The second sentence of this article really hit home with me today. That is the year I graduated from high school weighing over 200 pounds. For the next 32 years, I dieted according to what “they” advocated, with no success. I was always hungry, grumpy, tired, angry that despite constantly starving myself by “eating healthy” and doing excessive hours of cardio my body never seemed to change. I was not where I wanted to be. I was lucky enough to be find the solution through paleo and Cynergy CF.
It’s hard to believe not much has changed since 1977. Reading some of the reasons why is disturbing.
6 Reasons Why I do Not Trust The Mainstream Health Authorities
The mainstream health authorities have an excellent track record of getting things wrong. Since the failed low-fat diet was born in 1977, rates of obesity and diabetes have skyrocketed. New evidence shows that this advice is not only ineffective, but downright harmful for a lot of people. However, despite the studies piling up, the major organizations and their guidelines show no signs of change.
In a perfect world, the people in charge of setting dietary guidelines and educating future and current nutrition professionals would be objective. They would let current science guide their way, not old dogmas, political pressure or financial influences.
However, we do not live in a perfect world. We live in a world that is dominated by money and major corporations exert their influences everywhere, including the health organizations that are supposed to be in charge of protecting our health.
The best example of this is the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the “world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals” (formerly known as the ADA – American Dietetic Association). This organization licenses and educates registered dietitians, the people who are supposed to be the ultimate authorities of what to eat to be healthy.
However, this organization is heavily sponsored by junk food companies.