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This comes to us from The Weston A. Price Foundation… just in time for Banned Books Week (September 27-October 3, 2020)!:
THE CONTAGION MYTH
BANNED ON AMAZON!
We are sad to announce that our new book, The Contagion Myth, is banned on Amazon—sad for what has happened to American freedom of expression. But Amazon’s actions tell us that we have already struck a nerve and the powers that be do not want the paradigm-busting information in our book to circulate.
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Thank you for your patience!
Thomas S. Cowan, MD
Sally Fallon Morell
The disease called Covid-19 is not contagious and scientists have not properly isolated and purified a virus associated with the disease. The illness, characterized by lack of oxygen, widespread clotting, electrical or “fizzing” feelings, and degeneration of the lungs, fits the description of radiation poisoning from exposure to electromagnetic frequencies. The most likely culprit: microwave radiation from fifth generation wireless—5G. The Covid-19 illness has appeared following the deployment of 5G first in Wuhan, then in Europe and then in large cities in the United States.
That’s the message of The Contagion Myth, now available from Skyhorse Publishing. The authors, Thomas S. Cowan, MD, and Sally Fallon Morell, are the founders of the Weston A. Price Foundation and well-known advocates for a nutrient-dense traditional diet as the best protection against illness and environmental toxins.
Scientists from the U.S. Public Health Service were never able to prove that the Spanish Flu of 1918—which burst on the scene with the worldwide rollout of radio towers–was contagious; and no health agency has carried out the needed contagion studies on Covid-19.
Initially formulated by Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch, the germ theory of disease—that bacteria and viruses attack us and make us sick–has never met the common-sense criteria of Koch’s postulates, which call for subjecting a healthy organism to the isolated bacteria or virus. In fact, while bacteria have received the blame for disease since the nineteenth century, the last two decades have witnessed a complete paradigm shift. Science has demonstrated that we live in symbiotic relationship with bacteria in the intestinal tract; bacteria help us digest our food, enhance the immune system, and also appear when necessary to clean up dead tissue. Bacteria only produce poisons under conditions of filth and lack of oxygen.
Cowan and Fallon Morell argue that we will soon see a paradigm shift when it comes to viruses; that viruses are not harmful, but helpful exosomes that our cells produce to rid the body of poisons and make adjustments to new environmental threats, such as 5G millimeter wave radiation.
It follows that masks, social distancing, testing for genetic material (not an actual virus) and vaccines will not solve the Covid-19 problem. The challenge instead is to institute etiquette and rules for the safe use of wireless technology. The authors also propose dietary and life-style strategies that can help protect against 5G and other electromagnetic frequencies.
SPECIAL CONFERENCE RATE FOR TWENTY YEAR OLDS AND YOUNGER
Please let us know if you would like any copies of our conference flyer to share with others. I have attached a copy.
Please see our events page at: https://www.facebook.com/events/427952201218597/
This year we are offering a reduced rate for young people to attend the conference. We have our normal children’s program for ages 3-12. Details are here: https://www.wisetraditions.org/children
We also have a rate for people twenty and under who wish to attend the sessions. Full registration with five meals is $250 (instead of $440). We also offer full registration with lunch only $200; full registration with no meals $150; and one day with lunch only $85. https://www.wisetraditions.org/
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Another reason to become a member of the Weston A. Price Foundation:
WISE CONVERSATIONS FOR WAPF MEMBERS
(This members-only meeting is popular and is something to mention to people who might be considering membership.)
Our next Wise Conversations Zoom meeting is August 24 at 3:00 pm ET with guest, Pam Schoenfeld, RD, LDN, long-time member, author for our journal and speaker at our conference. Pam is a registered dietitian who focuses on women’s hormonal, fertility, pregnancy, and lactation nutrition.
Pam will answer members’ questions about women’s health and common problems with infertility in women.
REGISTER IN ADVANCE for this members-only meeting (see below).
SUBMIT QUESTIONS by AUGUST 19: If you have a question for Pam on the topic above, email to wiseconversations@westonaprice.org.
To prepare for this session, we recommend listening to our podcast interview with Pam:
https://www.westonaprice.org/podcast/233-vitamin-a-mazing/
This comes to us from The Weston A. Price Foundation and the Victoria BC chapter leader. This meeting is open to all:
| You’re Invited!
Vaccine Choice Canada is hosting a Zoom presentation featuring SALLY FALLON MORELL, President of the Weston A. Price Foundation and author of the best-selling cookbook Nourishing Traditions.
HOW TO BUILD NATURAL IMMUNITY
Online presentation by
SALLY FALLON MORELL
President, The Weston A. Price Foundation
August 18, 2020 by ZOOM
4 pm Pacific Time, 7 pm Eastern Time
Sponsored by Vaccine Choice Canada
To register, go to:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsc-ioqTIsHdePNZMWbBTxdshyZnVl3bRS
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
This presentation will describe the foods that build natural immunity in growing children—their best protection against disease. Learn about:
· The pioneering research of Dr. Weston A. Price
· The vital protections conferred by the fat-soluble vitamins
· Why your body needs saturated animal fats
· Raw Milk, nature’s perfect food
· Why we all need lacto-fermented foods
· Unrefined salt—your immune system’s best friend
· How to avoid the worst environmental toxins
· Common sense ways to protect your family against electro-magnetic radiation
This VCC Zoom meeting will be hosted by Ted Kuntz, President of Vaccine Choice Canada. You may remember the book, Dare to Question, authored by Ted. This wonderful book contains a special contribution by Sally on how Wise Traditions foods are pivotal in building natural immunity. (see the WAPF book review: https://www.westonaprice.org/book-reviews/dare-to-question-by-ted-kuntz/).
If you’re not yet a member of Vaccine Choice Canada, I highly recommend that you consider joining us in protecting our rights and freedoms: https://vaccinechoicecanada.com/join/. Vaccine Choice Canada has recently filed legal action in the Ontario Superior Court to hold multiple parties accountable for their actions with respect to COVID-19 measures. See our Press Release:
https://vaccinechoicecanada.com/media/press-release-legal-challenge-to-covid-19-measures-filed-in-ontario-superior-court/
QUESTIONS? Email Linda Morken, WAPF Chapter Leader, Victoria BC, Board Member, Vaccine Choice Canada: informedchoice@fastmail.net |
This comes to us from the Weston A. Price Foundation, with a special meeting for members.
WISE CONVERSATIONS FOR WAPF MEMBERS
Our next Wise Conversations Zoom meeting is July 29 at 2:30 pm ET with guest Sally Fallon Morell covering #4 and 5 of our 11 principles of Wise Traditions diets; in summary:
- All traditional cultures cooked some of their food but all consumed a portion of their animal foods raw.
- Primitive and traditional diets have a high content of food enzymes and beneficial bacteria from lacto-fermented vegetables, fruits, beverages, dairy products, meats, fish and condiments.
As WAPF members you are invited to join this casual online gathering and must register in advance. If you would like to submit questions for Sally, we have to receive them by July 23. Email them to wiseconversations@westonaprice.org.
To prepare for this session, we recommend listening to the podcasts on these 2 principles:
https://www.westonaprice.org/podcast/245-raw-vs-cooked/
https://www.westonaprice.org/podcast/247-whats-so-good-about-fermented-foods/
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We have had hundreds of members take part in our Wise Conversations members-only meetings. Members can watch past recordings by going to our members-only Facebook group or by logging in to westonaprice.org.
Logging in to our website:
https://secure.westonaprice.org/cvweb_weston/cgi-bin/utilities.dll/openpage?wrp=mainlogin.htm
Members-only Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/westonapricefoundation/permalink/784319591978068/
INVITATION TO WISE CONVERSATIONS VII
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Jul 29, 2020 02:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvf-uuqT0iH92iCmm2UzJRmdq8V2kQKMl7
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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10 WEEK IN THE KITCHEN COOKING SERIES
This series is not produced by WAPF but we thought our members might be interested.
Robin Shirley, busy mom of two babies and founder of Take Back Your Health, has been teaching nutrient-dense cooking classes and leading health retreats for ten years.
She is teaching a 10 Week Take Back Your Health IN THE KITCHEN Cooking Series focused on using nutrient-dense foods to rejuvenate your diet and reverse symptoms of chronic disease.
Robin says: “I have food allergies, my fiancé loves cheesy, carb-rich comfort food, and my two kids both need nutrient-dense toddler and baby-friendly foods. Sometimes my brain just wants to shut down when it comes to meal planning and cooking for us all!”
She’s figured out a system to stay sane and feed delicious, healthy foods that everyone enjoys.
Learn more at INTHEKITCHEN.clubTBYH.com
This comes to us from The Weston A. Price Foundation (our parent organization). I’ve listened to both the podcasts, and highly recommend them:
YouTube Censored Two of Our Podcast Episodes
If you know WAPF well, you could probably see it coming! YouTube recently censored two of our podcast episodes–one on 5G and one on vaccinations. They didn’t alert us or explain why these particular episodes were censored, but we understand that bucking the status quo can lead to such things.
Please help us get beyond the censorship.
Listen to these episodes and share them. Just copy and paste the links below and email them to friends and family or post them on social media.
“Evidence against 5G” with senior attorney Dafna Tachover of Children’s Health Defense:
“Vaccine Facts Few Know About” with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.:
There have also been other Wise Traditions podcasts on the coronavirus issue:
as well as our usual topics such as:
Listen to all of the Wise Traditions Podcasts here.
 Wise Traditions 2020
The 21th Annual Conference of the Weston A. Price Foundation
Atlanta, Georgia (originally scheduled for Portland, Oregon)
November 13-15, 2020
Rates start at $75 with many cost-saving opportunities.
If we have to cancel, we will offer full refunds.
Early bird specials until September 20th.
wisetraditions.org
What to expect:
- Life-changing lectures
- Cutting-edge, science-based nutrition information
- Twenty-five expert speakers – many new speakers and topics
- Traditionally prepared, nutrient-dense meals
- Networking, camaraderie and fun
- Fascinating WAPF-approved vendors
- Work scholarships, one-day rates, ride-share and room-share
- Free Friday evening movie and free exhibit hall Friday to Sunday
- Raw milk fundraiser reception Thursday evening
- Continuing education credits for nurses and acupuncturists. Credit for RDs
- Monday guided farm visit
- Children’s program
Impressive Speakers:
- Del Bigtee of The HighWire and producer of Vaxxed
- Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD, PhD, author of Gut and Psychology Syndrome
- Monica Corrado, MA, CNC, traditional food chef
- Tom Cowan, MD, author of Human Heart, Cosmic Heart
- James DeMeo, founder & director of the Orgone Biophysical Research Lab
- Marc DiNola, DDS, biological dentist
- Sally Fallon Morell, MA, author of Nourishing Traditions
- Janine Farzin, of offallygoodcooking.com
- Babs Hogan, author of Strong Choices, Strong Families: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Childhood Obesity
- Diana Jabour, BBEC, EMRS, BBNC, building biology environmental consultant
- Anthony Jay, PhD, author of Estrogeneration
- Robert Kennedy, chairman of Children’s Health Defense
- Chris Knobbe, founder and president of Cure AMD Foundation
- Brandon LaGreca, LAc, Cancer and EMF Radiation: How to Protect Yourself from the Silent Carcinogen of Electropollution
- Kendall Nelson, director and producer of The Greater Good Movie
- Greg Nigh, ND, LAc, naturopathic physician & licensed acupuncturist
- Robert Quinn, founder of Kamut International
- Beverly Rubik, PhD, president & founder of the Institute for Frontier Science
- Theodora Scarato, MSW, executive director of Environmental Health Trust
- Stephanie Seneff, PhD, expert on glyphosate
- Jeffrey Smith, producer of Genetic Roulette—The Gamble of Our Lives
- Timothy Weeks, DC, author of Whole Body Health
- Louisa Williams, MS, DC, ND, author of Radical Medicine
- Will Winter, DVM, expert on pastured livestock
- Anke Zimmermann, BSc, FCAH, classical and modern homeopathy
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Contact us at info@westonaprice.org or (703) 820-3333
Can’t attend, recordings are livestream available at (last year’s available now): https://www.fleetwoodonsite.com/wise/2019/stream
Why have we moved from Portland?
When we inquired directly about whether it would be feasible to have our conference in Portland as planned, we received this response:
“The Governor has said that large events should be cancelled or drastically modified through September. Large events like conventions will not be allowed till we are in phase three of reopening. Oregon will not move into phase 3 till a vaccine or proven treatment is available. It is very unlikely that we will be in phase three by mid-November.”
by The Weston A Price Foundation
https://www.westonaprice.org/protect-fundamental-civil-rights/
Reasonable people can disagree — as scientists do – about the level of threat posed by the coronavirus and the appropriate responses. But we should all be able to agree that violating people’s fundamental civil rights is wrong.
Congress is considering a bill that threatens just that, unfortunately. H.R. 6666 is a short, innocuous-seeming bill to support testing and contact tracing for the coronavirus. But even aside from its huge price tag of $100 BILLION just in 2020 (and additional future appropriations), the real problem is what it does NOT address: protecting civil rights while doing these things, especially since it also covers quarantining people.
Will the government and private entities who are being paid from grants under this bill:
- Force people to be tested (which involves taking samples invasively and possibly painfully from the very back of one’s sinuses)?
- Impose severe quarantine measures when less restrictive options would be sufficient to protect the public?
- Require people to leave their homes if they live with people who do not test positive?
- Mandate vaccination, once one is available, even if the person has medical, philosophical, or religious reasons to refuse?
While the last question is still in the future, the first three are very immediate.
For example, Ventura County officials recently created an uproar by discussing their tracing program, which included removing people from their homes’ if they had only one bathroom. The director of the county health program stated in a press briefing: “For instance, if they live in a home where there is only one bathroom and there are three or four other people living there and those people don’t have COVID infection, we’re not going to be able to keep the person in that home. Every person we’re isolating, for instance, needs to have their own bathroom. So, we’ll be moving people like this into other kinds of housing that we have available.”
In response to a public outcry, the County later backtracked, saying that people would be offered the choice to have alternative housing, but would not be forced. But the simple fact that this was even considered is deeply disturbing – and reinforces that we need the government to address civil rights protections now!
Fear of a disease must not lead to knee-jerk reactions that violate people’s right to their bodily integrity, health choice, or right to choose where they live.
Please help stop H.R. 6666 now!
TAKE ACTION
1) Contact your U.S. Representative and Senators and urge them to OPPOSE H. R. 6666.
You can look up who represents you at:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/map
Be sure to explain why this issue is important to you. You may wish to use a couple of the talking points below. Don’t copy all of them – just use them as ideas to help structure your own message.
“Hi, my name is _____ and I’m from [city/town]. I am calling to urge Representative/Senator ______ to protect individual civil rights and vote no on H.R. 6666.
This resolution would give money to numerous government and private entities to conduct testing, tracing, and quarantining of people. Yet while funding these activities with $100 Billion of taxpayer money, it provides no protections for people’s civil rights.
As a constituent, I urge Representative/Senator _____ to vote no on H.R. 6666 unless it is amended to require all entities that receive funds to:
- Respect individuals’ right to refuse medical treatment or procedures, including refusing testing, participation in experimental procedures or protocols, and vaccination.
- Limit any quarantine measures to the least restrictive means possible and provide due process protections.
- Protect the right of an individual who is quarantined to remain in their home, live with consenting family or household members at all times, and utilize the treatments of their choice for their recovery.
Thank you.”
Talking Points:
Keep your call or email short! Pick the 2 or 3 talking points that are most important to you, and be sure to explain why this issue matters to you personally.
Testing has been incredibly flawed for COVID-19, with reports of both false positives and false negatives. It is likely that false positives could be used to remove people from their homes or deny them access to public places including work and transportation.
People who are already in their own environment are not putting others in danger. We do not need a resolution that funds numerous government and private entities, who may abuse their power by removing our family members. We have seen this behavior in other parts of the world, and we need to ensure that no overzealous official decides to follow examples such as China, where people were forcibly removed from their homes and placed into quarantine camps.
H.R. 6666 vaguely states that the resolution could be used for testing and tracing and “for other purposes.” This type of language is dangerously overbroad and open to abuse.
Such monitoring would likely be used to prevent those who do not vaccinate (if a vaccine becomes available) from participating in many aspects of society, including travel, work and school.
MORE INFORMATION
Read the bill here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6666/text?r=2&s=1
Some disturbing articles about the plans for mass vaccination:
Bill Gates: Life won’t go back to ‘normal’ until population ‘widely vaccinated’ – https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/bill-gates-life-wont-go-back-to-normal-until-population-widely-vaccinated
COVID-19 scare leads to more digital surveillance, talk of mandatory vaccine ‘tattoos’ for kids’ – https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/covid-19-scare-leads-to-more-digital-surveillance-talk-of-mandatory-vaccine-tattoos-for-kids
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https://www.westonaprice.org/tell-usda-and-congress-to-support-local-meat-production/
The USDA and FDA have been waiving multiple regulations to help big Agribusiness shift their supply and distribution chains during the COVID-19 outbreak. It’s time that they help small farmers!
Even before COVID, one of the biggest barriers to small farmers providing meat for their local communities has been the shortage of small-scale processors. The problem is largely due to USDA regulations that require “state inspected” facilities to meet USDA standards, which are difficult, expensive, and unnecessary for small-scale facilities that may process as much in an entire year as the massive meatpacking facilities do in a single day.
Several changes are needed, but the simplest one would be to lift the ban on the sale of meat from what are known as “custom” slaughterhouses. These processors meet state regulations as well as basic federal requirements. They are typically very small, with few employees. Their small scale means that they are better able to provide both social distancing and sanitation measures while safely continuing operations.
But the meat from a custom slaughterhouse can only be provided back to – and consumed by the household of — the person who owned the animal when it entered the slaughterhouse. A consumer who is not able to pay for and store hundreds of pounds of meat in one order is unable to access the meat from a custom slaughterhouse. And a farmer who wants to sell his or her beef, lamb, goat, or pork to consumers at a local farmers’ market or other local outlet cannot use a custom slaughterhouse.
Lifting the federal prohibition on the sale of meat from custom slaughterhouses could help small farmers step into the gap being left by the closures of large-scale operations, at least to some extent. This emergency measure is also good long-term policy, diversifying and strengthening our food system.
TAKE ACTION #1:
Join us in calling on the USDA to lift the ban on custom slaughterhouses as an emergency measure during the COVID-19 outbreak! With the closing of multiple massive slaughterhouses, even the big meat industry is acknowledging that they cannot properly function in this crisis – it’s time to help the small farmers feed their local communities.
Send your email to USDA Under Secretary Brashears at Mindy.Brashears@USDA.gov
A sample email is below. You can use it for ideas to write your own email, or simply add a sentence or two at the beginning about why this issue is important to you.
Dear Under Secretary Brashears:
The recent shutdown of major processing plants due to COVID-19 illness among plant employees has led to looming meat shortages for consumers, as well as devastating losses for many farmers.
I urge USDA to take a simple step to help alleviate this emergency: suspend the federal laws prohibiting the sale of custom meat in intrastate commerce.
Custom slaughterhouses have a great track record for food safety. USDA recalls over 20 million pounds of meat and poultry in an average year, but only a miniscule amount of that is attributed to meat slaughtered and processed at custom facilities. Custom plants’ small size not only allow them to implement good food safety measures, but also create a work environment where it’s easier to comply with the current social distancing measures.
Temporarily suspending the laws prohibiting the intrastate sale of custom meats can reduce the severity of the meat shortages and price increases for consumers while providing badly needed markets for farmers and ranchers.
I urge you to take this step immediately.
Sincerely,
Name
State
TAKE ACTION #2
Given the close ties between USDA and Big Agribusiness, getting the agency to lift the ban will be an uphill battle. So we need to fight for change on multiple fronts!
Congress can also take steps to address this problem. The PRIME Act, H.R. 2859/ S.1620
permanently repeals the federal ban on the sale of meat from custom slaughterhouses. The bill returns control to the states to address the issue of meat processing. States would be able to permit producers to sell meat processed at a custom slaughterhouse within the state. States could choose to impose whatever conditions or limitations that best suited their agricultural, food system, and social conditions. The bill would help with both the short-term crisis and the long-term change we need in our food system.
The bill has languished in Congress for a long time, but is gaining new support due to the news about closings.
If you represent a non-profit organization, or own a farm or ranch, we encourage you to sign on to a letter to the House Agriculture Committee urging them to move the PRIME Act forward! You can read the letter and sign on at: https://forms.gle/qSMx8kZohyc9aAQH6
The next action step is how all individuals can support the PRIME Act.
TAKE ACTION #3:
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Below is a sample message for your call or email. Remember that calls have a greater impact, and only take a couple of minutes. Use this sample message as a starting point – tailor it to your own language and focus on why this issue is important to you. Personalized messages are the best way to convince legislators!
As a constituent, I urge Representative ____ to co-sponsor H.R. 2859, the PRIME Act. [OR: I urge Senator ___ to co-sponsor S.1620, the PRIME Act]
As Americans face potential meat shortages due to the closing of massive meatpackers, it is more important than ever to revitalize our local food production and processing. The PRIME Act opens up options for small livestock farms and ranches by removing the federal ban on the sale of meat from custom slaughterhouses within a state, subject to state law. This returns power to the states to establish a regulatory scheme that makes sense for their citizens.
At a time when we see empty grocery store shelves, and media headlines abut the failure of massive meatpacking companies to safely secure our food supply, this bill provides vital opportunities – and many long-term benefits. The PRIME Act supports local food production and small businesses, while also reducing vehicle miles traveled with livestock trailers and helping to meet the consumer demand for locally raised meat.
Please support consumers and small farmers by co-sponsoring H.R. 2859.
Name
City, State
If you are a livestock producer, take a few extra minutes and ask to speak to the staffer who handles agricultural issues. Briefly explain to the staffer any problems you have faced with lack of access to inspected slaughterhouses, and how the PRIME Act would help your business and benefit your customers.
NOTE: If your Representative is already a co-sponsor, be sure to say “Thank you!” when you call.
H.R. 2859 co-sponsors (with ** next to the most recent ones)
Justin Amash (R-MI)
Andy Biggs (R-AZ)
**Ken Buck (R-CO)
Tim Burchett (R-TN)
** Roy Chip (R-TX)
Joe Courtney (D-CT)
** Warren Davidson (R-OH)
Rodney Davis (R-IL)
Jeff Duncan (R-SC)
Matt Gaetz (R-FL)
John Garamendi (D-CA)
** Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
Jared Golden (D-ME)
Mark Green (R-TN)
Jared Huffman (D-CA)
Steve King (R-IA)
Thomas Massie (R-KY)
Tom McClintock (R-CA)
Mark Meadows (R-NC)
Carol Miller (R-WV)
Alexander Mooney (R-WV)
Scott Perry (R-PA)
Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Elise Stefanik (R-NY)
Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
Robert Wittman (R-VA)
- 1620 was filed Senator Angus King (I-ME) and is co-sponsored by Rand Paul (R-KY), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN).
Please help the Weston A. Price Foundation restore nutrient-dense foods to the human diet through education, research and activism. westonaprice.org
This comes to us from the Weston A. Price Foundation:
https://www.westonaprice.org/speak-out-against-bad-dietary-advice/
The federal Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) is expected to issue its draft report on May 11 – and they are getting it wrong again. These Guidelines have numerous major impacts on our food supply, not only influencing what many Americans eat, but also what foods are provided for schoolchildren, in hospitals and nursing homes, and through various publicly funded programs.
The Committee’s most recent comments indicate that they are still on the “saturated fat is bad” bandwagon. One member stated that they believe that it’s valid to say that “for every 1 percent reduction in saturated fat, there’s a 2 percent improvement in overall risk.” Multiple members stated that there is “no biological need for saturated fat.” There appears to be consensus on the committee to recommend that Americans get no more than 7% of their calories from saturated fats, and to take that number as low as possible. It seems the only barrier to the committee recommending the complete elimination of saturated fat from the diet is the fact that some plant foods include it. (Transcript at pages 43-46)
They are relying on flawed, outdated science – often funded by the sugar industry – and closing their eyes to numerous studies, both old and new, showing that we do need saturated fat in our diets, and that you cannot achieve true “nutrient density” without traditional animal foods.
The attitude towards saturated fats reflect underlying problems with the whole process. The DGAC process lacks transparency, does not reflect rigorous science, and has been criticized for “lacking rigor” by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
The Dietary Guidelines haven’t made Americans any healthier. We have an epidemic of chronic diseases that are diet related – but not in the way they keep claiming. As they keep pushing Americans towards low-fat diets, devoid of meat, eggs, and whole-fat dairy, the problems will just keep growing.
TAKE ACTION
The DGAC is ignoring the public input that contradicts their biases against saturated fat. So let’s go over their head, to Congress! Contact your U.S. Representative and your U.S. Senators, and urge them to put pressure on USDA, the agency in charge of the Committee, to reform the process.
You can look up your Senators at https://www.senate.gov and your Representative at https://www.house.gov
Below is a sample letter. You will have the greatest impact if you personalize it at the very beginning. Adding even just a couple of sentences makes a difference. Have you seen health benefits from NOT following the guidelines? Have you seen people, including children, with poor health on diets low in saturated fat?
SAMPLE LETTER
Dear Representative (or Senator) _____,
As a constituent, I urge you to call on USDA to reform the process for the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) so that it is trustworthy and reliable.
I need your help to ensure that the DGA actually support our country’s health. Currently, the DGA process lacks transparency and does not reflect rigorous science.
In particular, the DGA Committee’s proposed caps for saturated fats are not supported by sound science:
- The Committee has ignored a massive body of science showing that the longstanding caps on saturated fats are not supported by the science. This science includes large, government-funded studies on more than 75,000 people, on the subject of saturated fats and heart disease—demonstrating that saturated fats have no effect on cardiovascular or total mortality.
- The 2020 process is relying instead on reviews conducted in 2015 and 2010, which were deemed by the National Academies of Sciences to be “unsystematic” and therefore unreliable.
- The Committee acknowledged that the majority of studies it did use did not control for all the main confounders – which undermines any claim that the results can be used to show causation.
Please urge the USDA to do more than simply follow the status quo, which has led to ever-rising rates of obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and other chronic diseases. The National Academies of Sciences stated in a report, “To develop a trustworthy DGA, the process needs to be redesigned.”
We agree. We need evidence-based policy-dietary guidelines we can trust to start improving health in America.
Sincerely,
Name
[Town]
ADDITIONAL TALKING POINTS
There are many problems with the DGAC’s process:
Non-rigorous reviews of the evidence
- The guidelines process follows an unvalidated, unrecognized process for reviewing the science. The National Academies told the USDA that it should adopt a recognized, state-of-the-art review process, in order to be credible. Yet USDA rejected this advice. When it came to saturated fats, the Committee simply “built upon the 2015 committee’s review on saturated fat and cardiovascular disease outcomes in adults” (Transcript at p.27)
- Violating the most basic rules of science, the USDA review process does not prioritize stronger data (clinical trials, which show cause-and-effect) over weak data (observational data, which show associations only). No recognized science review system in the world treats science this way.
Lack of Transparency
- The National Academies strongly recommended that all members of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee disclose all their conflicts of interest. Yet the USDA rejected this advice. On the committee is a Medical Director for Nestle, the former science director of Merck Pharmaceuticals, and others with multiple other serious conflicts of interest, but none of this information is disclosed.
Saturated Fats Caps Not Supported by the Science
- The DGA has ignored a massive body of science showing that the longstanding caps on saturated fats are not supported by the science. This science includes large, government-funded studies on more than 75,000 people, on the subject of saturated fats and heart disease—demonstrating that saturated fats have no effect on cardiovascular or total mortality.
- The 2020 process is relying instead on reviews conducted in 2015 and 2010, which were deemed by the National Academies of Sciences to be “unsystematic” and therefore unreliable.
- The committee acknowledged that the majority of studies it used did not control for all the main confounders – which further weakens any claim that the results can be used to show causation. (Transcript at p.31)
MORE INFORMATION
The Weston A. Price Foundation has been the leading source of trustworthy information on saturated fats for years, with numerous articles posted at https://www.westonaprice.org/know-your-fats/
The Nutrition Coalition has an excellent statement that includes a link to studies on saturated fats at: https://www.nutritioncoalition.us/saturated-fats-do-they-cause-heart-disease
The transcript quoted above is from the March 13th meeting of the DGAC, available online at https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4d5666bff20053c65b7ff2/t/5e73d1f7dca77767aa53472a/1584648696147/March+13%2C+2020+-+Morning+Session-+2020+Dietary+Guidelines+Advisory+Committee+Public+Meeting.pdf
The transcripts for all of the DGAC’s meetings are available at https://www.nutritioncoalition.us/2020-dietary-guidelines-info/committee-meetings
The National Academies’ reports are posted at https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/review-of-the-process-to-update-the-dietary-guidelines-for-americans
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