Hi
Andrew,
Glad
to see you have seen the ‘light’ and retired.
In
my experience the timing is very individual and one needs to be certain that
life after retirement is planned out.
For
me, life in Adelaide is quite pleasant once I get over the discomfort of disc
prolapse, calcific tendonitis - hips and shoulders and
some spinal arthritis - a mix, I suspect, of family history and being now 55
years on insulin.
I
remain and identify as a healthcare consumer and advocate, trying to dip an oar
in to keep medical researchers on their toes, and clinicians too.
It
has been a labour of many to raise the profile of the those challenging the
evidence base and probity of the Aussie Dietary Guidelines, in
particular, the 2013 ones. And preparing for a possible fight when
the 2024 ADGs are released.
And
question how dietary dogma has been perpetrated for more than 40 years - yes,
we of class 1971 arrived newly graduated not long after the US Dietary
Guidelines of 1977 were pronounced. I have many references (some from internal
documents of the sugar industry) that illustrate how the food industry
engineered these guidelines to demonise fat and thus raise the % of carbs
consumed - a particularly egregious thing for all diabetics.
Furthermore
these fundamentals - fat less than 30% of daily energy intake (and saturated
fat ideally less than 10% of that 30%), protein with its satiating effect
steady at about 15 to 20%, and the remainder of carbs at 50 to 55%. Down fat,
up carbs.
A
systemic review and meta-analysis of 2015 - affirmed that the dietary fat
restriction guidelines of the US 1977 and 1983 dietary guidelines were against
the RCTs of those times.
The
% of each macronutrient has not altered since those times. No evidence just
confirmation bias.
We
were or are part of that time. see also Dr Demasi: 2017: Who Influences Dietary
Policy in Australia?
And
there are now 4 Cochrane (evidence level A) trials (2000, 2011, 2015,
2020) all showing no association between fat intake in humans
and cardiovascular disease. No association means no causation can be
attributed. Yet 2003 Aussie G/L missed the first one, and 2013 used an
illogical means to skip the second (see Dr Mason: 2017: Saturated Fat is
Not Dangerous). Since the 2000, 2011 were recently reviewed
that should put all four up for consideration in the 2024 Aussie
guidelines formulation.
And
let us not start on statins, the next big con since 1980/90s onwards.
And
from the 1980s up went incidence of T2D, pre-diabetes, NAFLD (now called
Metabolic Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease) etc.
And
that seed oils with relatively unstable PUFAs oxidise easily to create oxidised
LDL-C ( a marker of CVD) in the circulation.
Worse
still, each dose of fructose from sucrose containing foods, and from soda
drinks and commercial fruit juices, consumed by children, teens and adults overwhelms
the liver to produce fatty liver, a precursor of CVD. (just like alcohol does -
yes, we have ben feeding our kids, nephews, nieces with a substance just
as damaging in some ways as alcohol) see video: Lustig: 2009: The Bitter Truth
Of
course these foods contain very little fibre, but whole fruit contains the
fibre to delay absorption of fructose to a more manageable level.
Did
you know that Medical Director, that ‘trusty’ prescribing program, used to be
owned by the SDA Church, the owners of Sanitarium.
Wondered
why it had ready-made diet plans (fashioned by that food giant) to print out
for patients?
We
have trials showing up to 30% of those with T2D can reverse their diabetes with
well formulated low or very low carb diets - at potential savings in
health (from blindness, kidney failure, amputation etc) and huge
healthcare cost saving from de-prescription of medications.
Yet
we have one medical College where, it is alleged, at least 2 members on a
guidelines committee have known conflicts of interest with the pharmaceutical
industry.
The
guidelines of this College, as those of past years, push patients towards
continued dependency on medication when scientific studies show many may reduce
or cease medication.
Similarly
Dietitians Australia and others keep pushing the calorie theory of weight loss
which just keeps the pharmaceutical industry in profit as well as some doctors
and dietitians.
Ever
heard of the cabohydrate-insulin model of weight management? see Dr
Mason:video: LCHF- A Doctor’s Perspective
Simply
put: consuming 100 calories of bread leads to 90 calories stored as fat and 10
calories burned
consuming 100
calories of steak leads to 70 calories stored as fat and 30 calories burned
-
there
is a video entitled Is A Calorie A Calorie? with good reason.
So
my registered)medical career might be over but not my health consumer one.
Even
if one just subscribes to zoeharcombe.com
there is a wealth of information and an expert dissection of dietary and health
literature to delight the most statistics-phobic person alive
Look
up lowcarbdownunder.com, at its
splendid video library - did you know that the lipid-heart
hypothesis has a new contender?
See
Cummins: 2020:Inside Out or Outside In? Pathogenesis of Athersclerosis - look
up you tube:Subbotin: 2020: CrossFit An Alternative Hypothesis of
Coronary Atherosclerosis. And a Dr Seyfried talks in another rviodeo
about cancer as metabolic disease.
By
comparison kite flying and making have taken a regretful backseat:
another cancelled Easter kite festival as the site does not make for easy
management of crowd numbers and social spacing.
C’est
la vie.
Please
all stay well
Best
Regards, Tony Sangster
