47: My Thoughts on Tufts' New Food Scoring System

About a month ago, Tufts University came out with their Food Compass, a nutrient profiling system created to assess the healthfulness of foods.

Unfortunately, they missed the mark. For example, did you know that chocolate Lucky Charms are more than twice as healthy for you as ground beef?

Today's episode features all of my thoughts about the new food guidelines that were created to help consumers, food companies, and public health officials produce healthier (?) foods, and why this system in particular probably has a hidden agenda.

TLDR: This food scoring system isn't perfect, and it completely vilifies red meat and fat. Which doesn't have scientific basis. But you know, whatever sells.

I hope you enjoy this episode!

Show Notes:

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Gut Instinct DIY Program

Food Compass is a nutrient profiling system using expanded characteristics for assessing healthfulness of foods

Tufts receives $10 million grant to help develop cultivated meat

Harmful Effects of Textured Vegetable Protein

The Fifty Year Rehabilitation of the Egg

The relationship between high-fat dairy consumption and obesity, cardiovascular, and metabolic disease

Effects of the Consumption of Coconut and Cow’s Milk on the Metabolic Profile of Wistar Rats Fed a Hyperprotein Diet

Re-evalutation of the traditional diet-heart hypothesis: analysis of recovered data from Minnesota Coronary Experiment (1968-73)

The Dietary Replacement of Soybean Oil by Canola Oil Does Not Prevent Liver Fatty Acid Accumulation and Liver Inflammation in Mice

Amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus L.) and canola (Brassica napus L.) oil impact on the oxidative metabolism of neutrophils in the obese patients

10: Having a Cow // The Science & Ethics of Eating Meat

12: Having a Cow // Nutrition Considerations for Vegetarians & Why I Eat Meat

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