When clear where “there” is-(Can We Say What Diet Is "Best"? David L. Katz; Huffington Post, 9/7/11: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-katz-md/best-diets_b_950672.html)

-it may still seem…q you can’t get there from here:

…& the other problem:

n Is it clear where “there” is?

Fingers…Feet…Forks...Health Diet/NutritionLow-­Carb  Diet  Beats  Low-­Fat  for  Weight  Loss

•Mandy  Oaklander @mandyoaklanderSept.  1,  2014  

Less pepperoni,

more…_____?

Li Y, Hruby A, Bernstein AM, Ley SH, Wang DD, Chiuve SE, Sampson L, Rexrode KM, Rimm EB, Willett WC, Hu FB. Saturated Fats Compared With Unsaturated Fats and Sources of Carbohydrates in Relation to Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Oct 6;66(14):1538-48

Reality check…n Dietary  Guidelines…1980!

http://www.vox.com/2016/5/18/11704458/american-diet-changes

The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food -By MICHAEL MOSSFEB. 20, 2013

Low  fat vegan

Low  GL

DASH

DPP Paleo

Low  Carb Mediterranean

“Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.”

-Michael Pollan

Much the same, in 572 pages…

n Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015-­scientific-­report/

And the bedrock of common ground -

http://oldwayspt.org/programs/oldways-common-ground/oldways-common-ground-consensus

The Planet, and Our Plates-

n From public to planetary health: a manifeston http://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2960409-8.pdf

n Springmann M, Godfray HC, Rayner M, Scarborough P. Analysis and valuation of the health and climate change cobenefits of dietary change. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Mar 21. pii: 201523119. [Epub ahead of print]

The big spoon…

n is culture.

q Katz DL. Is obesity cultural? US News & World Report, Eat + Run Blog; 10/4/12; http://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/eat-run/2012/10/04/is-obesity-cultural

Lifestyle Medicineis

CULTURAL Medicine

“The Finnish Town That Went on a Diet” -

n http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/04/finlands-radical-heart-health-transformation/389766/

Jousilahti P, Laatikainen T, Peltonen M, Borodulin K, Männistö S, Jula A, Salomaa V, Harald K, Puska P, Vartiainen E. Primary prevention and risk factor reduction in coronary heart disease mortality among working aged men and women in eastern Finland over 40 years: population based observational study. BMJ. 2016 Mar 1;352:i721

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