The process is wrong a priori, can't be fixed by more of the same. In this post http://forum.lowcarber.org/showpost...883&postcount=7 I explain a bit what the idea is. Solution is simple because problem is simple. The problem is that what's called the "Official Dietary Guidelines" is nothing but a menu designed by producers of the foodstuff that make up this menu, basically the same as every other diet book we can buy, except it's a giant industry behind this one. Solution begins by acknowledging that fact. Then, depending on your position, either do some serious science to figure out what's really good (and what's really bad) for us and make guidelines based on that, or allow all diet makers to get their piece of the pie by integrating them all into the official guidelines with corresponding support.

For example consider the Dieticians' profession. It's monolithic, doesn't advise any other diet but the official guidelines, even for diabetics - more carbs cuz that's all the producers make, ya? It's not a genuine profession, it's more of a sales rep job. The instant we let in all other diet makers, suddenly these same "professionals" have to read tons of books, just like we did on this forum. They can no longer advocate a single diet from a professional point of view - the guidelines don't allow this behavior. Or, they can no longer favor the current food industry cuz the science is sure to contradict everything about the current guidelines.

Let me put it this way. It doesn't matter how many brilliant scientists we put on a panel - there's no science to back anything they recommend.