Build Up Catch Up - 7/14/2023
Sense about Seed Oil Safety, Your Question Answered, 3 Things (about Dairy) you may have missed, Book Recommendations, Continuing Education on Sweeteners...and MEMES.
The Safety of Seed Oils (Taming Toxic Rhetoric)
Podcast Pick: Enough of the ‘Seed Oils are Toxic’ Nonsense - from Dr. Tim Crowe on “Thinking Nutrition” podcast.
Resource: from US Soy Board with an informative handout on seed oils (pdf)
Resource: The Nutrivore: “A Comprehensive Rebuttal to Seed Oil Sophistry” offers a deep dive with plenty of research. (thanks to Jason Bush for suggesting this.)
TL;DR: “…vegetable oils appear to be a health-promoting addition to the diet, and seem to offer a range of health benefits and little to no apparent health risks to the general population. However, one should exercise caution when navigating the current food environment, as vegetable oils are included in many foods that are not particularly health-promoting. If one chooses to consume vegetable oils, it would probably be wise to integrate them into a healthy eating pattern in ways that do not promote the overconsumption of calories….”
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Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Opportunity - IFIC
Aspartame is under the microscope…again. Are you keeping up with the science on sweeteners? The International Food Information Council (IFIC) has a library of consumer resources and FREE Continuing Professional Education (CPEs), with several articles, recorded webinars and self-study activities about low- and no-calorie sweeteners, including aspartame.
IFIC link: https://foodinsight.org/everything-you-need-to-know-about-aspartame/
Book Nook Recommendations
All about animals—consider getting these books as a trio. All three examine our relationship to and interactions with animals: why we’re afraid of some, consider some pests and others pets and companions, and why we like to eat certain animals but not others.
Your Questions Answered
Question?:
Who are the followers of the Build Up Dietitians Facebook page?
3 Things You May Have Missed
Cottage Cheese Is Having a Moment - thanks to another kooky diet from a TikTok “influencer”.
“The Gospel of Wellness” (recommended book) author, Rina Raphael quotes dietitians including Sherry Coleman Collins, Emma Laing, and Leah McGrath (Build UP Dietitians founder) in this article.
Are products marketed as VEGAN safe for someone with allergies to dairy 🥛or eggs🐔? Maybe not! (This is something to be aware of for your patients with food allergies.)“A report in the UK found that found 24 (39%) out of 61 products marked as vegan contained egg or dairy, including 13 dairy alternatives and 48 meat alternatives. In total, 90% were found to be unsatisfactory – meaning they failed for traces of dairy or inaccuracies in their labelling and nutritional information.”
Raw Milk: Will Continue Making People Sick
Food Safety News: “Public health is losing out in annual state battles with raw milk” More states seem to be loosening restrictions on direct to consumer sales of raw milk. The public in many states are pressuring legislators to ignore warnings of public health, food scientists, dietitians, food safety and medical experts and allow sales of raw milk.
Epidemologist, Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz - “The thing about raw milk is that…There is a fairly large risk, and only vague, theorized benefits. Despite making up a tiny fraction of milk sales in the US, raw milk causes the majority of milk-associated outbreaks in the country…your risk of getting sick from drinking raw milk is somewhere in the range of 50-150x higher than drinking pasteurized milk.”
