to “#DisguiseTheChange”, make meat “socially unacceptable” & “constrain its display” – 🤨 So, what else do they have in mind?
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