Well, whaddya know: after decades of scaremongering about dietary cholesterol, it looks like the U.S. government is about to tell us we don’t need to worry about it after all.
This from the Washington Post:
The nation’s 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 group’s finding that cholesterol in the diet need no longer be considered a “nutrient of concern’ stands in contrast to the committee’s findings five years ago, the last time it convened. During those proceedings, as in previous years, the panel deemed the issue of “excess dietary cholesterol” a public health concern.
The new view on cholesterol in the diet 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.
But the finding, which may offer a measure of relief to breakfast diners who prefer eggs, follows an evolution of thinking among many nutritionists who now believe that for a healthy adult cholesterol intake may not significantly affect the level of cholesterol in the blood or increase the risk of heart disease. The greater danger, according to this line of thought, lies in foods heavy with trans fats and saturated fats.
Saturated fats, eh? Now I’m not so sure about that one, either.
You know, it’s almost enough to make a person wonder about some of the other things they’ve been scaring us with. Imagine if it turned out that our politicians don’t even really know, most of the time, what’s a real problem and what isn’t! Boy, that would be awful.
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The hell you say!
The hell you say Henry!
Back when the first lady went to hashtagging kale and low sodium I went a dug me a root cellar.
Diggin’ a root cellar in the Ozarks, not someplace like … oh heck, it did give me a proper excuse to apply for and easily get, a license to use dynamite.
Nevermind.
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Anybody lookin’ to buy liver? Mac ‘n cheese?
OT: So, is Greece gonna call EU’s bluff?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31378068
So is the EU going to give in and kick the can down the road for Greece? Or will the US pony up some dough to keep the Greeks in? Go Greece Go. When will Germans get sick of being the horsecart that pulls the cart that is the rest of Europe and say, “screw you guys, I’m going home.”?
You know, it’s almost enough to make a person wonder about some of the other things they’ve been scaring us with.
And the corollary to government scare programs is the nutritional antidote, that marvelous miracle food, packed with disease preventing/curative qualities heretofore unknown and/or unheralded. One can only wonder how many government subsidies flow from backroom deals through the USDA when the FDA (and FLOTUS) touts the latest food to receive the governmental healthy stamp of approval. Soybeans or oats anyone, lol
Y’all who know me and “might’ve” seen me?
I’m getting recently some few “implorations” I’m mind, just guessing, are probably coming from personnel from the local constabularies with, some help from DHS.
(Malcolm. If I wind up busted because you brought to my attention Ron Swanson expect some future correspondence.)
Anyway. Now they’re going so far as asking me my appearance and so, I need some expert officiating. This looks ‘pert near me don’t it?
[img]J Fedora K[/img]
JK,
Looks like the spitting image!
JK?
[img]https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=ec27a7ac37&view=att&th=14b77b98b426705f&attid=0.1&disp=safe&zw[/img]
I’ve received the proper authorization Henry to allow your posting the [jpeg] photograph. Dated as it is being black & white, shades of gray and, as I’m certain the DNI has cleared up by now,
“Fedora” was [redacted the following 38 pages] “Fondue” was actually my code-name, it’s the single unredacted word from page 61.
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Back in “the old days” Henry, we really James Bonds Rriple Zeroes had to steal from Greece to balance our budget. Nowadays with the Sequesters in place Secretary Kerry *Greases* Angela.
Top Secret Henry. Code “Craziest Photo of Jack Elam by Western Standards.”
(It’ll be a single pixel Henry. Don’t worry.) Interpol has your name.
Lord have mercy! Cholesterol in question? And I have been taking Lipitor and now its generic for nine years. I thought “government approved” was just as good as “UL” approved. Who’s in charge?
And this kale craze? When I was coming up kale was basically a garden weed with a pedigree. We have learned how to sautÁ© the stuff with various ingredients to make it edible, and most of all, keep us oh so trendy.
JK, Henry,
Those images aren’t rendering. May I suggest you place images on these pages using an HTML![]()
tag?
Troy,
Membership in the EU has been hell for Greece.
John Derbyshire cited the following Greek parable to illustrate the problem:
Malcolm,
What do you mean they aren’t rendering. JK’s isn’t; the one I posted for JK shows a tough-looking guy in a hat, smoking a cigarette.
JK,
I have no idea what you are talking about. If Interpol contacts me, I will tell them the truth: You emailed the pic to me and threatened to terminate me with extreme prejudice unless I posted the pic for you on Malcolm’s blog. I did it under extreme duress. “Ich bin nicht schuldig!” I was just following orders!
JK?
The last 3 digits of my Los Alamos Z-Number are 007. Capisce?
“[A]fter decades of scaremongering about dietary cholesterol, it looks like the U.S. government is about to tell us we don’t need to worry about it after all.”
Uh-oh, time to start worrying.
Jeffery Hodges
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Trying to render JK’s pic (while logged out of my account):
[img]https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4tQODgt_QnNYU9CUDZzdmJVaDF5aXQ0b1FGZkZobU01SWg0/view?usp=sharing[/img]
OK, Malcolm. I understand what you meant above. The pic from JK was visible to me only, and only if I was logged into my account.
I found JK’s pic online at Wikipedia:
Jack Elam looks exactly like JK!