Received this email this morning, and it appears we have a long way to go:

"Immediate Action Required:
Federal Government Ignoring the Science on Saturated Fats
URGENT: We need your help to ensure that the federal government not continue to ignore large, government-funded rigorous clinical trials—the “gold standard” of evidence—that could reverse decades of misguided nutrition policy on the subject of saturated fats.

During the recent meeting of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, the last such meeting before release of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) later this year, the committee failed to consider any of this evidence.
Instead, the committee announced it had found the link between saturated-fats consumption and cardiovascular disease to be “strong,” for both children and adults. In fact, the committee proposed lowering the caps on saturated fat even further, from the current 10% of calories down to 7%.

These conclusions ignore the entire last decade of science, during which a growing number of scientists have concluded that the caps on saturated fats are not supported by the science.

In fact most recently, a group of leading scientists reviewed the research on saturated-fats and released a consensus statement, concluding that the most rigorous and current science fails to support a continuation of caps on saturated fats.
Why is the current DGA committee yet again simply rubber stamping the status quo and ignoring this science?
Americans deserve a recommendation on dietary saturated fat that is based on the most current and rigorous science available. Join us in calling on the 2020 DGA Advisory Committee to critically review the most up-to-date evidence and modify its position on saturated fats accordingly.

When we refer to “rigorous science,” we mean the data from well-controlled, randomized, clinical trials—the type of evidence that can demonstrate cause and effect. These trials were conducted on some 75,000 people addressing the question: do saturated fats cause heart disease? The results are that fats have no effect on cardiovascular or total mortality. This evidence has never been directly reviewed by any DGA committee.

Ignoring evidence in order to preserve the status-quo is not acceptable. It’s not good policy, and it has not been good for the health of the American people. With the next iteration of the guidelines, your help is more crucial than ever to ensure that the USDA critically review the most up-to-date evidence and modify the government’s position on saturated fats to reflect the science accurately.

Send Congress A Letter: Reform The Dietary Guidelines To Improve Public Health In America"

About The Nutrition Coalition

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Perhaps we should get off the federal government approach and identify the real force behind the recommendation to maintain at 10%, or even better, reduce the saturated fat recommendation to 7% or lower to ensure Americans are following healthy guidelines. I found a letter written by the CSPI (we know this group) to Barbara Schneeman, chair of the DGAC, explaining their reasons for these recommendations:

https://cspinet.org/sites/default/f...d_CVD_FINAL.pdf

Maybe this is sound evidence because we've been so successful in the upward trend in improved health over the past years when saturated fat has been reduced? Maybe it's because the reduction in cholesterol, particularly LDL, has been so successful with the blunting of CVD, T2D, Obesity, and all other Metabolic Syndrome associated disease symptoms?

CSPI in fact has a transparent agenda, and it's certainly not in the public interest. The reasoning in their letter is based on the identification of lipids as the root causes of CVD. Given recent studies and findings, we now know that those over 60 with higher cholesterol and LDL readings have lower mortality rates. How could this be? The conclusion in the CSPI letter says it all:



So, we know who is working overtime to retain the DGA recommendations for saturated fats being unhealthy, and it's not the government. The government is simply another pawn or victim in this case. The Center for Science in the Public Interest must use the term "Science" very loosely, as they conveniently ignore certain studies that conflict with their own beliefs and agenda. After all, they are "America's Food and Health Watchdog." This shouldn't surprise anyone who has an interest in diet and public policy. In fact, the DGA Committee is stacked with those who are sympathetic to the CSPI.

I'll end this rant with an excellent presentation on saturated fat by Dr. Paul Mason, as it's very appropriate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUY_SDhxf4k

More from the Nutrition Coalition:

https://www.nutritioncoalition.us/n...n-saturated-fat

Unbelievable. You can't make this stuff up . . . . . . . . .

To think the DGA for 2020 will have the ultimate influence in food policy for public schools at all levels, hospitals, nursing homes (what happens to low carbers when we are admitted to an assisted living or independent living environment and want to eat healthy on a food plan???), the military, and much more.

I kid you not: post emergency surgery a plate of white crap. every item White. Yet, I had been eating for tens days a not-crap diet while sitting in a hospital bed....they had the info that I didnt eat crap but of course the nursing staff knew better.

I try to stay clear of hospitals...