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Originally Posted by Bagor
You've mentioned this before and appear to be a strong advocate for this diet and changing to it.
My question is why hasn't it been done if the evidence is as clear cut as it appears to be from your posts? Has ANY country adopted a change in their guidelines? Surely govn scientists are reviewing all available evidence also and are advising based on their reviews.
Is there a chance (and I'm playing devil's advocate here) that maybe the diet change that you're advocating isn't as clear cut as we might believe? Could there be flaws in the experimental design/ results?
I guess my question is if the evidence is as strong as you suggest why hasn't the govn recognised and acted on it? Is it as simple as a case of science not being communicated and transferred into policy?
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To me, the evidence is as follows, and Gary Taubes laid it out in his book 'Good calories/bad calories' as well.
We've been told for years now that fat was bad, carbs were good....and protein didn't matter. And yet, our cholesterol levels have increased, blood pressure has gotten worse, we have more heart problems than ever before, more people are overweight, etc, etc.
And yet, people that follow the lower carb, higher fat, even higher protein approach....have lost weight, and have been able to keep it off. Atkins was incredibly popular as a result.
There was an article in Reader's Digest this past month about a doctor in Vancouver who used the low-carb approach on a lot of his patients. Almost 90% of them, including himself lost weight.
Food, weight, calories....etc, etc is not as complex as people make it out to be.
EDIT: And I'm not talking about eating 20 carbs per day either. If get rid of bad carbs, eat more healthy fat and protein, you will still get a decent amount of carbs, but it will be less than what you used to get.