WE NEED YOU TO TAKE ACTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA
LET THE ADMINISTRATION KNOW that the US Dietary Guidelines must Include a Low-Carbohydrate Option for People with Chronic Diseases
A new edition of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans is expected to be released in the next month. These guidelines are CRUCIAL: they drive food in school lunches, military mess halls, and ‘food baskets’ for women and infant children, among many other programs. The guidelines are also considered the “gold standard” for doctors, nutritionists, and other professionals. Americans have followed the guidelines for the past 45 years (see below)—and clearly, our health has gotten dramatically worse.
It’s long overdue for the Dietary Guidelines to include a low-carbohydrate option the for vast majority of Americans with diet-related diseases.We are not asking for all Americans to follow this approach. It just needs to be an option—one that has long been supported by adequate science. As the MAHA Commission report (part 1) stated:
Some of the most compelling dietary intervention data comes from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of reduced-carbohydrate diets in adults and children to reverse obesity, type 2 diabetes, Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD), and risk factors for heart disease such as hypertension….[R]educed-carbohydrate diets have been studied in several two-year trials, including one with five-year follow-up data. (p. 28)
It’s time to get loud on social media.
Below are some graphics to share. Or feel free to make your own!
KEY Points:
- By law, the Dietary Guidelines must serve the “general public”—which now has one or more chronic condition (60%-93%, according to various estimates).
- The Guidelines is required by law to include an option for the vast majority of Americans
- This option must reflect the science, which tells us that total carbohydrate reduction is the most effective approach for disease reversal.
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More Information:
Since 1980, the Dietary Guidelines has put Americans on a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet
The guidelines very clearly recommend a diet that’s high in carbohydrates (>50% of calories as carbohydrate) and low in fat (<33% fat) for all Americans over the age of 2.
Also, let’s be clear: we HAVE absolutely followed these recommendations.
Look at this chart:
