TIMES ARE A CHANGING...

The times are a changing and I am excited with the prospect of our dietary guidelines being updated in a timely fashion in the USA. We may all be distracted with news of peace talks but there is something more impactful happening in Washington.
 
Every 5 years the dietary guidelines are revised according to the evidence emerging on nutrition. You will recognise these guidelines as the food pyramid. I used to believe they were a credible piece of guidance to help us provide evidence based nutrition advice. I stopped believing that when I realized that despite the evidence of contrary fact the same old dogma was rolled out. Low fat is good, saturated fat is bad etc… It is easier to keep rolling out the same message than admit you were wrong. For many years we have championed how important fat is not to mention the fat soluble vitamins within! Bread may have moved up a row on the pyramid but we still cannot have a carvery meal without the serious helping of carbs.
 
These are interesting times as I believe the guidelines are going to be radically different under the leadership of the new administration in the US. They are expected to be a simpler message so that we can understand them better. I cannot wait to get hold of them! Watch this space next month.. 

Anne Maher