New Dietary Guidelines suggest Whole Milk could make Comeback in Menu
A new research that provides new dietary guidelines by this winter will provide Americans recommendations on saturated fats. Recommendations are especially for those who are baffled to switch from low-fat milk to whole milk.
Earlier, the government guided people to switch from whole milk to low-fat dairy options, and questioned the health effects of a low-fat diet, according to the Washington Post.
According to current federal guidelines, Americans are advised to avoid diets in saturated fats, and to replace whole milk with low-fat milk, due to which they have decreased eating saturated fats and turned to carbohydrates and sugars to replace their calories. Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minnesota, said during the House Committee on Agriculture's hearing on the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans that he heard these recommendations might frustrate people and they don't trust the new ones.
"Fruits and vegetables, grains and lean proteins and limited amounts of saturated fats, added sugars and sodium -- we anticipate that these will continue to be the building blocks of the 2015 guidelines", said Sylvia Burwell, US Health and Human Services Secretary. Janet Kramer, a registered dietitian at UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, said it is important for people to approach food in a better way, and should not avoid one ingredient to eat an excess of another that can also lead to health issues. Whole milk and fats have a place in a healthy diet and for children, it is mandatory to have whole milk, Kramer added.
"Most of them don't believe this stuff anymore," said Peterson, the ranking member of the committee. "They are flat out ignoring this stuff ... from what I'm hearing from my constituents." "The basic tenets of food and nutrition and diets ... [is] moderation and balance and variety," explained with Janet Kramer, a registered dietitian at UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. "That hasn't changed."