IDOF - Ch.1: From foods to nutrients Flashcards
Describe the two major documents that signalled the ‘age of nutritionism’
- 1982 national academy of sciences report helped codify the official new dietary language, the one we all speak (aka nutrients before food) pg.26-27
- dietary goals for the united states (1977), ‘choose meats, poultry, and fish that will reduce saturated fat intake’ pg.23
What are the forces behind this movement?
the committee from dietary goals for the united states were CRITISIZED by red meat and diary industries.
the original from the committee was ‘reduce consumption of meat’
red meat and dairy farmers changed it to ‘choose meats, poultry, and fish that will reduce saturated fat’
pg. 23
What were the arguments against speaking about food in terms of nutrients?
The academy’s panel of thirteen scientists adopted this approach over the OBJECTIONS of at least two of its members who ARGUED that most of the available science pointed towards conclusion about FOODS, not nutrients
All of the human population studies linking dietary fat to cancer actually showed that the groups with higher cancer rates consumed not just more fats, but also more animal foods and fewer plant foods as well. “this meant that these cancers could just as easily be caused by animal protein, dietary cholesterol, something else exclusively found in animal-based foods, or a lack of plant based foods”
How did these guidelines end George McGoverns political career
even though he changed the language, rusticating the 3 term senator, and gov’t doesn’t talk about whole foods anymore
