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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
New US Dietary guidelines no longer lists cholesterol as a major problem. In fact, attempting to restrict cholesterol, for most people, has resulted in higher consumption of sugars and fats, according to the recent report.
Dr. Steven Nissen, the chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, recently commented: “The idea we need to limit saturated fat and cholesterol shifted Americans from a well-balanced diet to high-sugar diets, which made people eat more and get fatter.”
2015 DGAC chairwoman Barbara Millen actually pinpoints the diet-related health issues we need to address now.
She says, “About half of all American adults — 117 million individuals — have one or more preventable (emphasis hers) chronic diseases that relate to poor quality dietary patterns and physical inactivity, including cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and diet-related cancers.”
http://diabetesinsider.com/cholesterol-not-problem-poor-diet/38060
Dr. Steven Nissen, the chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, recently commented: “The idea we need to limit saturated fat and cholesterol shifted Americans from a well-balanced diet to high-sugar diets, which made people eat more and get fatter.”
2015 DGAC chairwoman Barbara Millen actually pinpoints the diet-related health issues we need to address now.
She says, “About half of all American adults — 117 million individuals — have one or more preventable (emphasis hers) chronic diseases that relate to poor quality dietary patterns and physical inactivity, including cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and diet-related cancers.”
http://diabetesinsider.com/cholesterol-not-problem-poor-diet/38060