[jdege]

exceeded fat and saturated fat recommendations

As every health diet will.

The fat and saturated fat recommendations aren't just impossible to abide by, they are actively dangerous.

1. Fat (and cholesterol) are essential to proper brain development
2. Fat is necessary to the proper absorption of vitamins A, D, E, K1, and K2.
3. Not a single one of the many large-scale randomized clinical trials examining dietary saturated fat showed any association with heart disease.

[buffyt]

AMEN AMEN AMEN!

[captain_dave]

I recall reading that during WW2 that Europe was starving for fat. Also, stone age hunters actively looked for the fatiest animals and not lean ones like rabbits (see “rabbit starvation”). A documentary about an African tribe I saw years ago showed the tribe members preferring the fattest animals.

The modern USDA food pyramid sceme guidelines are pig feed.

[tom paine 2]

Fat is especially needed for children’s growing brains. I had a peanut butter on whole wheat sandwich and vitamin D milk for lunch every day in grade school.

[ladyjane]

Good points. Also, nutritional analyses of a single meal are unreliable.

[EBH]

Personally, I’ve been alive long enough to see them change the nutritional requirements and cultural food standards enough times to say any division of the government that tells Americans what to eat is full of hogwash.