Theresnot much agreement about nutrition.
Pretty soon you just dont knowwhatto think about eggs or white bread or low-fat salad dressing.
(Five percent would be even better, they note.)
The US government agrees.
Years ago, the food pyramid gently discouraged fats and sweets.
We should be limiting all of them.
Why no love for sugar?
Along with those calories, youd get vitamins, protein, or other useful nutrients.
The Coke brings none of that to the table.
Theres evidence that sugar is bad news for other reasons, too.
Itincreases your triglycerides and bad cholesterol, and is convincinglylinked to diabetes.
Who else is against sugar?
Paleo gurus likeRobb WolfandMark Sisson.
Sustainable food spokesmanMichael Pollan.
The resulting oil works beautifully in donuts and pie crusts, for frying oil, and to make margarine.
(Those saturated fats turned out not to be so unhealthy, butthats another story.)
By the way, there is a family of trans fats thatarefound in nature, especially in dairy products.
These, includingconjugated linoleic acid, seem to be somewhere between harmless andbeneficial.
That complicates labeling because you cant make everything trans fat free, nor should you make a run at.
When were talking about the bad trans fats, we mean the artificial kind in partially hydrogenated oils.
These trans fatshave been linkedto heart disease, and possibly diabetes and obesity.
TheWorld Health Organization concurs.
Consensus #3: Eat More Vegetables
This one is almost too easy.
Vegetarians like vegetables because, well, the obvious.
The USDA has drawn vegetables as the largest segment ofMyPlate.
The quibbles are few and far between:potatoes are sometimes controversialbecause theyre so starchy.
Paleo folksdont like beans.
So listen to your mom and eat those veggies.
They make good gateway claims to get you agreeing before they bring out their weirder beliefs and sales pitches.
Theres too much sugar in our diet, they say, and you nod.
A clean, healthy diet includes lots of vegetables!
they continue, and yourereallyagreeing now.
Thats when they sell you theircustomized detox planorshiny new blender.
And if you get these right, you know youre off to agood start.
