LCHF Enters the New Zealand Government System
WOW...all you lucky Kiwis!
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His blog, https://profgrant.com and talks are excellent. |
I had a good look through the local media today looking for more information on this, and for most part the appointment seems to have gone almost without notice.
But I did find a piece of video from a current affairs show that comes across as a bit fluffy, but here it is anyway (assuming non-Kiwis are able to watch it?): https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new...o=5395107578001 I'm a fan of Grant Schofield and have been ever since I bought What The Fat, the book he wrote with Caryn Zinn. It's basically the NZ based equivalent of Tim Noakes' Real Meal Revolution, but that's obviously no bad thing. This appointment will no doubt ruffle a few traditionalist feathers around the place; it'll be interesting to see which other "experts" stick their neck out over this. :) |
There's been no mention of it here that I've seen either, Grav, which is a pity.
I can see the video, mate. Yes, a little fluffy as you say, but still interesting to see how far lunch boxes have come from my day when it was ALWAYS a sandwich of some sort, a piece of cake or a couple of biccies and a piece of fruit. And afternoon tea was another piece of cake with a glass of cordial. :blush: Amazing that I didn't get fat until I hit menopause. But still, if the fluffy shows are taking it for granted that "everyone knows" we should all be eating less sugar and no processed food, at least that's a big step in the right direction. |
Usually I can't see news videos from other countries, but I was able to view this one and I found it encouraging. After all these years, people are beginning to listen.
In the 80s I was part of a movement called ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) and we got cigarettes banned from airplanes. That was the first step toward controlling the poison of nicotine, yet people are still smoking in the 21st century. Change can be instantaneous or the opposite. I'll be patient and grateful at the same time for this change in dietary attitude. |
This is for humor only...
The only thing that scares me more than what Trish packed in her first lunch box are her knife skills - YIKES :sunny:
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The most hilarious part of Grav's link were the Kiwi talking heads on the news show after the film clip criticizing Grant's appointment and implying it is a waste of tax-payers' money because he's telling them things they already know. Then they go on to observe that he's controversial because he's promoting fat over carbs. What?
I find it encouraging that Grant has been appointed. It will be an interesting circus to watch due to the attitudes exhibited by the news show's talking heads, as I assume they are representative of the many speed bumps Grant must tackle as he teaches the population what's healthy and what's not. Good luck Grant. I fervently hope that we eventually get a like-minded person or group in the states that can overcome the widely held myths of health and nutrition prevalent today. It's coming . . . . . Oh, and the knife skills Thud? I've seen worse, mate!!!! |
Doesn't her daughter have teeth to bite off pieces of vegs and fruit? If Mom has no time, why is she wasting it on "knife skills"? Who wants to eat dry vegs and brown apple slices?
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Well, they're fine with the ideas of eating less sugar and less processed food because it's still compatible with the broader idea of eating less in general. But the idea of eating more fat after being told all our lives to eat less of that as well, is still a bit of a mental hurdle to many people around NZ in my experience. Quote:
Pretty much. You have people that could be open to change like Toni, and then you have people like Mike who value personal choice over personal health. Really looking forward to seeing what comes out of this in the coming months. |
This is not strictly a NZ dynamic, as this transition to new nutritional awareness is happening gradually and needs to happen everywhere. For the most part, it has been taking place at a grass roots level. I'm happy to see a government taking the bold step to be open to and embrace a different view. That's really the unusual element of all this, and I applaud this decision regardless of the glib comments by the news hosts.
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I'm currently watching this season of The Biggest Loser Transformed (Australia.) Their show is very unlike the USA version. A big part of the competition is buying, preparing and cooking what they call healthy meals.
In spite of the grassroots changes we've noted, in Australia an entire new generation is being taught the way to eat healthy is to leave out as much fat as possible. They even mentioned in the one I just watched, "You will serve as examples for your children so they'll know how to eat healthy." Here we have 20-40 year old people struggling to lose fat by starving themselves of the best, healthiest and sometimes the cheapest nutrient, and teaching their children to do the same. I wish there were a law to protect the public. As we all know, there isn't. I realize I'm preaching to the choir, but NZ and AU are neighbors and the "good news" about fat hasn't crossed the water yet. |
Pro-fat school food advisor ready for a scrap
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Always the RDs, not MDs, that squawk over this stepping on their turf.
Caryn Zinn, an RD, was in hot water with the NZ RD association over her public stance on high-fat, though not charged with anything and continues to practice. But this RD has good points...how did this come about that one Ministry hired someone whose Advice conflicts with the Health ministry? The material currently distributed by a child's doctor and in the school's health classes will be at odds on major parts of exactly what is healthy food. In the US, low fat milk is mandated in schools and the food programs, how will this work in NZ? Prof Schofield has quite the job ahead. Many thanks Grav for the TV video and these quotes :wave: |
Just piling on here and
Janet wrote: "...In the US, low fat milk is mandated in schools and the food programs, how will this work in NZ? Prof Schofield has quite the job ahead." First hand evidence from a K-12 school in the UP of Michigan in the USA. Thing change but change slowly at the level of the government. Slow change is good in my opinion, it allows some to forget how wrong they were and accept the new paradigm (just my random thinking)... We live in interesting times to watch the shift in dietary perspective eh Grav? :) image of poster proclaiming the benefits of low fat chocolate milk - What can't it fix!! ;) |
I like how they point out where the muscles, bones and energy are in the body.
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Hopefully, not too far off topic: How insidious is the poster? It would be more telling to have a poster with two people, the first being a young Olympian and before the damages caused by a lifetime of SAD eating, and the second being an Olympian at the age of 65 who has been through years of SAD eating and consumed sweetened dairy products since being a young Olympian. Just an observation . . . . :cool:
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