I think Keto and Low Carb are among the strategies the public has attempted to cope with bad nutritional advice from the FDA. Below, I bounce around some bad advice from the FDA and note that low carb and Keto people might be on to the problem of 'enriched' foods (looking at you, FDA). My comments stem from an article by Brian Cates titled:
What If Everything They've Been Telling You About Food:
Is...WRONG?
"Have Our Trusted Health Authority Figures Led Us Astray? And If So...What Can We Do About It?" ransomnote: Cates's article features the 'food pyramid' and other nutrition topics which seem to indicate that we've been deceived across the board. I've posted some information from his article below. According to him:
You were given bad information by government and medical authority figures on 7 dietary subjects:
1. Cholesterol levels
2. Salt/mineral levels
3. Protein levels
4. Animal Fats
5. Fiber
6. Seed oils
7. Meal frequency
ransomnote: here's a tweet from him.
and then this from over 100 years ago:
And, that's just part of what she wrote. I'm backing off sugar finallllllly! And that's just part of the bad stuff. RN has it all!