![]() Post by Professor Grant Schofield (AUT) It's a food fight. The time has finally come where a deep and important line needs to be drawn in the sand. No more throwing bad science and bad advice around. Stop! The “food pyramid” guidelines are still alive (and well?) in New Zealand (see here). They are outdated, old school and quite simply wrong. Recently they were up for review… Unfortunately, they came back more or less the same – saturated fat, and fat are bad for us ….blah blah blah. So our team felt we had to put all the science out there publicly for everyone to have a look at. So here it is for your scrutiny. Ministry of Health Dietary Guidelines Submission This is our response to the draft nutrition guidelines. The timing could not be better actually, as tonight I go head to head with the very people who advised on these guidelines. The 3rd Degree piece will be available here (its rightly called “Food fight” after 8.30 tonight NZ time. Please take the time to read at least the lay summary,and even the full scientific document. I think you will be shocked just how little backs up the current and future nutrition guidelines. Its time a full and robust scientific analysis of what we are told to eat should be presented to government health officials (who have it now), and the lay, scientific, and health communities. We have also proposed a new set of guidelines called the Real food guidelines – real food, for real people, based on real evidence. Its time to get real people! Here they are for the first time : The real food guidelines Real food for real people, based on real evidence
Thanks to everyone in our team who contributed (see below). Also Dee Holdsworth-Parks for tirelessly keeping my life organised and our team working smoothly. Dr Caryn Zinn PhD NZ Registered Dietician. Senior lecturer Human Potential Centre, AUT University Dr Dr Nigel Harris PhD, BRmgmt Senior lecturer, Human Potential Centre, AUT University Dr Mikki Williden PhD Registered Nutritionist, Senior lecturer Human Potential Centre, AUT University Catherine Crofts MPS M.Phil Research Assistant, Human Potential Centre, AUT University Dr Simon Thornley BHB, MBChB, MPH (Hons), FAFPHM. Professional Teaching Fellow & Research Fellow, Section of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Auckland Cliff Harvey ND Holistic Performance Nutrition George D. Henderson Research Assistant, Human Potential Centre, AUT University ![]()
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