The FDA gets lobbied just like any other government organization. Do you think companies like Kellogg aren't doing their damndest to protect the federal guidelines that claim you should be eating more of their products? Hell, studies claiming that eggs were bad for you didn't start coming out until cereal became a popular breakfast food!
I don't support any dietary guidelines by the government. However, libertarians want to blame
everything on the government, as if simply because the FDA recommends 50% of caloric intake by carbohydrates, American's are getting fatter and more diabetic. Most American's probably get way more carbohydrates than recommended, and from sources which are not recommended, nor do they get nearly enough exercise/activity. This is what I was objecting to, because the story is not that simple. More importantly, it seems that where the government
is actually playing an agent in our diet (through subsidization), isn't getting the attention it should if people are concerned about what the government recommends.
I'd also like to say that not all of us need to or want to be at "peak" performance, At some point, any argument about diet has to come down to how you want to live, and to what is actually "unhealthy" vs. "not-as-healthy." More carbs may add a little more fat to the body, but why is that in-and-of-itself a bad thing?
You can't just lump a candy bar and a banana together based upon the fact that your body will process sugar out of it, mmeaning the spike in blood sugar caused by eating fruits, vegetables, starches, etc, are able to be handled by the body in a more or less safe manner (you can still gain weight, but that's why you moderate yourself).
Also true; it's better to eat an orange than drink orange juice, as the fiber in the orange will slow down the digestion and releasing of carbohydrates into the bloodstream, whereas the orange juice is basically a sugar bomb. Fructose is also predisposed to being stored as liver glycogen instead of muscle glycogen, the former of which can lead to fat gain. Granted, this gain can be minimized if you moderate yourself like you said, but I just wanted to highlight the differences between carbohydrate types.
Well this is pretty much what I've been trying to talk about. NR is adamant that all carbohydrates are the same, but they just aren't.
Take a look at this:
https://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/county-32316-served-inmates.html
Based on that meal plan I input it into my personal calorie and nutrition tracker and everything looked about right if you want to be fat.
https://img651.imageshack.us/i/prisonmeal.png/
https://img197.imageshack.us/i/prisnfood2.png/
Holy fuck, look at how much sodium they're getting. Though, since it's all processed foods, that shouldn't be too surprising...
It's also a little hard to know what each person drinks. I assume the inmates can still drink water if they choose to, and those fruit drinks are probably a "great" source of HFCS and other refined sugars.
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