From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Wed Apr 30 2003 - 19:27:41 MDT
Last week I purchased a piece of salami with peppercorns and some garlic
butter.
I haven't had salami for about 5 years, and butter for at least ten.
Delicious.
I wonder if we could come up with a consensus about what we really know
about diet based on the highest quality studies (leaving aside quibbles
about the validity of e.g. evolutionary arguments). All this without trying
to agree on all the hundreds of less well established observations.
For the consensus I would nominate:
1) Ingestion of hydrogenated lipids in any amount is bad for you
2) Ingestion of calories from any source, if leading to obesity, is bad for
you
3) Failure to provide at least 100% of RDA for established vitamins is bad
for you
4) Consumption of raw vegetables (with some exceptions), and most types of
fruit, is good for you
6) For persons with homocysteine levels exceeding 10 to 15, supplementation
with vit B12, folic acid and thiamine, is beneficial
7) There is no consensus on the efficacy of antioxidant supplementation
8) Ingestion of vit A significantly above the RDA is bad for you
9) Ingestion of iron above the RDA, is bad for you, except in some special
circumstances
10) There is no consensus as to the benefits of organic foods, as compared
to conventionally produced ones of the same general composition
11) Ingestion of certain high-caloric density foods with highly refined
palatability (a.k.a. sweets) may contribute to obesity
12) Certain types of moderately calorie-dense foods, consisting
predominantly of highly absorbable, processed carbohydrates (e.g. most
brands of cereal, fries, many types of bread, some types of pasta, pizza)
may contribute to obesity
Any more?
Rafal
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