tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-194600066391868656.post4032736043240981458..comments2024-02-01T06:35:18.039-08:00Comments on Emotions for Engineers: JAMA: Dietary Guidelines in the 21st Century - a Time for FoodTony Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11688318289784215712noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-194600066391868656.post-58738598310759531442010-08-23T06:24:15.349-07:002010-08-23T06:24:15.349-07:00The big problem is that truths about healthy eatin...The big problem is that truths about healthy eating get buried in an avalanche of information of mixed veracity. Lies about healthy eating get preferential treatment due to the financial clout of the edible oils, sweeteners, and food manufacturing industries.<br /><br />Having said that, I'm hopeful that the truth about added sugars and excessive omega-6 intake will eventually emerge into the limelight. The added sugars problem has been getting considerable press and research attention since about 2004. The omega-6 problem much less so outside of blogs such as this one. For example, Google "Case Study: 30-Days of High Omega-6 Diet--Stiffens Arteries and Increases Belly Fat."David Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16372232359108968083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-194600066391868656.post-83474300473224941362010-08-22T15:41:32.551-07:002010-08-22T15:41:32.551-07:00Thanks Cynthia and Paula,
Learn the lie and doubt...<em>Thanks Cynthia and Paula,<br /><br />Learn the lie and doubt the truth. That's really good.<br /><br />"You’re entitled to your own opinions. You’re not entitled to your own facts." - Moynihan<br /><br />e4e</em>e4ehttp://www.emotionsforengineers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-194600066391868656.post-90661525170853448032010-08-22T12:47:21.960-07:002010-08-22T12:47:21.960-07:00Oops, I said "submitted by Krauss, whose rese...Oops, I said "submitted by Krauss, whose research Taubes discusses, below..." This was cut-and-pasted from another email where I put in, from Good Calories, Bad Calories, Taube's discussion of Krauss, starting here:<br /><br />p. 172 from Part 2 - THE CARBOHYDRATE HYPOTHESIS: TRIGLYCERIDES AND THE COMPLICATIONS OF CHOLESTEROL<br /><br />FROM GOOD CALORIES, BAD CALORIES (2008)<br />ON VLDL AND PATTERN B<br /><br /><br />..Kwiterovich and Sniderman...collaborated with Krauss on the last of his three papers on the heterogeneity of LDL. In 1983, they reported that the disproportionate elevation in the apo B protein in heart-disease patients was due to a disproportionate elevation in the amount of the smallest and densest of the low-density lipoproteins (very low-density lipoproteins, aka “VLDL” – PN).<br /><br />This explained what Krauss had set out to understand: why two people can have identical LDL-cholesterol levels and yet one develops atheroscle¬rosis and coronary heart disease and the other doesn't – why LDL cho¬lesterol is only a marginal risk factor for heart disease. (ETC.)Paulanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-194600066391868656.post-54923450650605450152010-08-22T12:43:50.889-07:002010-08-22T12:43:50.889-07:00"They learn the lie and doubt the truth"..."They learn the lie and doubt the truth" - exactly! Tho some other rays of truth have broken thru:<br /><br />SPEECHLESS (Weston A. Price org.)<br /><br />What has left most commentators speechless is a mega-analysis [submitted by Krauss, whose research Taubes discusses, below - Paula] published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (March 2010 91(3)535-546). Researchers combined the relative risk rates from twenty-one studies representing almost three hundred fifty thousand people whose diets and health outcomes had been followed for five to twenty-three years. The conclusion: "There is no significant evidence for concluding that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of CHD (coronary heart disease) or CVD (cardiovascular disease)." Not one word about this study appeared in the mainstream press. <br /><br />NOT QUITE TRUE: HERE'S THE MAINSTREAM PRESS:<br /><br />Low-carb diet trumps low-fat <br />August 3, 2010 - 7:32am<br /> <br />8/3/10<br /><br />By STEPHANIE NANO <br />Associated Press Writer <br />NEW YORK (AP) - Over the long term, a low-carb diet works just as well as a low-fat diet at taking off the pounds, and it might be better for your heart, new research suggests.<br /><br />Both diets improved cholesterol in a two-year study that included intensive group counseling. But those on the low-carbohydrate diet got a bigger boost in their so-called good cholesterol, nearly twice as much as those on low-fat.<br /><br />In previous studies, low-carb diets have done better at weight loss at six months, but longer-term results have been mixed. And there's been a suggestion of better cholesterol from low-carb eating.'<br /><br />The latest test is one of the longest to compare the approaches....The key difference was in HDL, or good cholesterol: a 23 percent increase from low-carb dieting compared to a 12 percent improvement from low-fat, said Gary Foster, director of Temple University's Center for Obesity Research and Education, who led the federally funded study.<br /><br />He said the low-carb boost is the kind one might get from medicines that improve HDL.<br />"For a diet, that's pretty impressive," Foster said.<br /><br />The findings, published in Tuesday's Annals of Internal Medicine, are based on a study of 307 adults, two-thirds of them women. Participants were obese but didn't have cholesterol problems or diabetes.<br /><br />Half followed a low-carb diet modeled after the Atkins' plan and half went on a low-calorie, low-fat diet. All attended group sessions to help them change bad eating habits, get more active and stick to their diets.<br /><br />The volunteers had periodic checks of their weight, blood, bone density and body composition. After two years, there was no major differences between diet groups, except in good cholesterol. Why the low-carb diet had a bigger effect on good cholesterol isn't known, the researchers said.<br /><br />As low-carb plans became popular, experts feared the diet would drive up the risk of heart disease because it allows more fat. The latest results suggest those concerns are unfounded, Foster said. In the low-carb group, there was an early rise in "bad" cholesterol, the kind that builds up in arteries. But after two years, both groups ended up with similar improvements to bad cholesterol.<br /><br />The study's strengths include its size, length and its multiple locations _ Denver, Philadelphia and St. Louis, said Dr. William Yancy, of the Durham VA Medical Center in North Carolina.'<br /><br />"These are results we should have a lot of confidence in," said Yancy, who has done similar diet research but was not involved in the study.<br /><br />Foster, the study leader, said dieters should be less concerned about which diet to use, and focus on finding the support or technique _ like writing down what they eat _ that keeps them on track.<br /><br />"It doesn't make a difference for weight loss how you get there," he said.<br />With the current obesity epidemic, more than one way is needed to attack the problem, Yancy said.<br /><br />"Both of these are options. These diets work," he said.Paulanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-194600066391868656.post-82632003482047596762010-08-22T02:36:36.577-07:002010-08-22T02:36:36.577-07:00Thanks, this is very interesting. I agree it'...Thanks, this is very interesting. I agree it's a step in the right direction. <br /><br />I just saw a commercial tonight talking about some product with no saturated fat. <br />Unfortunately, if you inundate people with false messages, they eventually learn the lie and doubt the truth. Maybe some news will report on this article at least.<br /><br />CynthiaDrs. Cynthia and Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16081685734249334402noreply@blogger.com