OK,
then are you saying all my nutritional assessments are wrong?
That humans don't need 30cc of fluid per KG of body weight, or they don't need 35gm of fiber (ideally). That women are best served by consuming 1500mg of calcium a day or that most need around 15mg of iron? That the standard of .8 kg of protein for an average healthy individual is wrong and that 50% of kcal from CHO is based on myth? All this ties back into the recommendations and the way we right diets and menus.
Are you saying that the ACA recs for plant based plates is money driven? Same with the AHA and ADA? That we just made all this up for money?
And on and on and on. Honestly, if the 30% of professionals I know were writing the FP today, there would be very little animal on it. But that's more from working with sick people and bad diets. That's from hearing more than one diet history where there were almost no fruits or veges, but lots and lots of meat, fat and sugar.
Look, I accepted a long time ago that being an RD AND being on FR was like being a Wiccan at a tent revival. Unwelcome and unwanted. :) So I avoid these threads.
But I love my job, I believe in what I do and I believe in the results that I see on a daily basis. And I do see positive results which makes glad I chose this profession. Even though I'm WAY underpaid.
An RD? Pardon my ignorance...what's that stand for?
Simply eating "normal" foods, avoiding high-fructose corn syrup when possible, and going easy on the sweet desserts, fast food, and heavily processed foods is just fine for most people. While the basic "recommendations" are probably a good guide to go buy, you can't tell me that lobbying wasn't involved in the FP decision.
Absolutely not. I'm saying that the gov't recommended food pyramid is based largely on lobbyists. You even admit that most successful diets are veggie and fruit based. The problem is that the USDA says it should be based on grain - and includes pasta and refined flour based products in that category - which have very little nutritional value. And the reason they include those products is $$$.
Diets like SB and atkins steer towards "good" carbs - those with high fiber counts, as opposed to the crap that the USDA includes.
I've been following the guidelines for the New American Plate put out by the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) for almost a year now and have lost a lot of weight. The doctor tells me my cholesterol and lipids are "beautiful." I enjoy eating more than I ever have because I'm getting wonderful fresh, non-processed food in whatever quantity I want.
Lol.
Hey, I'd love more input on threads like these from people with your background. :-)