Does anybody actually pay attention to the government nutrition guidelines? I remember getting the handouts and stuff, but I just threw that crap out. Honestly I don’t even remember what they were, and although I know they get adjusted all the time I don’t what they are now either. It’s just government yabber.
Yes. Schools, hospitals, the military, and other institutions involved in feeding people base their food on the guidelines. The guidelines inform the common perception of what is healthy and what is not. Where did the idea that low fat food was a good thing come from? The guidelines. They are hugely influential, and people have responded to them. As a population, our consumption of fat, read meat, carbs, and other categories have adjusted to be more in line with the guidelines. And we've gotten sicker.
I think Michelle 0bama re-wrote them all (government nutrition guidelines), anyway, so who knows whether they have any validity?
Bottom line:
If the National Sawdust Foundation had enough money to throw around up on Capitol Hill, it wouldn’t be long before the government would be advising Americans to eat sawdust five times per day.
The government is just too corrupt to be trusted with the transmission of health advice or science.