We here at Sip & Savor have shared our view on the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Report that was released late last week.  And while we blogged a couple of times about the broken system,  we thought our readers might be interested in another opinion – that of Aaron Carroll, professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine.  Professor Carroll recently wrote of the Committee’s findings in The New York Times:

“It is frustrating enough when we over-read the results of epidemiologic studies and make the mistake of believing that correlation is the same as causation. It’s maddening, however, when we ignore the results of randomized controlled trials, which can prove causation, to continue down the wrong path. In reviewing the literature, it’s hard to come away with a sense that anyone knows for sure what diet should be recommended to all Americans.

I understand people’s frustration at the continuing shifts in nutrition recommendations. For decades, they’ve been told what to eat because ‘science says so.’ Unfortunately, that doesn’t appear to be true. That’s disappointing not only because it reduces people’s faith in science as a whole, but also because it may have cost some people better health, or potentially even their lives.”

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