U.S. Dietary Guidelines Poised for Bold Shift Toward Plant-Based Whole Foods – Forks Over Knives
Which means what they’ve been advising us to eat since the early 1980s must have been wrong. By changing the guidelines, massively, every few years, they imply they have no idea what they are doing.
Ever since the USDA started telling us how to eat, everyone gained weight. In the 1980s, the “experts” told us to eliminate nearly all fats from our diets – but consuming sugar was okay as long as you were not diabetic, brushed your teeth and not trying to lose weight. Seriously, they told us that at company meetings – in the 80’s, the guidelines were taken so seriously that our employers held meetings to advise us on the latest nutritional recommendations and these “experts” told us sugar was okay and preferable to fats. (This really happened at one of the meetings I attended in the ’80s.)
Now they desire to mandate vitamin B-12 deficiency, a horror I went through losing years of my life to their nonsense. I will not play nice on this point. The only natural source of vitamin B-12 in the quantities our bodies require, is meat – or manufactured vitamin supplements and “fortified” foods (aka manufactured “food”).
During the last Dietary Guidelines update, in 2020, the American Medical Association called for meat and dairy to be deemed optional, writing in a statement that “dairy and meat products are promoted in federal nutrition policies even though they are not nutritionally required.”
- Where are they getting B-12 from?
- What about people with autoimmune disorders or other diseases that reduce B-12 absorption?
- What about older adults whose ability to absorb B-12 goes down?
- What about people with hereditary conditions that cause B-12 deficiency?
After saying to eat unprocessed whole foods, and to consume fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables year round (something not possible in most of North America – remember the “eat local” meme of 2008?), they now insist you take manufactured, processed vitamin supplements, use a spreadsheet to track your nutrients, have your blood tested annually, and consult your doctor and a licensed dietician – so you can eat. Sounds natural!
The new guidelines are driven by climate theories and models. The “experts” have decided that to achieve “Net Zero” we must not eat meat. Yet pet dogs and cats consume up to 30% of the U.S. meat supply. Numerous academics and organizations have called for a ban on pet dogs and cats – are you good with that? (Cats cannot survive without meat, and while dogs can be omnivores, they too need meat.)
As of 2023, just 4% of the U.S. population is a self-described vegetarian, and 1% are vegan, down from 6% and 2% 20 years earlier, according to Gallop.
Nutrition “Science” falls under the “public health” category. The same people that did this:
