Comments on: Debating Our Diets http://nutritionunplugged.com/2009/05/debating-our-diets/ Serving up food news and views Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:46:51 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nutrition Unplugged | Changing the Way America Eats http://nutritionunplugged.com/2009/05/debating-our-diets/comment-page-1/#comment-1119 Nutrition Unplugged | Changing the Way America Eats Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:37:58 +0000 http://nutritionunplugged.com/?p=1740#comment-1119 [...] by Janet on November 9, 2009 Every five years the government assigns a group of experts to scour the latest scientific evidence to help form the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. These experts convened in Washington , DC last week and the meeting was made public via a webinar.  This was the fourth meeting of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.  I wrote about the last meeting in a post titled Debating Our Diets. [...] [...] by Janet on November 9, 2009 Every five years the government assigns a group of experts to scour the latest scientific evidence to help form the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. These experts convened in Washington , DC last week and the meeting was made public via a webinar.  This was the fourth meeting of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.  I wrote about the last meeting in a post titled Debating Our Diets. [...]

]]> By: Janet http://nutritionunplugged.com/2009/05/debating-our-diets/comment-page-1/#comment-359 Janet Fri, 08 May 2009 14:25:59 +0000 http://nutritionunplugged.com/?p=1740#comment-359 Thanks for your message, Dr. Parker. I think you've touched on a big issue and I'm sure there will be lots of discussion about dietary fat, including the merits of reducing saturated fat. Certainly there's been a lot of intriguing research on specific saturated fatty acids, and some are not as bad for us as we thought. However, the issue becomes are they better than unsaturated. I don't think so. That's my beef with the current coconut oil craze. Yes, some of the saturated fatty acids in coconut oil do not raise blood cholesterol in the same way as other saturated fatty acids, but that doesn't make coconut oil a better choice than olive oil or canola oil. I don't see the dietary guidelines committee softening their stance on saturated fat. Although I do think it's an important point to make that not all saturated fatty acids are created equal. Thanks for reading, Janet Thanks for your message, Dr. Parker.
I think you’ve touched on a big issue and I’m sure there will be lots of discussion about dietary fat, including the merits of reducing saturated fat. Certainly there’s been a lot of intriguing research on specific saturated fatty acids, and some are not as bad for us as we thought. However, the issue becomes are they better than unsaturated. I don’t think so. That’s my beef with the current coconut oil craze. Yes, some of the saturated fatty acids in coconut oil do not raise blood cholesterol in the same way as other saturated fatty acids, but that doesn’t make coconut oil a better choice than olive oil or canola oil. I don’t see the dietary guidelines committee softening their stance on saturated fat. Although I do think it’s an important point to make that not all saturated fatty acids are created equal.
Thanks for reading,
Janet

]]> By: Steve Parker, M.D. http://nutritionunplugged.com/2009/05/debating-our-diets/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Steve Parker, M.D. Wed, 06 May 2009 15:31:44 +0000 http://nutritionunplugged.com/?p=1740#comment-333 I'd love for the committee to re-examine the evidence supporting limitation of saturated fat intake in order to reduce atherosclerosis, such as coronary heart disease. It would save me at least 40 hours of research if they would. A recent meta-analysis found insufficient evidence linking saturated fats to coronary heart disease. Details are at my healthy lifestyle blog: http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/?p=171 The overwhelming majority of dietitians and physicians still toe the party line regarding intake of saturated fats. What do you think, Janet? -Steve I’d love for the committee to re-examine the evidence supporting limitation of saturated fat intake in order to reduce atherosclerosis, such as coronary heart disease. It would save me at least 40 hours of research if they would.

A recent meta-analysis found insufficient evidence linking saturated fats to coronary heart disease. Details are at my healthy lifestyle blog: http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/?p=171

The overwhelming majority of dietitians and physicians still toe the party line regarding intake of saturated fats. What do you think, Janet?

-Steve

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