Low-Carb Action Network

#LabeltheDGA

[Low-Carb Action Network @LowCarbAction]

Has following a low-carb or keto diet changed your life? We want to hear your story! Follow the link below to be featured as a L-CAN success story:
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[Low-Carb Action Network @LowCarbAction]

The theme of the new #DietaryGuidelines is “make every bite count”. Alas, the Guidelines present options that are simply inappropriate for the majority of Americans with one or more diet-related illness. https://t.co/oI00UnU9ah

[Low-Carb Action Network @LowCarbAction]

Unfortunately, the release of these #DietaryGuidelines is a huge missed opportunity for our nation’s leading nutrition policy to embrace science and provide adequate nutrition advice for every American. Read more: https://t.co/n3zUtRs6G8

[Low-Carb Action Network @LowCarbAction]

USDA-HHS should put a warning label on 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines “For Healthy Americans Only.” Guidelines are scoped for prevention only--not for 60% of people already diagnosed w/diet-related, chronic diseases. #LabeltheDGA

[Low-Carb Action Network @LowCarbAction]

#LabelTheDGA so the public knows that US Dietary Guidelines is for healthy Americans only. Expert panel didn’t review the science on treatment of diet-related diseases, not even weight loss. @USDA @HHSGov @HouseAgDems @HouseAgGOP @SenateAgGOP @SenateAg

[Low-Carb Action Network @LowCarbAction]

The #DietaryGuidelines are meant for prevention of disease ONLY, not for the treatment of any chronic disease, not even obesity. US adult obesity rate is now >42%. How can Guidelines be effective if they ignore most Americans? #LabelTheDGA to warn the public!

[Low-Carb Action Network @LowCarbAction]

@USDA @HHSGov the #DietaryGuidelines are scoped for healthy people only. #LabelTheDGA so that people with obesity, diabetes, hypertension, etc. understand the Guidelines did not look at the science on treatment and therefore is not meant for them. https://t.co/hwf1sZq4Im

[Nutrition Coalition @4dietaryreform]

Join us today from 11AM-3PM in a #Twitterstorm as we urge @USDA @HHSGov @HouseAgDems @HouseAgGOP @SenateAgGOP @SenateAg to put a warning label on the DGA so the public knows this policy is for healthy Americans only. /3

Learn more here:
https://t.co/r0YNKmpRq5

[Low-Carb Action Network @LowCarbAction]

Today, 60% of Americans have one or more chronic, diet-related disease. Why then are the #DietaryGuidelines being created for only "healthy Americans?"

[Low-Carb Action Network @LowCarbAction]

The #DietaryGuidelines provide a one-size-fits-all approach even through they claim to provide a range of dietary patterns.

These dietary patterns are simply inappropriate for the majority of Americans with one or more diet related disease.

https://t.co/uw17WWfkMt

[Low-Carb Action Network @LowCarbAction]

From USDA feeding programs and the US military, to advice offered in schools and hospitals, the #DietaryGuidelines influence the lives of all Americans.

Our nation's leading nutrition policy must be appropriate for all Americans, not just those considered healthy.

[Low-Carb Action Network @LowCarbAction]

The #DietaryGuidelines are only appropriate for healthy Americans. This is especially problematic as diet-related diseases have repeatedly been shown to dramatically increase the risk of complications for Covid-19.

[Low-Carb Action Network @LowCarbAction]

2/2 L-CAN believes that telling the public to obtain more than half of calories from carbs is not a formula for good health, as the starch in grains converts to sugar instantly in the body. Science shows that the continuous consumption of sugar provokes metabolic conditions.

[Low-Carb Action Network @LowCarbAction]

1/2 "Low-carb advocates believe the current guidelines—which recommend Americans get about half their calories from carbohydrates—are partly to blame for America’s high rates of obesity and Type 2 diabetes."

https://t.co/7YYOR4oiQx

[Low-Carb Action Network @LowCarbAction]

That the #DietaryGuidelines is only appropriate for healthy Americans is especially a problem when diet-related diseases, including obesity and diabetes, have repeatedly been shown to dramatically increase the risk of complications for Covid-19.
https://t.co/RHlH2KxRff

[Low-Carb Action Network @LowCarbAction]

WARNING: The #DietaryGuidelines are being created for "healthy Americans" only and are not appropriate for the majority of Americans who have one or more nutrition-related illness.

https://t.co/kawDgQewd7

[Low-Carb Action Network @LowCarbAction]

In this great @WSJ article, journalist @rddysum questions if Americans should get half their calories from carbs, as the #DietaryGuidelines suggests. We answer ‘no,’ especially for people with obesity, diabetes & other nutrition-related illnesses.
https://t.co/s8iLJlGTW9

[Low-Carb Action Network @LowCarbAction]

Low-carb advocates believe the current #DietaryGuidelines are partly to blame for America’s high rates of obesity and Type 2 diabetes https://t.co/s8iLJlGTW9 via @WSJ

[Low-Carb Action Network @LowCarbAction]

L-CAN recently sent a letter to USDA and HHS raising concerns that the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans are being designed only for “healthy Americans,” who comprise less than 40% of the U.S. population. Read the full letter here:

https://t.co/RHlH2KxRff

[Low-Carb Action Network @LowCarbAction]

By ignoring the health needs of the majority of Americans, the next Dietary Guidelines is bound to do a great disservice to the public. Join L-CAN is taking action!

https://t.co/zhjzE4nwai