The Red Meat, Eggs, Fat, and Salt Diet
24th February 2015
I’m in.
Progressives tend to believe that government knows best. The unfolding fiasco over government nutrition misinformation should give them pause.
But, sadly, it won’t.
For years now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been recommending that “everyone age 2 and up should consume less than 2,300 milligrams (mg) of sodium each day. Some groups of people should further limit sodium intake to 1,500 mg per day, including adults age 51 or older, all African Americans, and anyone with high blood pressure, diabetes, or chronic kidney disease.” Recent studies now suggest that this advice is killing more people than it’s saving.
Your tax dollars at work.
Most of the government’s recommendations were derived from “consensus statements” based largely on the results of observational epidemiological studies. The new revisions tend to be based on prospective epidemiological studies and random controlled trials. Observational studies may be good at developing hypotheses, but they are mostly not a good basis for making behavioral recommendations and imposing regulations.
Hey, you can’t go against a consensus. That would make you a denier.