 Nutrition Experts Call For Overhaul of USDA Dietary GuidelinesBy: ph360 SAN DIEGO - July 25, 2016 - PRLog -- In the 24 years since the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) first introduced the Food Guide Pyramid, the well-known nutritional guidelines graphic has undergone many updates to approximate the ideal types and amounts of food a healthy American should eat each day. Though widely recognized, the consensus within the nutrition community is that the Food Guide Pyramid, along with its latest evolutions MyPyramid and MyPlate, is flawed, misleading, and outdated.
Its criticism is not unfounded. Despite updates, the Food Guide Pyramid and Dietary Guidelines for Americans remain an ineffective, and potentially even harmful, attempt to educate the public about appropriate nutritional requirements. The low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet they long encouraged has, in study after study, been associated with cardiovascular disease, Type II diabetes, and obesity. "We can't expect people to be healthy and maintain a healthy weight if we are misinforming them about how best to do so. It is our job as nutrition, health, and government professionals to educate people about what works. There is no one to blame but us if the epidemic of chronic illness and obesity continues unwaveringly as it is," says nutrition and health scientist Matt Riemann. "The guidelines are ineffective simply because they are inaccurate. And they are inaccurate because they lack the consideration that of the 4 billion people in the world, each is completely unique and has entirely different biochemistry and metabolic needs," adds Riemann. Riemann is not the only expert calling for an overhaul to the current dietary guidelines. Leading experts in nutritional science all over the world are unifying to provide solutions to illness and obesity that they deem more accurate and effective than the Food Guide Pyramid, MyPyramid and MyPlate. The latest solution to address the problems of the existing dietary guidelines is Shae, an educational tool developed by Personal Health 360 (ph360) that aims to inform each person of the type and quantity of food that is optimal for them to be healthy and at their ideal weight. By taking inventory and gaining a comprehensive understanding of a person's unique genetics, biology, and propensity for various diseases, it uses sophisticated algorithms to denote their current dietary and metabolic needs. "Shae does something that is simply impossible for the USDA to do," says Riemann. "It provides each person with their own personalized MyPyramid, a MyPlate tailored specifically to them." Personalized health solutions, though in their infancy, are proving to be effective. "Worldwide, people are reporting improvements in digestion, weight, energy levels, and symptoms of chronic illness- just by having personalized nutrition recommendations at their disposal," says Riemann. "The hope is that as public education and government organizations abort outdated generic nutrition protocols and transition to personalized recommendations for each individual, this will be accompanied by a natural shift from illness and obesity to health." To learn more visit: http://ph360.me/ End
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