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Despite decades of evidence, from observation to epidemiological studies to large dietary surveys to clinical trials, the presupposition that protein is good, and more is better, is still firmly implanted in our minds.
ME: (Using her diet log with calculated percentage of calories from different nutrients) You are actually getting a low percentage of calories from carbs, only about 40 percent. Roughly 20 to 30 percent of your calories are coming from protein, and 30 to 40 percent from fats. You’re making a mistake when you think of things like doughnuts and pizza as carbs. In fact, they have more fat calories than carb calories
PATIENT: (persistent) But isn’t it our sugar consumption? Didn’t the low-fat diets fail?
ME: We never actually ate low fat. Yes, sugar has risen and our total daily calories have risen, and that is in fact bad. But the rise in sugar was due to a “low-fat” diet ideology that arose in response to an already failing high-protein diet plan. Because we started hearing that fat was the culprit, Americans turned to “fat-free” junk foods like Snackwells that were loaded with sugar. And to add insult to injury, we didn’t reduce our fat consumption. We just added sugar. Instead of going on a supposedly low-fat, high-processed-carb diet, we should have switched to a high-fruit-and-veggie, high-starch, low-protein diet.
ME: We never actually ate low fat. Yes, sugar has risen and our total daily calories have risen, and that is in fact bad. But the rise in sugar was due to a “low-fat” diet ideology that arose in response to an already failing high-protein diet plan. Because we started hearing that fat was the culprit, Americans turned to “fat-free” junk foods like Snackwells that were loaded with sugar. And to add insult to injury, we didn’t reduce our fat consumption. We just added sugar. Instead of going on a supposedly low-fat, high-processed-carb diet, we should have switched to a high-fruit-and-veggie, high-starch, low-protein diet.
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