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Dr. Adele Hite

@ahhite

Nutrition made critical. PhD | MPH | MAT | RDN | LDN. Writer at https://nitter.cf/t.co/rwiMIWycai. Views are my own. DMs open. Tell me how you can help us change the world.

 Durham, North Carolina, US
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Joined October 2010
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Nutritonal epi studies from Harvard prove 1 thing over & over again: Already-healthy, well-educated, white professionals deeply invested in the pursuit of health as a middle class virtue will always report eating foods *they've been told* are healthy. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1…
Nutritional Epidemiology of Chronic Disease and Defining “Healthy Diet”

Nutritional Epidemiology of Chronic Disease and Defining “Healthy Diet”

This investigation follows the shift in US “healthy diet” guidance from prevention of nutritional deficiencies to prevention of chronic diseases. In particular, it shows how the Dietary Goals for A...

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HFrasier (@frasier_hal) profile pictureHFrasier@frasier_hal16 Sep 2020
Replying to @TV_HIEC_Chair @fleroy1974 @RoninInstitute @LouiseStephen9 @ahhite
Harvard University: Consumption of red #meat associated with early death. #heartdisease #bowelcancer #cancer #nhs health.harvard.edu/staying-h…
Harvard researchers: Red meat consumption tied to early death - Harvard Health

Harvard researchers: Red meat consumption tied to early death - Harvard Health

A Harvard-led study published online June 12, 2019, by BMJ suggests that boosting red meat intake increases the risk for early death....

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She meant we could sit on him and give him noogies. I'd sign up for that.
Eric Weinstein (@ericweinstein) profile pictureEric Weinstein
@ericweinstein3 Feb 2022
Uh. What?!!!
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Dr. Ann
@AnnChildersMD27 Jan 2022
Replying to @jsbibra @lowcarbGP @DoctorTro @DrAseemMalhotra @lowcarb_aus @DrEenfeldt @drjasonfung @ahhite @BritSocLM
I recommend a keto breakfast to all of my patients. If they want to know the benefits of a keto breakfast I send them to menshealth.com/nutrition/a25… I send them to dietdoctor.com to learn which foods to eat for a keto breakfast.
5 Reasons Why You Need to Ditch the Carbs at Breakfast

5 Reasons Why You Need to Ditch the Carbs at Breakfast

Plus 4 simple meals to reap the benefits — including one that's ready in 2 minutes.

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Many of us who work with patients with obesity start the conversation about stalls and regaining at the beginning. We know that most people regain, no matter what diet they used to lose weight. Why pretend otherwise? Better to prepare realistically.
DoctorTro | Metabolic & Obesity Physician (@DoctorTro) profile pictureDoctorTro | Metabolic & Obesity Physician
@DoctorTro30 Dec 2021
Replying to @AudsDisease @lowcarbGP @BDA_Dietitians @DrAseemMalhotra @nicknorwitz @ProfTimNoakes @lowcarb_aus @drjasonfung @ahhite @rcgp @GetWildFit @EricEdmeades
Understanding that we are all likely to regain weight at times is so critical Its most important to understand it’s not your fault and you can start to evaluate the best next step forward. Coaching/counseling IMVHO is critical It’s not the diet but the diet/fail mentality
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Hey, if you're looking for things to read in this weird li'l Bermuda Triangle of a week, may I direct you to this piece that I'm really proud of:
Elamin Abdelmahmoud (@elamin88) profile pictureElamin Abdelmahmoud@elamin8816 Dec 2021
A few weeks ago, I went to Nashville and talked to Jason Isbell about why country music is so protective of nostalgia and the story of white victimhood. As you can imagine, he had a lot to say: buzzfeednews.com/article/ela…
Jason Isbell Is Tired Of Country’s Love Affair With White Nostalgia

Jason Isbell Is Tired Of Country’s Love Affair With White Nostalgia

“I think it’s possible to acknowledge that you have benefited from a system that’s unequal without feeling shame or even guilt from it.”

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I think "guidelines" have a lot to do with multiple government (or other) entities "speaking as a unified voice." When there's little chance for actual consensus (or enforcement) they signal "we're on this!"when we aren't.
bob (@dsdtzero) profile picturebob@dsdtzero28 Dec 2021
Replying to @ibogost
Perhaps when you have no intention or capability of enforcement but you want to empower those who might have that intention/capability you call it a “guideline”. As I understand it we get guidelines from those who can’t produce mandates, but may think smaller entities should.
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Dr. Adele Hite@ahhite9 Aug 2020
Replying to @langfod
To me, it would be easier to live with if it were that simple. Instead, it is a tangled history of politics AND economics: see eathropology.com/2012/11/13/…
Not Just Science: How nutrition got stuck in the past

Not Just Science: How nutrition got stuck in the past

Nostalgia for a misremembered past is no basis for governing a diverse and advancing nation. David Frum The truth is that I get most of my political insight from Mad Magazine; they offer the most b…

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There is so much cultural (and other) violence in one-size-fits-all national public health dietary guidelines:
Frédéric Leroy (@fleroy1974) profile pictureFrédéric Leroy
@fleroy19749 Aug 2020
Replying to @fleroy1974 @WeDietitians @ahhite
"Moreover, the [EAT-Lancet] Commission overlooks the socio-cultural practices of the people who will be eating these healthy diets, and the complexities of nourishment that are at the heart of kinship, social life, and caregiving"
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That's actually the purpose of the GL! For industry to have standards & definitions to "game"! What other purpose could they possibly serve?! "No one follows them!" [Says every RD ever.]
MacroFour (@MacroFour) profile pictureMacroFour@MacroFour15 Dec 2021
Replying to @ZacharyWenger @GreedSpam
That you are dreaming that ultra-processed foods will help folks meet the GL. We've tried that experiment in Australia with the 'health stars' & the food industry just gamed them (just as they've gamed the GL anyway). Even easier with plant-based protein foods.
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A brilliant idea! I am putting together a holiday menu for my family's gathering & I believe I will include some version of this! ❤️ PS: I also keep getting requests for a Thai food teaching workshop (we are going to do a Polish-Ukranian pierog- making evening too!)
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Pretty sure i will get at least one of these as a Christmas card photo 😉
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Dr David Unwin
@lowcarbGP25 Nov 2021
Tuesday it was the Netherlands, today Canada for my talk on how 107 of my patients have achieved drug free T2D remission. Low carb is steadily gaining international acceptance as a logical approach to improving blood glucose @Type2DiabetesBC its free here: bcpsqc.ca/event/type-2-diabe…
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The good guys!
NYFarmer (@NYFarmer) profile pictureNYFarmer@NYFarmer24 Nov 2021
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@ahhite we are working to legalize whole milk in schools
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All of the above?
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@AnnChildersMD19 Nov 2021
Replying to @donnamanley71 @aussie_1
@ahhite wrote a humorous article about a healthy man with T2 Pre-Diabetes who visits a nutritionist who recommends he discontinue his decade-long low carb diet eathropology.com/2015/09/29/…
NO LOW-CARB FOR YOU!

NO LOW-CARB FOR YOU!

I am emerging (briefly) from grad school hibernation–my husband jokes that I’m taking all my classes “pass/flail”–for a special cause that hits close to home, even tho…

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I'm saying that we set off on a fool's errand in 1977 by prescribing - get this? - ONE single dietary pattern to EVERYONE over the age of two in order to reduce the risk of ALL Chronic Diseases Known to Mankind–including obesity, which wasn’t even a disease at the time.
Dr Caroline Cupit (@CarolineCupit) profile pictureDr Caroline Cupit@CarolineCupit19 Nov 2021
Replying to @ahhite
Sounds like you're suggesting we could get rid of the whole grains and veg oil then, and eat butter instead for the prevention of CD . 😅
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When you say it out loud like that, just how stupid does it sound? 😆
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Oh dear. Have you forgotten so quickly? Saturated fat & cholesterol are components of "whole foods" & we seriously cannot advocate for anyone eating those things. Also, how many "whole grains" or "veg oils" are actually "whole foods"? LOLOLOL. That's right. They aren't.
Dr Caroline Cupit (@CarolineCupit) profile pictureDr Caroline Cupit@CarolineCupit19 Nov 2021
Replying to @ahhite
So why not have a healthy eating guideline that says something like 'eat a nutritious mix of whole food' - my understanding is that's what you'd advocate as a dietician for basic healthy eating? That would be your answer to someone who knows nothing about nutrition?
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You're operating from the assumption that the guidance in the DGA exists to help us acquire the nutrition we need to run our bodies & stay healthy. But that's not its purpose. Its purpose is to help us prevent chronic disease. This is where & why we screwed up in 1977.
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Good questions. But we need to back that up a bit. Where did all this "harmful" fake food come from & why? Remember that taking the fat out of milk doesn't make milkfat disappear from the food supply. Rather, it becomes cheap cheese for cheap cheesy pizza. This happened
Dr Caroline Cupit (@CarolineCupit) profile pictureDr Caroline Cupit@CarolineCupit19 Nov 2021
Replying to @ahhite
Really appreciate your work around this issue :) A question: how does your argument hold up in a 'food environment' that is saturated with harmful fake food? How should the social context be factored into (non) production of healthy eating guidelines? #UltraProcessedFood
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the DGA were & are central to the development of how our current "food environment" looks and acts. It did not emerge spontaneously from the forehead of Proctor & Gamble.
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Blaming "the food environment" for people eating food that is available in "the food environment" is like blaming people for littering when there are no garbage cans provided for litter.
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