Fri, Dec-08-17, 04:41
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Plan: P:E/DDF
Stats: 225/150/169
BF:45%/28%/25%
Progress: 134%
Location: NC
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Australia Health Policy urging more fibre
Nov 30, the Assistant Minister of Health issued a statement based entirely on a report funded by Kellogg's, that Increasing Australia’s grain fibre intake could save the economy $3.3 billion a year. It has been gathering negative push-back since it’s release.
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We’ve got a corker to dissect this week.
The title of this note was the verbatim title of a press release issued on the back of a study commissioned by Kellogg’s – yes – that well known producer of cereals/grain fibre.
The Australian government’s press release, on the same topic, was entitled “Tackle chronic disease by eating more fibre“. The full document, which inspired these headlines, can be seen here.
The first sentence of the report states “Kellogg Australia commissioned Nutrition Research Australia to conduct this research.” I bet they did!
Where the claim comes from The Executive Summary of the report (p10) states the following [CVD is cardiovascular disease and T2D is type 2 diabetes]: “This research demonstrates that if Australian adults use grain fibre to increase their intake of dietary fibre to target intake levels for chronic disease risk reduction (28g for women, 38g for men):
• The potential healthcare expenditure savings would be approximately $1 billion for CVD and over $285 million for T2D in 2015–16. The savings for CVD would represent approximately 0.6% of total Australian health expenditure and savings for T2D would be around 0.2% of health expenditure.
• The potential productivity cost savings were estimated to be approximately $600 million for CVD and $1.4 billion for T2D. The savings for CVD represent approximately 0.04% of gross domestic product (GDP) and for T2D, approximately 0.08% of GDP.
The total combined economic savings could potentially reach $3.3 billion.” That’s where the claimed $3.3 billion comes from. (Please note that the terms grain fibre and cereal fibre are often used interchangeably)....Continues
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Dr Zoe Harcombe's analysis: http://www.zoeharcombe.com/2017/12/...-billion-a-year
Dr MaryAnne Demasi, Long article with Twitter links and videos, response to this "report". https://www.michaelwest.com.au/kell...-health-policy/
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"It's just madness and lazy politics to allow a cereal company to fund a health study and promote it as government advice” … “This means that the main evidence relied upon for the Australian Kellogg’s report is another Kellogg’s report”.
Investigation by Dr Maryanne Demasi
Recently, I challenged the conventional dietary advice recommended to people with Type-2 diabetes, saying it was likely to worsen the disease. Specifically, I was critical of health authorities recommending a ‘low fat diet’ based on carbohydrate-rich foods like whole grains, breads, pasta and cereals. These foods are marketed on the benefits of high fibre and therefore inherit a ‘health halo’ but in reality, foods like whole grain cereals and bread are simply broken down to ‘glucose’, making it virtually impossible for diabetics to control their blood glucose levels without medications.
Suffice to say, it was disappointing to see the Assistant Minister for Health, David Gillespie release a statement last week, encouraging people to eat more “grain” fibre to reduce their risk of type-2 diabetes and heart disease, claiming a new study showed it could save “the economy almost $3.3 billion in healthcare and lost productivity costs”. ....Continues
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https://www.michaelwest.com.au/kell...-health-policy/
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