Nutrients and this is example is cholesterol. When i graduated law school in early 70s and early 80s, cholesterol was a demon we were told you have eat foods low in colest cholesterol and egg took a big hit and egg are a cheap source of income in protein for lowincome people. And now in the new dietary guidelines for american that is will go 2015 to 2020 cholesterol is not a concern. This is covered in the news media. And it took about 2030 years but the Nutrition Community has changed its mind on cholesterol. The u. S. Dietary guidelines say cholesterol in foods is no longer a consume and we can go ahead and eat eggs again. This time it seems to be added sugar poses the same questions, is that the best approach to changing culture, changing consumer demand for healthier foods . Now, i want to turn off the slides. Okay. Next point is that the u. S. Dietary guidelines when it talks about added sugars, it says that a dietary pattern that is low in added sugars and has various levels of n
The sugars line in particular and explain that to kids and say, okay, kids, if theres 4 grams per teaspoon, how many teaspoons of sugar are in this food . 12 ounce teaspoon is 9 grams of sugar. That would be 130 of the daily value. Hopefully that will persuade some people to drink just half the bottle of soda. Maybe even less. A number of years ago, 11 years ago, we petitioned the food and Drug Administration to require Health Warnings on soft drinks. That petition, were not sure if the fda has opened the envelope. Its a slow moving agency. In any case, the fda hasnt responded to that petition. And getting a warning label on soda presumably would encourage people to choose beverages without warning labels. Warning labels are not going to solve the problem but presumably would reduce consumption by several percent and everything helps. What really would solve the problem is to change the legal status of sugar and high fructose corn syrup. These substances are generally recognizes as saf
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