The 2015 US Dietary Guidelines: Lifting the Ban on Total Dietary Fat

Re:The 2015 US Dietary Guidelines: Lifting the Ban on Total ... by tantalor on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @12:23AM (#9769550)

What does "lifting the ban" mean? What is currently banned?

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Re:The 2015 US Dietary Guidelines: Lifting the Ban on Total ... by Laforet on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @01:31AM (#9769816)

Currently the recommendation is that fat should not exceed 35% of total calorific intake. And the proposal seeks to do away with the cap.

Edit: added some clarifications

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Re:The 2015 US Dietary Guidelines: Lifting the Ban on Total ... by tantalor on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @02:12AM (#9769952)

I don't see how that is a ban.

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Re:The 2015 US Dietary Guidelines: Lifting the Ban on Total ... by GordonS on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @03:26AM (#9770157)

OK, it might not be a 'ban' in strict grammatical terms, but the implication is clear. Because of these guidelines many people have treated any dietary fat as taboo. I certainly counted myself among them. Decades of advice and ad campaigns from the government will do that.

I believe these guidelines and associated ad campaigns (and many like them in other countries such as the UK) have actually led to people 'learning' to find fat completely distasteful, so I think it will be some time before there is a significant change in eating habits.

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