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The researcher who published a recent report in the Annals of Internal Medicine exonerating red and processed meat failed to disclose past financial ties to the meat industry.
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He has previously received money from a group that works to shape
industry-friendly nutrition advice and disrupt what it believes to be
anti-food industry recommendations.
The news shouldn’t come as a shock. As evidence mounts that red and
processed meat are dangerous for our health, industry is fighting back. But
it’s not the first time that industry has tried to influence dietary
recommendations.
After the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) released its
report stating that cholesterol is no longer “a nutrient of concern for
overconsumption,” the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine filed a
lawsuit in 2016 against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the
Department of Health and Human Services for violating the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, which mandates that the advisory committee “will not be
inappropriately influenced by the appointing authority or any special
interest.”
According to documents obtained by the Physicians Committee under the
Freedom of Information Act, the American Egg Board had nominated one
individual placed on the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. A second
member was actively receiving egg-industry research grants according to
industry documents, and two others worked at a university that had requested
and received more than $100,000 from the American Egg Board for research
aimed at challenging the cholesterol limits.
Ultimately, the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans strengthened
cholesterol warnings by urging Americans to “eat as little dietary
cholesterol as possible” to reduce heart disease risk.
Now, the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, which will hold a
public hearing later this month, must remain vigilant about keeping
dangerous meat industry influence out of its scientific report that will
shape the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
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