So, supposedly these guidelines looked out for your health, but given that so many of their "findings" have been overturned, then they've basically been giving advice that actually hindered peoples' health, and so one might understand that they've actually been harmful!<p>This might lead one to question the validity of other government suggestions. Or even policies. Maybe that's too far. Nonetheless, I think this raises serious questions as to how much faith we can put even into the government, even their "scientific" findings.
As someone who's been paleo for over 6 years, this makes me very happy. I believe the paleo community had a lot to do with raising awareness of beneficial fats, promoting pasture-raised meat, and coconut oil and butter over industrial seed oils like canola.
> <i>In the new DGAC report, one widely noticed revision was the elimination of dietary cholesterol as a "nutrient of concern". This surprised the public [...]</i><p>Not any public that hasn't had its head up its ass with no internet access therein for the past decade or two.
Yes, you have to limit total fat, because it contains calories. You can only have so many calories. Therefore, by inescapable reasoning, there must exist a limit on total dietary fat for everyone. (Moreover, that limit cannot be 100% of your caloric intake, because 100% caloric intake from fat constitutes malnutrition.)