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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe U.S. government is poised to withdraw longstanding warnings about cholesterol
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/02/10/feds-poised-to-withdraw-longstanding-warnings-about-dietary-cholesterol/Time to put eggs back on the menu?
The nations top nutrition advisory panel has decided to drop its caution about eating cholesterol-laden food, a move that could undo almost 40 years of government warnings about its consumption.
The groups finding that cholesterol in the diet need no longer be considered a nutrient of concern stands in contrast to the committees findings five years ago, the last time it convened. During those proceedings, as in previous years, the panel deemed the issue of excess cholesterol in the American diet a public health concern.
The finding follows an evolution of thinking among many nutritionists who now believe that, for healthy adults, eating foods high in cholesterol may not significantly affect the level of cholesterol in the blood or increase the risk of heart disease.
The greater danger in this regard, these experts believe, lies not in products such as eggs, shrimp or lobster, which are high in cholesterol, but in too many servings of foods heavy with saturated fats, such as fatty meats, whole milk, and butter.
The new view on cholesterol in food does not reverse warnings about high levels of bad cholesterol in the blood, which have been linked to heart disease. Moreover, some experts warned that people with particular health problems, such as diabetes, should continue to avoid cholesterol-rich diets.
While Americans may be accustomed to conflicting dietary advice, the change on cholesterol comes from the influential Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, the group that provides the scientific basis for the Dietary Guidelines. That federal publication has broad effects on the American diet, helping to determine the content of school lunches, affecting how food manufacturers advertise their wares, and serving as the foundation for reams of diet advice.
The panel laid out the cholesterol decision in December, at its last meeting before it writes a report that will serve as the basis for the next version of the guidelines. A video of the meeting was later posted online and a person with direct knowledge of the proceedings said the cholesterol finding would make it to the groups final report, which is due within weeks.
After Marian Neuhouser, chair of the relevant subcommittee, announced the decision to the panel at the December meeting, one panelist appeared to bridle.
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Get off the statins! they weaken your muscles, which your heart is one!
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The U.S. government is poised to withdraw longstanding warnings about cholesterol (Original Post)
TheNutcracker
Feb 2015
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(44,036 posts)1. Glad to see the FDA finally catching up to what my biochem teacher taught us
in 1975, 40 fracking years ago.
iscooterliberally
(3,006 posts)2. I've had a few doctors put me on statins, and I tried them.
The effect was like waking up after binge drinking all night with a horrible hangover for me. I didn't even have the benefit of getting hammered the night before. I have tried several different types and even a very low dose. I just can't take statins. I told my doc to just put a big X through those drugs. I won't take them. It's a quality of life issue. So what if I have high cholesterol. These drugs are horrible for me. Maybe they work for other people. I think they are just a boon for the pharmaceutical industry. Every doctor I go to pushes them on me, but in my case they are intolerable.