Yes COVID's very important it actually took over from heart attacks as the
number one cause of death what about a month ago dear up until that time
heart attacks were still the number one cause of death
so yes COVID-19 itself there's no question it's important but I would still say
it would take years maybe even decades to catch up with heart attack stroke atherosclerosis
dementia and again 80 percent of that if you believe that 80 percent of that's caused by
sugar problems insulin resistance insulin then why are we continuing to ignore
what we know in terms of diet so on December 29th 2020 the USDA the Department of Agriculture and
HHS the Health and Human Services released the 2020 to 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
the tagline Make Every Bite Count I wish they'd spend less time on taglines and more time on
listening to their scientific advisors this is updated every five years the latest DGA arrived 10
months into the COVID-19 pandemic a time when may have dodged the coronavirus but are drinking more
and gaining weight getting to that "COVID 15" that many people have dubbed 15 pounds increased weight
like earlier guidelines the new DGA emphasized the importance of adopting a healthy diet that's
rich in fruits vegetables and legumes you need to eat to the glucometer you know like apple juice
this doesn't mean you should be drinking apple juice and orange juice for breakfast every day
it also includes whole grains and you know what a lot of people interpret that as meaning okay I'll
take whole grain bread have you ever looked at the glycemic index for whole grain bread lower non-fat
dairy seafood nuts unsaturated vegetable oils low in red processed meats sugar sweetened foods
beverages refined grains added in the new DGA are recommendations for pregnant and breastfeeding
women infants and toddlers sodium intake and saturated fats the new DGA retained previous
recommendations for added sugars per day still less than 10 percent of calories and alcohol
intake per day 2 drinks or less for men and 1 or less for women every DGA impacts Americans'
eating habits you know you could say well you know what those guys are a bunch of politicians
why don't we just ignore them on a personal basis yes you can and you should but here's the problem
it's not just us as individuals it impacts the eating habits of our country and the world it
influences food stamp policies school lunch menus indirectly it affects how food manufacturers
formulate their products the latest DGA does not address the current pandemic nor new scientific
consensus the new DGA was based on a scientific report made by a 20-person DGA committee one
suggestion that's praised by American Heart Association is the advice to reduce sugar intake
still the experts notice noted that the exclusion of important recommendations like drastically
reducing the intake of added sugars from less than 10 percent to less than 6 percent of calories
according to Mitchell Elkind as we mentioned read earlier this is the president of the American
Heart Association we're disappointed that the USDA and HHS did not accept all of the dietary
guidelines advisory committee's science-based recommendations in the final guidelines for 2020
including the recommendation to lower added sugar consumption to less than 6 percent of calories
added sugars can include refined fruit juices like uh that morning glass of orange juice corn syrup
other added refined sugars sugary drinks are the largest single source of added sugars in the US
diet sugary drinks contain excessive calories and no additional nutrients added sugars contribute
to obesity weight gain type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the US all underlying
conditions that contribute to a higher likelihood of developing severe COVID most Americans exceed
even the 10% benchmark and in fact the average is 13% of daily calories in added
sugar the dietary guidelines advisory committee also called for limiting daily alcohol now I
haven't mentioned that yet to 1 drink a day for both men and women the advisory group cited
a growing body of evidence that consuming higher amounts of alcohol is associated with an increased
risk and death but the new DGA ignored the recommendation maintaining the previous guidance
of two drinks per day for men nonetheless the new guidelines did clarify that the limits apply
to those days when alcohol is consumed this may suggest that many American men could binge drink
a couple of days a week so long as they do not exceed 14 drinks over the course of the week
so I'd like to talk with you a minute about the webinar people don't understand what the webinar
is it's actually a great way to get some access to healthcare that you're just not going to get
any other way you actually get the lab tests yourself for at a local lab a Quest lab near you
for the inflammation panel and the OGTT and the insulin survey these are things inflammation and
prediabetes that your doctor just does not know about and here's the thing Harvard Health and many
others have said look sudden death is not always so sudden the Hollywood picture that it's a bolt
out of the blue is not realistic it's more like real lightning preceded by clouds wind and rain
stop that metabolic storm before the lightning strikes and here's where that metabolic storm
comes from it's inflammation and it has to do usually with prediabetes so again we actually
get labs we go over them in the webinar and then you can start finding out how you can
prevent that heart attack others said that you couldn't even predict we can show you how thanks