Thread by @DaveKeto

1/ Let's put things in perspective. The following foods (via CalorieKing) all have carbohydrates at 45% of total calories or less, which means they would qualify as part of a "low carb diet" under the new guidelines being proposed...

(See here:

https://twitter.com/DaveKeto/status/1205172599371616257?s=20

for more)

2/ Pizza

Domino's Pizza Thin Crust: Pepperoni Pizza (Large)
1 slice, 1/8 pizza, 240 calories -- Carbs 19g (33%) Fat 13g (51%) Protein 9g (16%)

Papa Murphy's Pepperoni Thin Crust Pizza, Large
1 slice, 1/8 pizza, 240 calories -- Carbs 16g (32%) Fat 11g (49%) Protein 10g (20%)

3/Potato Chips

Lay's Classic Potato Chips
1 package, 1 oz, 160 calories -- Carbs 15g (38%) Fat 10g (57%) Protein 2g (5%)

Pringles Original Potato Chips
1 snack tub, 0.7 oz, 112 calories -- Carbs 11.3g (41%) Fat 6.8g (56%) Protein 0.8g (3%)

4/ Donuts

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Original Glazed Doughnut
1 doughnut, 190 calories -- Carbs 22g (44%) Fat 11g (50%) Protein 3g (6%)

Dunkin' Glazed Chocolate Donut
1 doughnut, 410 calories -- Carbs 42g (41%) Fat 25g (55%) Protein 4g (4%)

5/ Ice Cream

Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Ice Cream
1/2 cup, 250 calories -- Carbs 25g (41%) Fat 14g (52%) Protein 4g (7%)

Haagen-Dazs Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream
1/2 cup, 310 calories -- Carbs 29g (37%) Fat 20g (58%) Protein 4g (5%)

6/ Milkshakes and Cheesecake

Smashburger Oreo Milkshake
1 container, 829 calories -- Carbs 76g (37%) Fat 52g (56%) Protein 15g (7%)

Denny's New York Style Cheesecake, plain
1 order, 5 oz, 500 calories -- Carbs 42g (33%) Fat 34g (60%) Protein 9g (7%)

7/ Nachos and Ravioli

Chili's Grill & Bar Restaurant Classic Nachos, as served
1 order, 1190 calories -- Carbs 54g (18%) Fat 83g (63%) Protein 58g (19%)

Olive Garden Lunch, Ravioli di Portobello
1 order, 570 calories -- Carbs 52g (37%) Fat 31g (50%) Protein 19g (13%)

8/ You can mix and match all of the above foods as needed and it would technically be a "low carb diet" under the currently proposed definition.

I try to avoid the diet debates as much as possible, but I'm certainly one to comment on a meaningful reframing to failure.

9/ A Mediterranean diet isn't simply any food found in a Mediterranean country, allowing one to have four square meals of spaghetti in a pool of industrially produced carbonara sauce. And a "plant-based diet" isn't simply the removal of animal products, allowing skittles 24/7.

10/Taking an existing and commonly used name for a diet/lifestyle and redefining it to something the very same community would consider deleterious is certainly an extraordinary action to take. But they won't know if the community doesn't speak themselves

dietaryguidelines.gov/meeting-4