EARTH SHATTERING, PIGS FLYING, HELL FREEZING NUTRITION NEWS

The proverbial brick wall of bad dietary advice is a-crumblin’. This week brings truly world-changing news in the field of nutrition.

On May 8, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association) made its official comments on the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and recommend dropping saturated fat from nutrients of concern due to the lack of evidence connecting it with cardiovascular disease.

However, because past advice from the Academy and others has caused issues with ALL of our body systems, I would also argue that this is actually earth-shattering news in the world of cardiology, nephrology, lipidology, endocrinology, pulmonology, orthopedics…. you get the point.

The Academy supported the scientific process used by the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) in drafting its recommendations for the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, but had somewhat different interpretations,

1. They supported the DGAC in its decision to drop dietary cholesterol from the nutrients of concern list and recommended that it also drop saturated fat from nutrients of concern, citing a lack of evidence connecting saturated fat with cardiovascular disease;
2. Expressed concern over blanket sodium (salt) restriction recommendations in light of recent evidence of potential harm to the larger population;
3. Supported an increased focus on reduction of added sugars as a key public health concern; and
4. Asserted that enhanced nutrition education is critical to any effective implementation.

Read more: http://fitteru.us/2015/05/earth-shattering-pigs-flying-hell-freezing-nutrition-news/

Yet another nail in the coffin of the low fat dogma

Yes that is very good news! I have an appointment with my new cardio in 9 days and I was not looking forward to discussing my high saturated fat consumption.

DR. MALCOLM KENDRICK also has a new post on a study showing that there is an inverse relationship between cholesterol and all cause mortality. The full study is here. This looks like a really good study (all 116 pages) and is published by the Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. Most importantly this study says that for people over 65 (that's me) low cholesterol is an indicator of shorter life. What we want is higher cholesterol and a lower AbA1c.

OldTech wrote:Yes that is very good news! I have an appointment with my new cardio in 9 days and I was not looking forward to discussing my high saturated fat consumption.

DR. MALCOLM KENDRICK also has a new post on a study showing that there is an inverse relationship between cholesterol and all cause mortality. The full study is here. This looks like a really good study (all 116 pages) and is published by the Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. Most importantly this study says that for people over 65 (that's me) low cholesterol is an indicator of shorter life. What we want is higher cholesterol and a lower AbA1c.

@OldTech - Hope your visit to see your new cardio goes well and thanks for the link to Dr Kendrick.

Dr Kendrick is a guest on the Jimmy Moore blog 'podcast' tomorrow 20th May - should be an interesting one.  

All the best Jan

OldTech wrote:Yes that is very good news! I have an appointment with my new cardio in 9 days and I was not looking forward to discussing my high saturated fat consumption.

DR. MALCOLM KENDRICK also has a new post on a study showing that there is an inverse relationship between cholesterol and all cause mortality. The full study is here. This looks like a really good study (all 116 pages) and is published by the Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. Most importantly this study says that for people over 65 (that's me) low cholesterol is an indicator of shorter life. What we want is higher cholesterol and a lower AbA1c.

Thanks for the full study link I'd only seen the abstract before, it certainly bears out what Dr Kendrick has been saying about cholesterol on his blog and in his books.

Just listened to the Malcolm Kendrick interview with Jimmy Moore and sitting here gobsmacked by one of the pieces of information he discussed about possible side effects of statins. He said his wife works in the field of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (a disease I was diagnosed with in 2009) - he said if you understand anything about the metabolic pathways, it's understandable that the incidence of this disease has increased along with statin prescription. Never occurred to me that the two could be related, but now I have to wonder.

The frustrating thing is that I had my annual review on Monday - I wish the interview had been played last week so I could have discussed the possibility with the doctor.

Makes me even more glad that I only took the bloody things for less than a year. Gawd only knows what state my lungs would be in now if I'd continued taking Crestor. As it is, I'm very lucky that there's been no progression of the disease since I was diagnosed.

It was indeed a very interesting podcast that Dr Kendrick did with Jimmy Moore.

If you haven't yet had  a chance to listen to it ... it's well worth it.

All the best Jan

You can download Dr Kendriks podcast here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/livin-la-vida-low-carb-show/id324601605?mt=2#episodeGuid=20c638bf58b83d8b154308984c59dee5

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