Information about the Aspen Ideas Festival is here. I am scheduled for a session, The American Wellness Paradox, currently scheduled from 11:00-11:50 a.m., at the East Lawn Tent. This will be a discussion with senior HHS policy advisor, Calley Means. Here’s the blurb on it: “Americans are spending more than ever on healthcare, supplements, wellness trends, and “clean eating,” yet rates of chronic disease and metabolic illness continue to climb. As skepticism fuels the rise of movements like MAHA, debates over what Americans should eat have become deeply cultural, political, and economic. Two influential voices with sharply different perspectives on nutrition and food science explore how food systems, farming practices, consumer culture, and the wellness industry collided to create one of the defining public health debates of our time.”
by Marion Nestle
May
17
2023
American Heart Association weighs in on healthy diet plans
A committee of the American Heart Association has just published a position paper looking at how well popular weight-loss and other diets meet AHA standards. The standards are worth a look.
When ranked against these standards, the diets come out in this order:
- Tier 1: Mediterranean, DASH, Pescetarian, Ovo/Lacto Vegetarian
- Tier 2: Vegan, Low-fat
- Tier 3: Very Low-Fat and Low-Carbohydrate
- Tier 4: Paleo and Keto
Proponents of full-fat diets will object that Paleo and Keto diets can be healthy, as well they may be depending on how much and what else their followers are eating.
Nearly any diet can be healthy if it does not include excess calories or too much junk food, but includes plants and is based on a wide variety of foods.
And they can all be delicious, and have no excuse not to be.
Enjoy!
