OK to eat the fatty part of a steak?

[Darryl Shaw]

Originally Posted by Mike Mallory

uh oh.....is someone following the food guide pyramid?

The food pyramid may be flawed but it is based on good science.

[Michael Dries]

Originally Posted by Frank E Morel

what is this?

http://www.mainatlocust.com/prog_ae.cfm

my wife had this done and she found out her and her father share a genetic condition that predisposes one to faster artery clogging.

This was before we found paleo. I'm planning on having her tested again in a months of loosing the grains and processed foods and see where her numbers are, hopefully to get her off the cholesterol medication.

[Frank E Morel]

Originally Posted by Darryl Shaw

The title of Registered Dietitian (RD) is legally protected so I must make it absolutely clear than I am not and have never been a Registered Dietitian nor have I ever claimed to be one.

Huh? So all this mainstream propoganda that you link to is because of google?

[Darryl Shaw]

Originally Posted by Frank E Morel

Huh? So all this mainstream propoganda that you link to is because of google?

Frank,

I didn't claim to be an RD, you assumed that I was. If by pointing out that your assumption was erroneous I have damaged my credibility in some way then so be it. If I cared about such things I would have let your post stand uncorrected.

[Justin McGinley]

Originally Posted by Darryl Shaw

The food pyramid may be flawed but it is based on good science.

It is? Then why is it flawed? How "good" is the science it is based on?

[Darryl Shaw]

Originally Posted by Justin McGinley

It is? Then why is it flawed?

The food pyramid is flawed because it doesn't differentiate between natural unprocessed whole foods and highly processed foods thereby allowing the food industry to claim that highly processed energy dense nutrient poor foods can be eaten as part of a healthy diet.

Originally Posted by Justin McGinley

How "good" is the science it is based on?

It's based on decades of good evidence based peer reviewed science all pointing to a simple blindingly obvious conclusion, perhaps best expressed by Michael Pollan; "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."