Here's everything that's wrong with the updated UK "eatwell" guide:
Zoë Harcombe: Eatwell GuideHint: an enormous 71% of calories are from starchy foods and junk food. The obsolete fat phobia is still alive, strangely enough. So this updated guide will hardly move the UK from the current top position as the most obese country in Europe.
Also note that behind the experts behind the guide hides enormous conflicts of interest. The junk food industry has had plenty of influence:
Zoë Harcombe: Eatwell Guide - Conflicts of Interest
