{"id":2976,"date":"2020-09-30T12:55:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T16:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lowcarbaction.org\/?p=2976"},"modified":"2020-09-30T22:11:26","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T02:11:26","slug":"guidelines-approach-inappropriate-for-most-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lowcarbaction.org\/guidelines-approach-inappropriate-for-most-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidelines\u2019 One-Size Fits-All Approach Inappropriate for Most Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Jessica Wharton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) are on track to recommend yet again a one-size-fits-all dietary approach. The Guidelines currently recommend three dietary patterns, all of which suggest consuming between 51-54% of daily calories from carbohydrates. This is alarming&#8211;and inappropriate for the majority of Americans who are battling one or more metabolic disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) released its expert report which ignored virtually all low-carb studies and every study on weight-loss. This is a shocking scientific omission and shows complete disregard to the 42.4% of U.S. adults who now have obesity and the more than 114 million adults living with either pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes. <sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By ignoring most Americans, the committee is doing a great disservice to the public. By omitting trials on low-carb diets, the committee is also depriving the public of a safe and effective means of reversing obesity, hypertension, most cardiovascular risk factors, and a Type 2 diabetes diagnoses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The health of Americans has declined since the introduction of the Dietary Guidelines in 1980. A low-carb dietary pattern could change that.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There is still time to do your part by asking Members of Congress to direct the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services (USDA-HHS), which oversee the Guidelines, to delay publication of the 2020 version until the science on low-carb and weight loss has been reviewed. With just one click you can <a href=\"https:\/\/lowcarbaction.org\/take-action\/?vvsrc=%2fcampaigns%2f76323%2frespond\">take action here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The science clearly supports the inclusion of a low-carb diet as <em>one<\/em> viable option among USDA\u2019s three \u201cDietary Patterns.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lowcarbaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dietary-patterns-guidelines-1024x715.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2977\" width=\"768\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lowcarbaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dietary-patterns-guidelines-1024x715.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lowcarbaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dietary-patterns-guidelines-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lowcarbaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dietary-patterns-guidelines-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lowcarbaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dietary-patterns-guidelines-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lowcarbaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dietary-patterns-guidelines-700x489.jpg 700w, https:\/\/lowcarbaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dietary-patterns-guidelines.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For more nutritional adequacy information on a low-carb diet and low-carb meal plans, visit our page <a href=\"https:\/\/lowcarbaction.org\/low-carb-nutrition\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health-news\/more-than-half-of-us-adults-have-diabetes-or-prediabetes-090915#1\">https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health-news\/more-than-half-of-us-adults-have-diabetes-or-prediabetes-090915#1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) are on track to recommend yet again a one-size-fits-all dietary approach. 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