[Research] 2.5 millions on Paleo vs 11000 years on agricultural vs 40 years on low fat

It is funny how our modern diet is so far deviated from what we have been eating for 2.5 millions year ago. We ate paleo for millions of years and only ate agricultural products only for few thousand years. Worst of all, the modern , processed diet we eat now is completely new and unnatural.

One single nutritional guide called “Dietary goals for the United States” was released in 1977 to persuade the entire country to low-fat, high-carb diet. This is one of the reasons why the obesity rate skyrocketed since the recommendation was made in 1977. Worst of all, the initial recommendation was to simply reduce meat-intake in order to reduce cardiovascular disease. However, due to the push back from meat industry, the report revised its initial position. Instead of recommending less meat, the report was revised to a general view of recommending “low-fat”.

Here is the actual first edition original 1977 document:

https://archive.org/details/CAT10527234/page/n1

You can see the full effect of the damage and discussion of the report here:

https://opencommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1482&context=srhonors_theses

McGovern was eventually advised to issue a prepared statement in the interest of the meat industry, during which he stated the report did not explicitly state that meat consumption caused disease, and then went on to say he considered beef to be an excellent source of protein (12). In September 1977, McGovern conceded, against the advice of many committee members and professionals in the nutrition field, to the meat industry and issued a revision to the guidelines, which were printed that December. The amended version changed the recommendation to decrease meat consumption to “decrease consumption of animal fat, and choose meats […] which will reduce saturated fat intake.” The revision of the guidelines harped on the negative effects of dietary constituents, namely total fat and saturated fat, rather than the food products containing them. The meat industry had done its best to protect its own interests, and American doctors began advising dietary alterations per the new recommendations

Breif overview of history of obesity:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgebZBDVARg

TL,DR:

We are suppose to eat ancient diet but we forgot that if we don’t evaluate the actual history of our human history and diet pattern. We evolved over 2.5 millions year on paleo diet. 11000 years on agricultural diet. And only 50 years on modern processed diet. No wonder everyone is sick. Here is a video that briefly reviews the historical perspective of obesity and human diet.

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Here is the actual first edition original 1977 document:

https://archive.org/details/CAT10527234/page/n1

You can see the full effect of the damage and discussion of the report here:

https://opencommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1482&context=srhonors_theses

Breif overview of history of obesity:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgebZBDVARg

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