I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE PUBLIC ORAL COMMENT MEETING ON THE "SCIENTIFIC REPORT OF THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES ADVISORY COMMITTEE." I'M RICK OLSON, DESIGNATED FEDERAL OFFICER FOR THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF PREVENTION SCIENCE WE HAVE ABOUT 250 PEOPLE OR SO IN THE ROOM WITH US AND ANOTHER COUPLE, 250 I THINK ARE REGISTERED ON TO BE ONLINE. I WILL REVIEW BRIEFLY THE AGENDA FOR THIS MORNING. WE HAVE A FAIRLY UNCOMPLICATED AGENDA BUT THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING IS FOR FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO HEAR ORAL COMMENTS ON THE DIETARY COMMITTEE'S REPORT. AS FOLKS ARE AWARE THEY SUBMITTED THE REPORT TO THE SECRETARY ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO. THAT'S WHEN IT WAS RELEASED PUBLICLY AND THAT'S WHEN THE COMMITTEE WAS DISBANNED. SO THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT IS COMPLETE AND HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT AND NOW WE WILL HEAR SOME ORAL COMMENTS FROM FOLKS ON THAT REPORT. WE WILL HAVE SOME BRIEF OPENING REMARKS FROM HHS, AND USDA OFFICIALS AND THEN WE WILL MOVE RIGHT INTO THE ORAL TESTIMONY PORTION OF OUR MEETING. THE MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO END AT 1:00 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. WE WILL DO AS MANY PUBLIC TESTIMONIES AS POSSIBLE. WE HAVE 70 GUARANTEED AND IF WE HAVE TIME, WE WILL DO A FEW MORE. WE WILL TAKE 115 MINUTE BREAK AT ABOUT 10:45 OR SO THIS MORNING. SO FOR THOSE JOINING US IN PERSON HERE IN THE ROOM, JUST NOTE THE BATHROOMS ARE OUT AT THE BACK THERE IF YOU NEED TO USE THE RESTROOM. AS WE DID FOR ALL OF THE DIETARY GUIDELINES COMMITTEE MEETINGS, THIS MEETING IS RECORDED AND WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE, DIETARY GUIDELINES.GOV, AT THE END OF THIS WEEKER FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. NOW IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE DR. KAREN DESALVO, THE ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, SHE IS A PHYSICIAN WHO DEVOTED HER CAREER TO IMPROVING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HIGH QUALITY HEALTHCARE FOR ALL PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY FOCUSING ON UNDERPRIVILEGED POPULATIONS. IN HER ROLE AS ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH SHE OVERSEES 12 CORE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICES INCLUDING THE U.S. SURGEON GENERAL AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT--PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION CORE. SHE HAS 10 REGIONAL OFFICES AROUND THE COUNTRY SHE SUPERVISES AS WELL AS 10 PRESIDENTIAL OR SECRETARIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES AS PER THE DIETARY GUIDELINES ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO IN ADDITION DR. DESALVO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND IN THAT ROLE, SHE DIRECTS NATIONAL POLICY AND STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR THE NATION ON HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. WITH THAT DR. DESALVO. >> THANK YOU, RICK, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY TO WELCOME YOU TO THIS IMPORTANT EVENT. BEFORE WE BEGIN I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE AND EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AFTER MANY MONTHS OF VOLUNTEERING VALUABLE INSIGHTS, THIS GROUP OF EXPERTS DELIVERED TO HHS AND USDA A REPORT OF CURRENT EVALUATION OF SCIENCE ON DIET NUTRITION AND HEALTH. ON BEHALF OF SECRETARY BURWELL AND HHS, I THANK THE 2015 COMMITTEE FOR THEIR IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HEALTH OF OUR NATIONS AND WISH ALL THE FORMER MEMBERS ALL THE BEST IN THEIR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXCEPTIONAL HHS AND USDA STAFF THAT SUPPORTED THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE WORK YOU DO EACH DAY TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF ALL AMERICANS. NUTRITION SCIENCE CONTINUES TO ADVANCE AT AN EXTRAORDINARY PACE. TODAY BECAUSE OF ADVANCES IN SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGY, SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, NEW AND INCREASINGLY EXPANSIVE EVIDENCE EMERGES ON A REGULAR BASIS. AS THE SCIENCE EXPAND INTO'S MORE SOPHISTICATED EVIDENCE BASE, OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN NUTRITION EVOLVES, AND SO MUST OUR POLICIES AND PROGRAMS. HHS IS COMMITTED TO CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING NUTRITION EFFORTS THAT ARE FIRST AND FOREMOST DRIVEN BY THE PREPONDERANCE OF THE SCIENCE. THROUGH EACH OF OUR EVIDENCE BASED INITIATIVES WE AIM TO HELP AMERICANS ACHIEVE THEIR HIGHEST STANDARD OF HEALTH. ASSESSING OUR NATION'S DIET IS ESSENTIAL TO PUBLIC HEALTH EFFORTS THAT AIM TO PREVENT CHRONIC DISEASE AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF AMERICAN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, THAT IS WHY HHS AND USDA CREATE A NEW ADDITION OF THE DIETARY GUIDELINES EVERY FIVE YEARS. AT HHS, THE DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR AMERICANS PROVIDES A ROADMAP FOR THE NUTRITION, ADVICE AND SERVICES WE DELIVER THROUGH THE PUBLIC THROUGH CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION EFFORT, EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES AND CHANGING THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. USING THE GUIDELINES OF OUR HAND BOOK, HHS IS EMPOWERED WITH SCIENCE BASED ACTION AND INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP AMERICANS ADOPT HEALTHIER FOOD CHOICES. AS IN THE PAST THE NEXT ADDITION OF THE DIETARY GUIDELINES WILL HELP FOCUS OUR RESOURCES ON EFFORTS THAT HAVE THE GREATEST POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR THE DIETARY GUIDELINES. THIS FEAT IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP OF THE USDA AND HHS. AS THE DEPARTMENTS DEVELOP THE EIGHTH ADDITION OF THE DIETARY GUIDELINES PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE AS IMPORTANT AS EVER. OUR ROLE IN SERVING THE PUBLIC IS A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY AND WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, HHS AND USDA RECENTLY EXTENDED PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON THE ADVISE RESILIENCE PORT TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR THE PUBLIC POETIC WEIGH IN ON THE COMMITTEE REPORT. WRITTEN COMMENTS ARE ACCEPTED THROUGH MAY 28th, 2015. IN ADDITION TO THE REPORT AND INPULLET FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES, HHSS AND USDA WILL CONSIDER ALL COMMENTS INCLUDING THOSE TODAY AS WE DEVELOP THE GUIDELINES ARE AMERICANS 2015. WE SO APPRECIATE AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FEEDBACK. THANK YOU ALL. [ APPLAUSE ] >> NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. KEVIN CONCANNON, THE UNDERSECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, UNFORTUNATELY MR. CONCANNON IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE WITH US TODAY BUT I'M INTRODUCING HIM BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO TAPE SOME BRIEF REMARKS AND WE WILL SHOW THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. UNDER SECRETARY CONCANNON AS A LENGTH SCHEDISTINGUISHED CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND HE'S HELD HIS CURRENT POSITION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SINCE 2009. HE OVERSEES THE CENTER FOR NUTRITION FOR POLICY AND PROMOTION IN THE FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES SO IF THE TECHNICAL FOLKS COULD RUN THE COMMENTS FROM MR. CONCANNON. >> HELLO I'M KEVIN CONCANNON, THE USDA UNDER SECRETARY OF NUTRITION AND FOOD SERVICES, I AM SORRY I AM UNABLE TO BE WITH YOU THERE TODAY IN PERSON BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO READING THE COMMENTS THAT WAS FOUND THIS YEAR. I ALWAYS FOUND IT ENLIGHTENING TO HEAR THE VERT OF PERSPECTIVES [INDISCERNIBLE] THAT WE WORKED SO HARD TO SERVE AND I APPRECIATE HEARING THE ISSUES THAT ARE OF UTMOST IMPORTANT TO YOU, I YOU KNOW THAT YOUR COMMENTS WRITTEN OR ORAL ARE TAKEN SERIOUSLY IN THE DIETARY GUIDELINES. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TREMENDOUS WORK OF THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THIS TEAM OF HEALTH SCIENTISTS AND NUTRITIONISTS VOLUNTEERED HUNDREDS OF HOURS OVER THE PAST YEARS CRITICALLY EXAMINING THE EVER-GOING BODY OF EVIDENCE AROUND A NUTRITIONIST ROLE IN HEALTH, PROMOTION AND [INDISCERNIBLE]. NOW THAT WE HAVE THE SCIENTIFIC REPORT OF THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES IN OUR HANDS WE AT THE USDA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CAN BEGIN OUR WORK ON THE ACTUAL 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR AMERICA. THE GUIDELINES WILL BE FIRMLY ROOTED IN THE EVIDENCE-BASED SCIENTIFIC REPORT AND WILL ALSO BALANCE THE REAL WORLD CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOU THE AMERICAN [INDISCERNIBLE] BRING TO THE TABLE. WE EXPECT TO RELEASE THEM LATE THERAPY AND CALENDAR YEAR. THESE GUIDELINES ARE MUCH MORE THAN JUST A [INDISCERNIBLE], REVAMPED EVERY FIVE YEARS, ACCORDING TO THE LAW. IN FACT, THE GUIDELINES ARE A MAJOR PUBLIC [INDISCERNIBLE] MEANT TO ALIGN DIETARY HABITS FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION FROM AGE TWO AND ABOVE. IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE THE RISK OF DIET RELATED CHRONIC DISEASES, THEY ARE THE BASIS FOR NATIONAL NUTRITION POLICY AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND ALSO IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS IN THE MARKETPLACE. THE DIETARY GUIDELINES ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WITHIN THE USDA NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. SERVING AS THE BASIS OF A NUTRITION STANDARD AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND TOUCHING THE LIVES OF 10S OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. FOR EXAMPLE, EACH AND EVERY SCHOOL DAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY OVER 30 MILLION STUDENTS CONSUME THE LUNCH THROUGH THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM AND OVER 14 MILLION STUDENTS HAVE BREAKFAST AT SCHOOLS. THAT IS BASED ON THE DIETARY GUIDELINES REPRESENTATION. THREE AND HALF MILLION CHILDREN ATTEND CHILDCARE PROGRAMS IN DAY CARE HOMES WHERE [INDISCERNIBLE] MUST NOW BE UPDATED TO THE NEW STANDARDS BASED ON THE GUIDELINES. [INDISCERNIBLE]--NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAM AND INITIATIVES, THESE ARE AVAILABLE TO OTHER ACCEPTED PROGRAMS [INDISCERNIBLE] BETWEEN HEALTHIER FOODS AND [INDISCERNIBLE] AMONG 46 MILLION [INDISCERNIBLE] RECIPIENTS NATIONWIDE. AND THROUGH THE WIC PROGRAM, OVER 1 MILLION WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN RECEIVE SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PACKAGES BASED ON GUIDELINES FOR RECOMMENDATION, THE NUTRITIONIST PROGRAM, THE DIETARY GUIDELINES ALSO FORM A BASES OF THE SUCCESSFUL [INDISCERNIBLE] CONSUMER ICON AND [INDISCERNIBLE] AS WELL AS THE POPULAR SUPER TRACKER ONLINE FOOD AND ACTIVITY TRACKING WHICH NOW HAS OVER 5 MILLION REGISTERS USERS, ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK, MY HOPE IS CLEAR, QUITE AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR USDA AND HOW MANY MILLIONS OF AMERICAN LIVES ARE [INDISCERNIBLE]. SO NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT'S IMPORTANT WE GET THEM RIGHT AND WE PROVIDE SCIENTIFIC PRACTICAL TOOL TO BEST FIT THE CURRENT PHUT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. >> I'D LIKE TO THANK DR. DESALVO AND MR. CONCANNON FOR THEIR OPENING REMARKS AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION ANOTHER DOCTOR WHO WAS GOING TO LISTEN TO COMMENTS BUT SHE HAS A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING TODAY AND THEREFORE HAD TO CANCEL AT THE LAST MINUTE. SO WE WILL MISS HER BEING HERE AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY REVIEW THE PROCEDURE FOR THE ORAL TESTIMONY, BUT FIRST AS MR. CONCANNON SAID I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC COMMENT, BOTH ORAL AND WRITTEN. WE VERY MUCHMENT PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE THE DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC DOCUMENT IS YOUR DOCUMENT AS WELL AS FEDERAL POLICY. SO WE WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE ORAL COMMENTS AS WELL AS WRITTEN COMMENTS. ONE QUESTION THAT HAD COME UP IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS IS WHETHER ORAL TESTIMONY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WRITTEN TESTIMONY AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE. ORAL TESTIMONY IS OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT BUT SO IS WRITTEN TESTIMONY. SO THEY BOTH HAVE EQUAL WEIGHT AND AS MR. CONCANNON SAID, WE TAKE THE ORAL TESTIMONY ALONG WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S REPORT AND IN ADDITION WE GET INPUT FROM THE VARIOUS AGENCIES IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT HAVE EXPERTISE IN FOODS AND NUTRITION AND USE THEIR COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS AS WELL AS WE DEVELOP THE DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR AMERICANS. FOR THOSE WHO ARE PROVIDING ORAL COMMENT FIST YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS IN WRITING AS WELL SO THAT WE HAVE A WRITTEN RECORD OF YOUR TESTIMONY. AS DR. DESALVO MENTIONED WE EXTENDED THE WRITTEN COMMENT TO MAY EIGHTH, SO THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME TO SUBMIT COMMITTEN COMMENTS, I THINK WE HAD AROUND 22-2500 OR SO WRITTEN COMMENTS SO FAR. SO THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE ORAL COMMENTERS AND PARTICULARLY THE FOLK WHO IS GO FIRST, CAN YOU BE THE ROLE MODEL FOR THOSE WHO FOLLOW BUT OUR FOLKS UP HERE AGAIN AND DARLA WILL INTRODUCE YOU BY NAME AND AFFILIATION AND THEN YOU'LL BE PRESENTING YOUR COMMENTS TO THE PANEL HERE AND I WILL INTRODUCE THEM IN A MOMENT. WHEN YOU HEAR PLEASE BEGIN, YOUR THREE MINUTES STARTS. SO YOU SEE, WE HAVE A TIMER DOWN HERE, TELL BE GREEN UNTIL 15 SECONDS LEFT AND THERE WAS CONFUSIONOT INSTRUCTIONS SO JUST TO REMIND FOLKS, IN THE 15 SECONDS LEFT TWILL TURN YELLOW AND WHEN YOUR THREE MINUTE SYSTEM UP, IT WILL TURN RED. AT THIS TIME PLEASE STOP AND RETURN TO YOUR SEATS, CAN YOU RETURN WHERE YOU'RE SITTING NOW OR ANYWHERE THAT'S CONVENIENT IN THE AUDITORIUM. THERE WILL BE NO OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BECAUSE WE NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE 70 OR SO FOLKS WHO WILL TALK TODAY. SO RIGHT BEFORE WE BEGIN, LET ME INTRODUCE THE PANEL. DR. DON WRIGHT IS THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. HE DIRECTS THE OFFICE OF DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION AND HE'S MY BOSS. THEN DR. KELLIE CASAVALE IN OUR OFFICE AS WELL, KELLIE IS ONE OF THE CO EXECUTIVE SECONDS FOR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND NUTRITIONAL ADVISEEE IN THE OFFICE AND THEN FROM USDA WE HAVE ANGELLA TAGTOW WHO'S DIRECTOR CENTER FOR THE CENTER FOR PROMOTION AND PROMOTION USDA AND THEN WE HAVE CO LET RIHANE, OFFICE OF NUTRITION PROMOTION AND ANALYSIS AND ONE CO LET WAS A SECRETARY FOR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEN DOWN ON THE END THERE DR. SHANTHY BOWMAN WHO IS THE FOURTH EXECUTIVE SECRETARY WITH THE FOOD SURVEYS RESEARCH GROUP AT THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE. SO AT THIS TIME, WE WILL BEGIN OUR ORAL TESTIMONY. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING SPEAKER NUMBER ONE TODAY IS EDWARD, PLEASE BEGIN. >> THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING, I AM ED GROSS AND I'M AN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST AND MY QUESTION FOR DIETARY FISH COMSUMPTION BY PREGNANT WOMAN. WHEN I STARTED WORKING ON THE THIS IT WAS PRETTY SIMPLE,--SCIENCE EVOLVED A GREAT DEAL IN 10 YEARS AND THE ISSUE IS VASTLY MORE COMPLICATED. THE PREPONDERANCE OF CURRENT SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE SUPPORTS TWO CONCLUSIONS PRETTY FIRMLY, FIRST OMEGA THREES FOR THE BENEFICIAL AND ESSENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAME BRANDS THAT MERCURY THREATENS AND SECOND ADVERSE EFFECTS OF MERCURY HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED REPEATEDLY WITH LOW DOSES IN THE RANGE THAT HAPPENS FROM ORDINARY COMSUMPTION. THEREFORE PREGNANT WOMEN NEED TO EAT MORE FISH BUT THEY ALSO NEED STRONG CLEAR GUIDANCE TO CHOOSE LOW MERCURY FISH, LOWERING MERCURY EXPOSURE SYSTEM IMPORTANT AS INCREASING FISH CONSUVENLINGS IF WE WANT TO ACHIEVE PUBLIC HEALTH GOALS. STUDIES BY FDA AND OTHERS HAVE SHOWN THAT WOMEN ARE NOT EATING ENOUGH FISH TODAY PRIMARILY BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHICH ONES ARE LOW IN MERCURY ASK WHICH ONES TO AVOID. SEAFOOD CHOICES MATTER A GREAT DEAL. FISH VARY BY 150 FOLD IN MIRKRY AND 70 FOLD IN OMEGA THREES AND BY A THOUSAND FOLDS BENEFIT RISK RATIO SO WHAT YOU EAT MATTERS MORE THAN HOW MUCH YOU EAT. ONE WAY TO GET WOMEN TO EAT MORE FISH AND SIMULTANEOUSLY LOWER MERCURY EXPOSURE IS TO GIVE THEM A FISH CHART LIKE THE ONE ON THE BACK OF THE HAND OUT I PROVIDED AND I WILL SHOW IT TO YOU THERE AND THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE'S DECISION MAKING. THE DIETARY GUIDELINES ADVICERY COMMITTEE UNFORTUNATELY HAS COMPLETELY FAILED TO COME TO GRIPS WITH THIS ISSUE. THEY OFFER NO NEW ADVICE LEAVING US WITH THE 2010 GUIDELINES WHICH ARE NOW OUTDATED BY RECENT RESEARCH. THEY GOT THE INFORMATION WRONG AND THE W. H. O. REPORT DID NOT REVIEW THE EVIDENCE, IT WAS A RISK MODELING EFFORT AND ANYONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH LITERATURE YOU COULD SEE THE MODEL IS WRONG IN SOME IMPORTANT WAYS. THERE ARE MORE THAN 40 RELEVANT STUDIES IN THE PAST 15 YEARS THAT WERE IGNORED BY THE COMMITTEE. 13 OF THOSE STUDIES SHOW CLEAR ADVISOR EFFECTS OF METHYL MERCURY OCCURRING OR ASSOCIATE WIDE ORDINARY FISH INTAKE AND THE INTAKES OCCUR IN FOUR-EIGHT% OF AMERICAN WOMEN. WITHOUT LOOKING AT ANY OF THIS EVIDENCE, THE COMMITTEE CONCLUDED THAT THE BENEFITS OF FISH COMSUMPTION OUTWEIGH THE RISKS, IT'S A FALSE OVERGENERALIZATION. IT'S TRUE MOST OF THE TIME, NOT FOUR-8 PERCENT OF WOMEN AND METHYL MERCURY REDUCES THE BENEFITS WHEN THERE IS A NET BENEFIT O POLICY NEEDS TO MAXIMIZE NET BENEFITS NOT JUST EXCEED BENEFITS OVER RISK. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO REDUCE RISK COMSUMPTION WE HAVE TO FIX THIS WITH THE DIETARY GUIDELINES. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SECOND SPEAKER AND JESSE HUNTER WITH THE USA A DRIVE AND MENTAL COUNCIL. >> I'M JESSE HUNTER WITH THE USA AMENITIAL COUNCIL REPRESENTING THE CHICK PEA GROWERS AND EXPORTERS AND PROCESSORS IN THE UNITED STATES OF THE UNITED STATES, PLANT BASE FOODS IS A DIETARY GUIDELINES COMMITTEE REPORT, AS A THEME. INCONSISTENTS AND OVERARCHING STATEMENTS WITH THE DIETARY PATTERN RECOMMENDATIONS CAN WEAKEN CLARITY AND THE APPLICABLE OF THE 2015, ADVOCATE FOR ADEQUATE RECOGNITION OF THE FOOD CATEGORY CALLED PULSES THAT ARE KEY TO HELPING AMERICANS HEAD ADD HORMONE PLANT BASED MEALS TO THE BIETARY PADERNS. TRY PEAS, LENTILS AND CHICK PEAS ARE ARE AN EXCELLENT SOURCE OF FIBER, SOLUBLE AND UNSOLUBLE: ADDITIONALLY THEY'RE RICH IN IRON, PROTEIN, POTASSIUM AND MAGNESIUM, HEALTHY PALLANCED DIET WITH THE POTENTIAL TO DECREASE THE RISK FOREVER DISEASES SUCH AS DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE. PREVIOUS DIETARY GUIDELINES RECOGNIZE THAT THESE CROPS ARE UNIQUE FOODS AND CONSIDERING--CONSIDER THEM AS EITHER A VEG TABLING OR A PROTEIN. WE CERTAINTY THE CONCLUSION OF DRY PEAS AND BEAN SAYS AS A VEGETABLE CATEGORY AND INCREASED RECOMMENDED SERVING SIZES FROM ONE AND HALF TO THREE CUPS PER WEEK TO INCREASE THE GOAL OF THE FOODS AND NUTRIENT CONCERNS OF FIBER AND POTASSIUM. UNFORTUNATELY THE 2015 REPORT EMITS PULSES FROM THE DESCRIPTION OF PROTEIN FOODS. IT MIGHT BE INHIBITED AND CUMBERSOME FOR THIS DUE TO SPACE CONSTRAINTS THEREFORE FOR ACRASE MODEL SCHECONCLUSIVENESS WE ENCOURAGE INCLUDING THE TERM PULSE IN THE DEFINITIONS AND DEFINITIONS OF DRY PEAS AND BEANS CATEGORY, VEGETABLE FOODS AND VEGETABLE PROTEINS. ADDITIONALLY WE OFFER THE SAME TO SOY BASED PRODUCTS INCLUDING SOY NOODLES, FLOWER FLOURS AND ISOLATES ARE INCLUDED AS PROTEIN FOODS TO OFFER TO PULSE PRODUCTS, SIMILAR 53S AND LENTILS AREOT MARKET. PULSE CROPS AND INGREDIENTS AS FOODS WILL INCREASE FLEXIBILITY AND VARIETY OF VEGETABLE PROTEIN OPTIONS, THEREBY HELPING AMERICANS CONSUME THESE AS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS. THEY'RE URPD UTILIZED FLAVORFUL CONCONVENIENT AND ENATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINEICAL FOODS SITUATED TO HELP ADDRESS NUTRIENT GAPS AND CHRONIC DISEASE RISK FACTORS FACING MANY AMERICANS. INDEED THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESS THE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION CONCERNS BY DESIGNATED 2016 AS INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PULSES. WE REQUEST THAT THE DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR AMERICANS 2015 ADEQUATELY RECOGNIZE THE VALUES IN SUPPORTING HEALTH AND NUTRITION STATUS OF AMERICANS. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER THREE MICHELLE MAD O WITH THE INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION. PLEASE BEGIN. >> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS TODAY. I'M MICHELLE MADDER REGISTERED DIETITIAN PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION. IDAA, REPRESENTS 500 DAIRY FOOD COMPANIES AND SUPPLIERS, THESE ORGANIZATIONS RANGE FROM LARGE MULTIPLE CORPORATIONS TO SINGLE PLANT COMPANIES AND THEY REPRESENT MORE THAN 85% OF THE MILK CULTURED PRODUCTS, CHEESE, ICE CREAM AND FROZEN DESSERTS PRODUCED AND MARKETED IN THE UNITED STATES. WE AGREE WITH THE REPORTS CONCLUSION THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE U.S. POPULATION DOES NOT MEET RECOMMENDED INTAKES FOR DAIRY FOODS. THE REPORT ALSO STATED THAT MILK, YOGURT AND OTHER DAIRY FOODS PROVIDE THREE OF THE NUTRIENTS OF CONCERN. CALCIUM, VITAMIN D AND POTASSIUM AND THE COMSUMPTION OF DAIRY IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER RISK OF DIABETES, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND OBESITY. WE THEREFORE BELIEVE IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE DIETARY GUIDELINES MAINTAIN EMPHASIS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSUMING THREE SERVICING OF DAIRY EACH DAY. THE DIETARY GUIDELINES SHOULD ENCOURAGE COMSUMPTION OF NUTRIENT DENSE FOODS LIKE MILK, YOWING EXPOSURE TO RADIATION AND CHEESE, INCLUDING THOSE THAT CONTAIN ADDED SUGAR, SODIUM OR SATURATED FAT, MILK IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE DIET WHEN THE REPORT COMPARED PLANS THAT INCLUDE MILK AND THOSE WHERE IT'S BEEN REPLACE WIDE OTHER BEVERAGES. DIET WITHOUT MILK WERE LOWER IN THE NUTRIENTS, AND THE CALCIUM, VITAMIN D AND POTASSIUM. PROCESSORS OF ALL DAIRY PRODUCTS INCLUDING FOOD, MILK, CHEESE, YOGURT AND ICE CREAM HAVE EXPENDED SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES WORKING TO IPT GREATER IMPROVE THE NUTRIENT PROFILE OF THESE PRODUCTS MAINTAINING THESE THAT ARE ENJOYED BY CONSUMERS AND STILL FUNCTION IN THE WAY THEY EXPECT. MILK YOGURT AND ICE CREAM MANUFACTURES HAVE LOWERED THE FAT AND SUGARS IN THESE PRODUCTS, CHEESE MAKER VS REDUCED FAT AND SODIUM. THERE ARE A WIDE VARIETY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS THAT CAN MEET THE NUTRITIONAL AND LIFESTYLE NEEDS OF ALL AMERICANS. THE DIETARY GUIDELINES MAKES IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE DIETS OF AMERICANS BUT THE JOB REMAINS TO TRANSLATE THESE FINDINGS INTO ACTIONABLE POSITIVE MESSAGES THAT THEY CAN USE TO GID EVERYDAY FOOD CHOICES. WE URGE THE AGENCIES TO ADOPT CLEAR MESSAGES THAT PEOPLE CAN USE WHILE PLANNING MEALS OR SHOPPING IN THE GROCERY STORE SUCH AS SELECT THREE SERVINGS OF DAIRY EACH DAY. WE BELIEVE MESSAGES SUCH AS THESE WILL HELP AMERICANS MAKE BETTER FOOD CHOICES AND MOVE TOWARD HEALTHIER EATING PATTERNS SUCH AS THOSE INCLUDING THREE SERVINGS PER DAY. WE APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE COMMENTS AND WILL SUBMIT COMMITTEN COMMENTS. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER FOUR, SHANE WITH THE NATIONAL CATTLE MAN'S ASSOCIATION. >> I'M DR. SHALENE McNEILL, REGISTERED DIETITIAN, EXECUTIVE SCIENTIST AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE NATIONAL CATTLE MAN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION. TODAY I WANT TO ADDRESS HOW THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SIMPLY DOES NOT SUPPORT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION TO CONSUME LESS RED MEAT. SINCE THERE'S BEEN INFORMATION, I WANT TO BE THE COMMITTEE DID NOT INCLUDE LEAN RED MEAT IN THE DEFINITION OF A HEALTHY DIETARY PATTERN AND THEY RECOMMEND THAT PEOPLE REDUCE THEIR INTAKE OF RED MEAT. SO THIS HISTORIC MOVE IGNORES DECADES OF NUTRITION SCIENCE AND ALL PREVIOUS ADDITIONS OF THE DIETARY GUIDELINES. I URGE YOU TO SHELL THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS TO EAT LESS RED MEAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BASED ON THE MOST UPTO DATE SCIENCE AND COULD BE HARMFUL TO THE HEALTH OF OUR POPULATION. DESPITE BEING CHARGED WITH EXAMINING NEW EVIDENCE, THE COMMITTEE BASED ITS CONCLUSIONS ON OUTDATED WEAK EVIDENCE FROM STEREO TYPICAL DIETARY PADERNS, MEAN WHILE THEY INNORRED EVIDENCE FROM GOLD STANDARD STUDIES SUCH AS BEEF IN AN OPTS MALLEAN DIET OR BOLD STUDY AND 10 OTHER RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIALS THAT TELL US BALANCED DIETS WITH FOUR TO FIVE AND HALF OUNCES OF LEAN BEEF DAILY IMPROVE HEALTH. INTERESTINGLY THE COMMITTEE ENDORSED THE MED TERANNIAN DIET AND THEN IN A CONFUSING DIET THEY RECOMMENDED MED TERAN CRANE PATTERN THAT HAS LESS RED MEAT THAN WHAT'S BEEN SHOWN IN THE STUDIES, THEN IT LIMITED THE INCREASING INTAKES WITH FOODS LIKE THESE IN PLACE OF CARBOHYDRATES AND IN DO THANKSGIVING THEY IGNORE THE FACT THAT MANY AMERICANS ARE NOT GETTING ENOUGH PROTEIN. SO ADVISING PEOPLE TO CUT BACK ON THE RED MEAT INTAKE CAN HAVE HARMFUL CONSEQUENCES AS RED MEAT DECLINED WE ARE CONSUMING MORE EMPTY CALORIES AND RATES INCREASED. MEAN WHILE DATA FROM THE COMMITTEE REENFORCES THAT MOTHERS AND TEEN DAUGHTER WHO IS ARE LIKELY TO RESTRICT RED MEAT INTAKE ARE MOST LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM IRON DEFICIENCY, SO HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THAT SWEEPING RECOMMENDATIONS GET LOST IN TRANSLATION AND THEY EXACERBATE OBESITY AND NUTRIENT SHORT FALLS. IT'S TIME TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND LET'S LOOK AT THE REAL WORLD APPLICATION OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. AMERICANS HAVE MODERATED THEIR MEAT SERVINGS, RED MEAT SERVINGS AND SCIENTIFIC REENFORCES THAT CURRENT COMSUMPTION IS WITHIN THE AMOUNTS NEEDED TO PROMOTE GOOD EXPHELGT PROTECTING THE POPULATION FROM SHORT FALL NUTRIENTS AND PROVIDING A SATISFYING FORM OF NUTRITION. SO RATHER THAN CUTTING BACK, AMERICAN HEAT SHOCK SYSTEM BE ENCOURAGED TO EAT LEAN MEAT WITH MORE VEGETABLES, FRUITS AND WHOLE GRAINS. SO I URGE IN THE SECRETARY TO PICK UP WHERE THE COMMITTEE FELL SHORT, FINISHED THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENT REVIEW AND RED MEAT'S ROLE ON HEALTH AND RIINSIT STATE THE LEAN MEAT AND IT'S NOT A FOOT NOTE BUT SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE CHOOSES RED LEAN MEAT AS PART OF A HEALTHY DIET. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER FIVE WITH THE MORGAN STATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF HEALTH AND POLICY. PLEASE BEGIN. >> I AM YVONNE WHEREONER, I AM NUTRITION ADVISOR FOR DANON. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES OF COMMITTEE REPORT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE REPORTS ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT HEALTHY DIETARY PATTERNS LOWER THE RISK OF OBESITY AND CHRONIC DISEASE. YET ON AVERAGE THE AMERICAN DIET DOES NOT ACHIEVE A HEALTHY DISCIETARY PATTERN. THIS ILLUSTRATES THE GAP BETWEEN GETTING INFORMATION AND MAKING CHANGE HAPPEN, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT TWO AREAS THAT CAN CATEGORIZE CHANGE IN A PATTERN FOR THE BETTER. FIRST WE NEED TO SHIFT THE SPOTLIGHT TO NUTRIENT RICH FOOTS AND HEALTHY COMBINATIONS. SECOND MORE ATTENTION IS NEEDED IN HEALTH DISPARITIES AND ALTHOUGH WE DO, AND THROUGHOUT ALL THAT WE DO, PRACTICAL AND ACTIONABLE MESSAGES WILL BE REQUIRED TO AA CHIEF BEHAVIOR CHANGE. I'M CONCERNED THAT WHILE THE REPORT CLEARLY IDENTIFIES NUTRIENTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN, ANY MENTION OUTWEIGHED BY THE ATTENTION TO WHAT NOT TO EAT, SUCH AS REDUCING SUGAR AND SALT COMSUMPTION WILL. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT THE FINAL GUIDELINES DIRECT TENSION TO NUTRIENT RICH FOODS AND HOW TO COMBINE THEM IN PRACTICAL REALISTIC WAYS THAT CAN CHANGE DIETARY PATTERNS LONG-TERM. FOR EXAMPLE, YOWING EXPOSURE TO RADIATION IS A LOW FAT AND DAIRY CHOICE THAT IS GROWING IN POPULARITY. IT'S NUMBER ONE OF THE TOP 10 FOODS AND BEVERAGES THAT MILE PER HOURS ARE CONSUMING MORE OF. YET, YOGURT IS UNDERCONSUME INDEED AMERICA, 90% OF AMERICANS EAT ONE CUP OF YOGURT OR LESS PER WEEK, COMPARED TO TWICE THAT IN CANADA OR FRANCE. IMPORTANTLY YOGURT PAIRS WELL WITH FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, THE TOP YOGURT RECIPES ARE DIPPING ANOTHER WAY TO ADD AND INCREASE A VEGETABLE COMSUMPTION EMPLOY THESE ARE PRACTICAL REALISTIC AND HEALTHY FOOD COMBINATIONS THAT ARE GROUNDED IN PREFERRED CONSUMER BEHAVIORS. MY FINAL COMMENTS TO ARE TO STRESS THAT HEALTH DISPARITIES ARE REAL AND DESERVE MORE FOCUS IN THE FINAL GUIDELINES. I APPLAUD THE COMMITTEE FOR INCLUDING BONE HEALTH AS IMPORTANT HEALTH DISPARITY WHERE NUTRITION PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE YET WAS SURPRISED BY THE LACK OF ANY MENTION OF LACTOSE INTOLERANCE IN THE PREPORT. POPULATION WIDE STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE BONE HEALTH WILL BE DIFFICULT WITHOUT ADDRESSING LACTOSE INTOLERANCE. FOR EXAMPLE, ADOLESCENCE IS A KEY PERIOD WHEN BONE MINERAL DENSITY IS BUILT AND WHEN MANY IN ETHNIC GROUPS FIRST EXPERIENCE LACTOSE INTOLERANCE. IN CLOSING, SIGNIFICANT IMPACT WITH BE MADE BY ENCOURAGING HEALTHY PAIRINGS OF YOGURT WITH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES AND MORE FOCUS ON HEALTH DISPARITIES INCLUDING STRATEGIC PLAN EDGESYS FOR LACTOSE INTOLERANCE. AMERICAN NUTRITION HEALTH CAN BENEFIT FROM SIMPLE AND ACTIONABLE MESSAGES SUCH AS EAT ONE YOGURT EVERY DAY. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER SIX,ALIS BENDER FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE. >> THANK YOU FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COMMENTOT DIETARY GUIDELINES. I'M A REGISTERED DIETITIAN IS SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH, WE STRONGLY SUPPORT AND URGE YOU TO ADOPT THREE OF THE COMMITTEE'S STRONG EVIDENCE BASED RECOMMENDATIONS. THESE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REDUCE THOUSANDS OF CASES OF CANCER IN THE U.S. EVERY YEAR. FIRST, REDUCING RED AND PROCESSED MEAT. CLEAR, CONVINCING AND UPDATED EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT DIETS WITH HIGH AMOUNTS OF RED AND PROCESSED MEAT INCREASE RISK FOR COLORECTAL CANCER. BY ADVISING AMERICANS TO LIMIT RED AND PROCESSED MEETS WE COULD HAVE MANY FEWER CASES OF COLORECTAL CANCER IN THE U.S. EVERY YEAR. SECOND, REDUCING COMSUMPTION OF ADDED SUGARS. THE COMMITTEE FOUND STRONG THAT EVIDENCE ADDED SUGARS IN OUR FOOD AND DRINK INCREASED RISK FOR EXCESS BODY WEIGHT. AICR HAS FOUND STRONG EVIDENCE THAT REGULARLY CONSUMING VUGARY DRINKS, CONTRIBUTES TO WEIGHT GAIN OVER WEIGHT AND OBESITY. OBESITY IS A CAUSE OF AT LEAST 10 TYPES OF CANCER, INCLUDING POST MENOPAUSAL BREAST, ENDOMETRIAL, COLORECTAL AND PANCREATIC CANCERS. AICR ESTIMATES THAT 120,000 CASES OF CANCER EVERY YEAR WOULD NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN IF AMERICANS STAYED A HEALTHY WEIGHT. WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE DIETARY GUIDELINES SETTING A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF NO MORE THAN FIVE-10% OF CALORIES COME FROM ADDED SUGARS IN OUR DIET. THIS WOULD BE ONE IMPORTANT STEP TO HELP AMERICANS GET TO AND STAY A HEALTHY WEIGHT, THUS LOWERING RISK FOR MANY COMMON CANCERS. THIRD WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY ENDORSE THE COMMITTEE FOCUS ON HEALTHY DIETARY POD PATTERNS AND IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS THAT ALIGN WITH THE OVERALL BODY OF EVIDENCE FOR HEALTH AND DISEASE PREVENTION. THE CHARACTERISTICS MIRROR A DIET THAT IS ALSO SHOWN TO BE CANCER PREVENTIVE. A DIET THAT IS HIGH IN PLANT BASED FOODS, VEG STABLES, FRUITS,--VEGETABLES, FRUITS, WHOLE GRAIN, FRUITS AND NUTS, A DIET THAT IS LOW OR MODERATE INALCOHOL, LOWER IN RED AND PROCESSED MEAT AND LOWER IN SUGAR TWEETENNED FOODS AND DRINKS AND REFINED GRAINS. THESE THREE RECOMMENDATION FIST ADOPTED HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO HELP AMERICANS MAKE EVERY DAY CHOICES THAT LOWER THEIR RISK FOR THOUSANDS OF CANCER CASES EVERY YEAR. THE EVIDENCE ON THESE THREE, LESS RED AND PROCESSED MEAT, LESS ADDED SUGAR AND OVERALL HEALTHY DIETARY PATTERN FOCUSED ON MORE PLANT BASED FOODS IS SOLID. THEY'RE RECOGNIZED BY AICR, AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CANCER ORGANIZATIONS, THANK YOU. SPEAKER SEVEN, BOBBY BURNS WITH THE GROCER'S MANUFACTURES ASSOCIATION. >> GOOD MORNING, GROCER'S MANUFACTURES ASSOCIATION BELIEVES THIS WILL BE A IMPORTANT TOOL TO ACHIEVE A HEALTHY DIET BUT WE'RE DISAPPOINT WIDE SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THE 2015 REPORT. GMA AND COMPANY VS ADVOCATED FOR NUTRITION POLICIES THAT ARE BASED ON THE BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE. WE SUPPORT THE ORGANIZED APPROACH OF ESEASESMENTS BY EXPERTS PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIETARY GUIDELINES POLICY DOCUMENT. A SOLID BASES CRITICAL BECAUSE THESE GUIDELINES SET THE STAGE FOR FEDERAL AND NUTRITION POLICIES AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS. WE COMMAND THE DGSC FOR THE WORK AND RECOGNIZE THE DIFFICULTY OF ASSESSING COMPLEX EVIDENCE BASE. WE WANT TO ADDRESS SIX AREAS OF CONCERN. ONE, THE COMMITTEE WENT BEYOND THE CONGRESSALLY MANDATED SCOPE AND WAS NOT CONSITUTED WITH THE POLICIES FOR CHANGE. >> TWO, WITH THE NUTRITION EVIDENCE LIBRARY WAS USED TO ONLY ADDRESS A PORTION OF THE STSKS AND MEDICAL LITERATURE. THREE, THE REPORT PROVIDES INCONSISTENT RECOMMENDATIONS AND SODIUM. ACKNOWLEDGING THE IOM IN 2013 THAT SODIUM INTAKES BELOW 2300-MILLIGRAMS PER DAY WERE ASSOCIATE WIDE HIGHER MORTALITY RISKS WITH NO CLEAR EVIDENCE OF BENEFIT. YET IT ALSO STATES THAT THE UPPER LEVEL, THE SAME LEVEL IS AN UPPER LEVEL, AS A RELIABLE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE GOODBYE GENERAL POPULATION. GUIDELINES FOR ADULT WHO IS WOULD BENEFIT FROM BLOOD PRESSURE LOWERING SHOULD NOT BE APPLIED TO THE INN TIRE POPULATION DUE TO THE P OETIC--POTENTIAL FOR HARM, WITH ADDED SUGARS, THE POLICY DOCUMENTS SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGELET ROLE OF SWEETENERS AND ROLE OF ACCEPTABILITY OF MANY NUTRIENT RICH FOODS. FIVE, THE COMMITTEE DID NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SIGNIFICANT BODY OF EVIDENCEOT SAFETY OF CAFFEINE, SINCE CAFFEINE IS NEITHER FOOD NOR NUTRIENTS, THE FDA'S OFFICE OFFERED FOODATTATIVE AS A BEST POSITION TO EVALUATE THIS INGREDIENT. WE APPLAUD THE DGAC THAT RECOGNIZING MULTIDIET PATTERNS CAN BE TAYLORED TO AN INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND PREFERENCES, THE EMPHASIS PLACED ON THE HEALTHY MED TERANNIAN AND HEALTHY VEGETARIAN PATTERNS MAY NOT BE PRACTICAL AS THESE ARE VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE AVERAGE AMERICAN OR TYPICAL WESTERN DIET. THE REMOVAL OF LEAN MEATS FROM THE PATTERN IS INCONSISTENT WITH MODELING OF THE DIETARY PATTERNS OF INTEREST. IN CONCLUSION WE ENCOURAGE THE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP A FINAL POLICY DOCUMENT USING A TOTAL DIET APPROACH, WHICH EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF VARIETY OF MODERATION WITHIN CALORIE NEEDS. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER EIGHT, WITH THE DISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES. >> GOOD MORNING. I WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE DIETARY GUIDELINES ON ALCOHOL COMSUMPTION. I AM DR. SAMSA VICE PRESIDENT OF SCIENCE, I FORMERLY SPENT 20 YEARS ON NATIONAL ALCOHOLISM DEPARTMENT AT NIH WHEN I PUBLISHED EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THIS SUBJECT N. FACT, MANY CONSIDER ME THE GOD FATHER OF MODERN DRINKING. [LAUGHTER] I AM HERE TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING IN THE ALCOHOL GUIDELINE, ONE THE CURRENT 2010 DEFINITION FOR MODERATE, HEAVY AND BINGE DRINKING AND TWO, THE CURRENT DEFINITION OF A STANDARD DRINK. THE DIETARY GUIDELINES DEFINE MODRAIL ALCOHOL COMSUMPTION AS UP TO ONE DRINK PER DAY FOR WOMEN AND UP TO TWO DRINKS PER DAY FOR MEN. ALSO, IT DEFINES A STANDARD DRINK AS 12 FLUID OUNCES OF REGULAR BEER, 5 PERCENT ALCOHOL, FIVE FLUID OUNCES OF WINE, 12 PERCENT ALCOHOL OR ONE AND HALF OUNCES OF DISTILLED SPIRIT, 40% ALCOHOL, EACH CONTAINS 6-OUNCES OF ALCOHOL, THE DEFINITION OF THE GLOSSARY SCIENTIFIC REPORT DID NOT MENTION THE PERCENT OF ALCOHOL IN BEER, WINE OR SPIRIT NOR DID IT STATE THAT ONE DRINK CONTAINS 1.6 FLUID OF ALCOHOL. THESE FACTS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION AND GIVE CONSUMERS AN IMPORTANT BENCHMARK IN CASE THEY CHOOSE THE BEER, WINE OR DISTILLED SPIRIT PRODUCT THAT MAY HAVE THE HIGHER OR LOWER ALCOHOL CONTENT. IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT CHRONIC, HEAVY OR BINGE DRINK CATEGORY CAUSE SERIES HEALTH PROBLEMS AND THE GUIDELINES INCLUDE IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE WHO SHOULD NOT DRINK. THE DEFINITION OF A STANDARD DRINK HAS CRITSICAL APPLICATION BEYOND CONSUMER EDUCATION, FOR INSTANCE WHITAL NIAAA, I WAS APPROACHED BY JUDGES TO COMPUTE BLOOD-ALCOHOL LEVELS IN HUMAN WHO IS REFUSED TO TAKE BLOOD TEST OR BREATHALIZER. KNOWING THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE THEY CONSUME, I WAS ABLE TO COMPUTE THE BLOOD-ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION USING THE [INDISCERNIBLE]-MARK EQUATION AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT STANDARD DRINK CONTAINS .6 FLUID OUNCES OF PURE ALCOHOL. IN FACT, STANDARD DRINK SYSTEM SUCH AN IMPORTANT OPTION THAT THE NIAAA INCLUDE ITS ON THE WEB SITE. IN SUMMARY, THE ORGANIZATIONS WOULD BE BEST SERVED WITH THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES INCLUDE A GUIDELINE ON ALCOHOL THAT BRINGS FORWARD THE DEFINITIONS FOR-- >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> -- >> WE'LL MOVE TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER AT THIS TIME,. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SPEAKER NUMBER NINE-- >> MY APOLOGIES. >> HI, I AM MARIE MASONET, FIFTH GENERATION CATTLE RANCHER AND REGISTERED DIETITIAN, I SPEND MANY YEARS AS A REGISTERED DIETITIAN WITH HOSPITALS AND THE WIC PROGRAM AND PHYSICIANS AND HOSPITALS. OUR SOUTH TEXAS TOWN IS A UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY WITH 70% OF OUR CHILDREN QUALIFYING FOR REDUCED OR FREE SCHOOL LUNCH. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY AND FOLLOW O RANCHERS TO PROUDLY SHARE HOW WE ARE COMMITTED TO HELPING EVERY DAY PEOPLE ENJOY HEALTHIER DIETS WITH THE WAY THAT IS SUSTAINABLE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, FIRST FOCUS HAS BEEN TO MAKE SURE LEAN BEEF IS AVAILABLE AND I'M PROUD TO SAY, THE FACT THAT TODAY'S BEEF IS LEAN, AS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE FIRST DIETARY GUIDELINES WE SET GOALS TO DECREASE THE FAT IN BEEF AND WE'VE MET THEM. WE TURNED EXTERNAL FAT FROM BEEF AND MORE THAN 30 CUTS OF BEEF MEET GUIDELINES FOR LEAN. OUR SECOND FOCUS IS SCIENCE BASED EDUCATION FOR NUTRITION, MAKING THE DIETARY GUIDELINES REAL LIFE FOR PEOPLE, BY PROVIDING HEALTHY BEEF RECIPES AND NUTRITION TIPS AND MEAL IDEAS. WE LED THE EFFORT IN TEACHING AMERICANS HOW TO FIND AND PREPARE, LEANER CUTS ISSUES CHOOSING PORTIONS, AND PREPARE BEEF FOR OTHER HEALTHY FOODS OUR THIRD IS A COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINING FUTURE AS RANCHERS WE CONSIDER OURSELVES THE ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENTALIST AND PRESERVING THE LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES WE ARE PROUD TO DO EVERY DAY. LET ME BE CLEAR, THE BEEF COMMUNITY WELCOMES A SCIENCE BASED DIALOGUE, ON SUSTAINABILITY. WITH TRUE EXPERT IN SUSTAINABILITY, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS COMMITTEE'S DELIBERATIONS WHO ARE WAY OUTSIDE THEIR SCOPE AND EXPERTISE. THE COMMITTEE JUMPED THE GUN AND I URGE THE SECRETARY TO REJECT ANY REFERENCE THROUGH SUSTAINABILITY IN THESE DIETARY GUIDELINES. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE IS NO BASES FOR THIS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT PEOPLE REDUCE RED MEAT INTAKE OR NUTRITION OR SUSTAINABILITY. LOWERING RED MEAT COULD HAVE REAL CONSEQUENCES, TOO. AS A DIETITIAN AND A MOM, I KNOW THAT MY GROWING SON NEEDS BEEF NUTRIENTS AND MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER AND I NEED THE IRON. I WORK WORRY ABOUT ALL THE FAMILIES I SEE STRUGGLING WITH OVERWEIGHT AND UNDERNOURISHED CHILDREN, THEY ARE THE ONE THAT NEED IT THE MOST. WE WILL DISMISS GENERAL RESTRICTIVE INFORMATION TO CUT BACK ON FOODS THAT VALUE CULTURALLY WHICH I'VE SEEN IN MY PRACTICE AS THEY DID IN THE 2010 DIETARY GUIDELINES AND TO DEVELOP THE DIETARY GUIDELINES THAT ENCOURAGE THEM TO ENJOY LEAN MEET, LIKE BEEF AS PART OF THEIR HEALTHY DIET, THANK YOU. , SPEAKER 10, AYODELE HIT WITH HEALTHY NATION COALITION, PLEASE BEGIN. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU HOW YOUR REPORT SOUNDS TO THE PEOPLE OF AMERICAN NOT AS WISE IN THE WAYS OF NUTRITION AS YOU. >> DEAR AMERICA, YOU ARE SICK, AND FAT, AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT. >> FACE IT, YOU EAT TOO MUCH BAD FOOD, WE DON'T KNOW WHY, WE THINK IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE YOU'RE STUPID, YOU USED TO BE SMART, BACK IN THE 70S WE DIDN'T HAVE TO TELL YOU WHAT TO EAT, SOMEHOW YOU JUST KNEW. EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE COMMERCIALS FOR FRUIT LOOPS ON TV AND TWINKIES IN EVERYGROCERY STORE, YOU MANAGED. YOU EIGHT FOOD AND YOU WEREN'T FED OR SICK SO WE KNEW YOU NEEDED OUR HELP. NOW LOOK WHAT HAPPENED. THE MORE WE TELL YOU HOW TO EAT, THE FATTER AND SICKER YOU GET AND THE FATTER AND SICKER YOU GET, THE MORE WE HAVE TO TELL YOU HOW TO EAT. LOOK, THE ONLY REASON PEOPLE GET SICK IS BECAUSE THEY EAT BAD FOOD AND THE ONLY REASON PEOPLE EAT BAD FOOD IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T LISTEN TO US, AND AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL, THE ONLY REASON ANYONE WOULD NOT LISTEN TO US IS BECAUSE THEY'RE STUPID. AND THOUGH WE HATE TO SAY THIS, PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE MUCH MONEY ARE PARTICULARLY STUPID. WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE IT'S THE FOOD STUPID. WE WILL ADMIGHT THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS IS OURS AND WHEN WE STARTED TELLING YOU HOW TO EAT, WE DIDN'T REALIZE HOW STUPID YOU WERE, WE TOLD YOU TO EAT MORE CARBOHYDRATES. IN OTHER WORDS SUGARS AND STARCHES AND YOU KNOW LESS SUGAR. HOWICISM CELL THAT? >> WE TOLD YOU TO EAT FOOD WITH LESS FAT, WE MEANT FOR TO YOU EAT KALE AND LENTILS AND QUINOA, INSTEAD YOU EIGHT PRODUCTS THAT SAID LESS FAT AFTER THREE DECADES OF TELLING YOU HOW TO EAT IT APPEARS TO US THAT YOU'RE TOO STUPID TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO EAT. SO LET'S MAKE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR. FIRST, DON'T EAT FOOD WITH SALT OR SUGAR, HERE'S WHY. SALT AND SUGAR MAKES FOOD TASTE GOOD AND WHEN FOOD TASTES GOOD, YOU EAT IT, WE'RE OPPOSED TO THAT. NEXT, DON'T EAT ANIMALS AT ALL, EVERY. HERE'S WHY? BECAUSE WE SAID SO. >> EAT ALL THE FAT YOU WANT, JUST DON'T EAT FAT FROM ANIMALS. YOU WANT SOME CHOLESTEROL, GO FOR IT. BUT DON'T EAT EGGS BECAUSE EGGS ARE BABY CHICKENS AND BABY CHICKENS ARE ANIMALS AND YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO EAT MAN MALS, IF YOU MUST EAT DEAD, ROTTING FLESH, WE THINK IT'S OKAY TO EAT DEAD ROTTING FLESH FROM SALMON RAISED ON FISH FARM BISE NICE PEOPLE WITH COLLEGE EDUCATIONS AND BECAUSE ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL, CAN YOU ADAPT THIS DIETARY PATTERN TO MEET YOUR OWN HEALTH NEEDS PREFERENCES AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS JUST AS LONG AS YOU DON'TAD AT SALT, SUGAR OR ANIMALS, TO HELP YOU OUT, WE ARE PLANNING TO CREATE A CULTURE OF HEALTH, WHOSE PRIMARY PURPOSE WILL BE TO ENFORCE YOUR RIGHT TO EAT THE FOOD WE DECIDED IS GOOD FOR YOU. THIS WILL COME BINE THE DRACONIAN GOVERNMENT OVERWHICH WE ALL LOVE WITH THE LACK OF IMPROVEMENTS WE EXPECT RESULT NOTHING CONTINUED DEMAND FOR OUR SERVICES AS THE ONLY PEOPLE SMART ENOUGH TO TELL YOU STUPID PEOPLE HOW TO EAT. >> SPEAKER NUMBER 11 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD, SCIENCE AND HUMAN NUTRITION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ILL. >> WITH POOR DIETARY PATTERNS, INCLUDING NEGATIVE IMPACT OF FOOD AND SECURITY AND DIET QUALITY, THE CONTRIBUTION OF REFINED GRAINS AND SUGAR TO THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC, AND THE PROTEIN GAP WITHIN LARGE SEGMENTS OF OUR POPULATION, UNFORTUNATELY THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FAILED TO INTEGRATE THESE CRITICAL POINTS INTO PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ADDRESS THE AT-RISK POPULATIONS; THE 2010 AND 2015 REPORTS IDENTIFY GRAIN BASED CARBOHIDE RAINS SOCIETY WIDE SANDWICHES, PIZZA, PASTA CHIPS AND SUGAR SEATEN BEVERAGES AS A SORTS OF THE ADDED CALORIES LEADING TO THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC BUT DESPITE THE DATA THE COMMITTEE FAILS TO RECOMMEND DECREASING THE CARBOHYDRATE CALORIES. INSTEAD THE REPORT RECOMMEND RESDUCING REFINED GRAIN THROUGH SUBSTITUTION WITH WHOLE GRAINS. THE IMPLICATION OF THESE GUIDELINES, IS THAT AS LONG AS THE FOOT LONG DELI SANDWICH, PIZZA TAVERN ACHIPS, PASTA CLAIM TO BE WHOLE GRAIN, THE FOOD IS HEALTHY. AND THE--AND THE CALORIES BECOME IRRELEVANT. CARBOHYDEERATE INTAKE IS THREE FOLD ABOVE THE RDA AND EXTESS CALORIES AND OBESITY ARE MAJOR HEALTH PROBLEMS, CERTAINLY AMERICANS NEED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE CARBOHYDRATES CONSUMED AND EAT MORE VEGETABLEYOU WE MUST REDUCE THE TOTAL CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE. AMERICANS DO NOT NEED MORE PLANTS IN A DIET, WE NEED BETTER PLANTS. THE REPORT ALSO IDENTIFIES PROTEIN AS MARGINAL WITHIN MANY GROUPS OF THE UNITED STATES WITH NEARLY ONE HALF OF ALL AMERICANS AT OR BELOW MINIMUM PROTEIN RECOMMENDATIONS. FURTHER ALL THE PROPOSED HEALTHY DIET MODELS INCLUDING THE MED TERANNIAN DIET RECOMMEND PROTEIN AT 90-100-GRAMS PER DAY. THERE'S A PROTEIN GAP BETWEEN CURRENT INTAKES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A HEALTHY DIET BUT NO MENTION OF PROTEIN IN THE SUMMARY STATEMENTS. FURTHER THE RECOMMENDATION TO DECREASE RED MEAT CONVEYS THE GENERAL MESSAGE THAT PROTEIN'S NOT IMPORTANT. >> AMERICANS HAVE ALREADY DECREASED BEEF COMSUMPTION BY 21% SINCE THE 1970S WITH NO CLEAR HEALTH BENEFITS. THE NEGATIVE ASSOCIATION OF RED AND PROCESSED MEATS WITH HEALTH RISK IS LARGELY GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION. PARTICULARLY WITH FAST FOOD LIFESTYLES. THE REAL HEALTH RISK AND THE AMERICAN DIET ARE DILUTION OF DIET QUALITY WITH UNNECESSARY CARBOHYDRATES AND CALORIES. THE GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FAIL TO REFLEBLGHT THE TRUE FINDINGS OF THE 2015 REPORT AND FAIL TO TARGET THE TRULY AT-RISK POP SIEWLINGSS. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 12, MICHAEL JACOB SEN ILLEGALSEN WITH THE CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE NEXT DIETARY GUIDELINES ACCIDENT FIRST I APPLAUD THE SCIENTIFIC WORK DONE BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SPECSLY FOR OVERARCHING VIEW THAT A DIET HIGHER IN PLANT BASED FOODS AND LOWENER ANIMAL BASED FOOD SYSTEM ESSENTIAL FOR MUSEUM MAN HEALTH AND THE PLANET'S HEALTH. THE IMPORTANT OBSERVATIONS SHOULD BE MAINTAINED IN THE FINAL GUIDELINES. I'D LIKE TO QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT SEVERAL SPECIFIC TOPICS--THE DIETARRAY GUIDELINES SHOULD STATE A MAXIMUM DAILY INTAKE SUCH AS THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED, 10% OF CALORIES, OR 50-GRAMS, 12 TEASPOONS FOR 2000-CALORIE DIET. THE W. H. O. RECENTLY SAID MUCH THE SAME. NEXT EXCESS SODIUM IS KILLING MORE AMERICANS THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN FOOD. THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ECHOES THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND MANY OTHERS IN CALLING FOR REDUCTIONS. HOWEVER, THE COMMITTEE'S ADVICE AND SODIUM WAS UNCLEAR, VARIOUSLY RECOMMENDING 2400, 2300 OR 1500-MILLIGRAMS PER DAY, OR REDUCING SODIUM BY AT LEAST A THOUSAND MILLIGRAMS PER DAY. WE URGE THAT THE 2015 GUIDELINES, MIRRORS, THE PROTECTIVE ADVICE IN THE 2010 GUIDELINES, 2300-MILLIGRAMS FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION, EXCEPT 1500 FOR PEOPLE WITH HYPERTENSION, OR PEOPLE WHO ARE MIDDLE AGED OR OLDER AND ALL AFRICAN AMERICANS. THE COMMITTEE SAID THAT OUR DIET SHOULD BE LOWER IN RED AND PROCESSED MEETS AND THAT WE SHOULD CHOOSE LEAN MEAT WHEN IS WE DO EAT IT. THAT'S SOUND ADVICE BECAUSE EATING RED AND PROCESSED MEAT SYSTEM ASSOCIATE WIDE AN INCREASED RISK OF HEART DISEASE IN CERTAIN CANCERS, THE PUBLIC WILL BE WATCHING TO SEE IF THE NEW GUIDELINES REFLECT SOLID SCIENCE, OR PRESSURE FROM THE MEAT INDUSTRY. , WE'RE TROUBLED THAT THE COMMITTEE PINED THE DIETARY CHOLESTEROL IS NO LONGER A NUTRIENT OF CONCERN. THE CHOLESTEROL IN FOOD STILL RAISES LDL LEFT ROLE AND LINKED TO HEART DISEASE ESPECIALLY IN PEOPLE WITH TYPE TWO DIABETES AND AT LEAST 60% OF MEN ARE STILL EATING MORE THAN 300-MILLIGRAMS OF CHOLESTEROL PER DAY. >> THE GUIDELINES SHOULD CONTINUE TO ADVISE CONSUMING ONLY MODEST AMOUNTS OF CHOLESTEROL. FINALLY THE GUIDELINE SHOULD INCLUDE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AS THE 20 TAKEN AND PRIOR ADDITIONS DID. AS THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED, THOSE POLICY HEAT SHOCK SYSTEM INCLUDE ADDING A LINE FOR ADDED SUGARS AND THE NUTRITION LABEL, SHOWING AMOUNTS IN GRAMS IN TEASPONS AND HAVING A PERCENT DAILY VALUE. SHOULD RECOMMEND TAXING SUGAR DRINKS TO HELP PREVENT OBESITY AND SETTING LIMITS ON SODIUM FOR VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF FOOD AS THE IOM RECOMMENDED BACK IN 2010. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> GOOD MORNING, WE ARE RESPECT RESENTING THE JOHNS HOPKINS FOR A LIVEABLE CENTER, AND WEAR HERE TO SUPPORT OUR STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE DIETARY GYRED LINES AFTER REVIEWING THE LATEST SCIENTIFIC EVIDENT, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDED THAT A DIETARY PATTERN WITH HIGH--THAT IS HIGHER IN PLANT BASED FOODS AND LOWER IN ANIMAL BASED FOOD SYSTEM MORE HEALTH PROMOTING AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH LESSER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT THAN THE CURRENT U.S. DIET. BACKLASH TO THE COMMITTEE CONCLUSION OF SUSTAINABILITY CONSIDERATION AND THE ASSISTANCE THAT THE DIETARY GUIDELINES FOCUS ONLY ON NUTRITION, ING NORS THE WELL-DOCUMENTED REALITY THAT PRODUCING THE FOOD WE EAT USES MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF LIMITED RESOURCES, CONTRIBUTES TO CLIMB ATE CHANGE AND THAT EVEN SMALL CHANGES, TOWARDS A MORE PLANT BASED DIET MAKE A DIG DIFFERENCE IN AADDRESSING THESE ISSUES. IN THE U.S. WE CONSUME THREE TIMES THE GLOBAL AVERAGE OF MEAT, DARE SCHEEGGS AND PRODUCTION OF ANIMAL FOODS, USES A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES. CURRENT INDUSTRIAL FOOD PRODUCTION METHODS FOR ANIMAL AND THEIR FEED ARE ASSOCIATE WIDE UNSUSTAINABILITY WATER USE, HIGH LEVELS OF GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS, SPECS LEASH FREE RADICALSAN MALS LIKE BEEF AND DAIRY CATTLE, AND GEOGRAPHICALLY CLUSTERED INTENSIVE ANIMAL HOPERATIONS, THAT PRODUCE MORE MANEUR THAN SHOULD BE APPLIED TO LOCAL PROP LAND LEADING TO WATER POLLUTION. GLOBALLY, 35% OF CROPS ARE GROWN FOR ANIMAL FEED AND SEVERAL EXPERT PANELS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE CALLED FOR INCREASING THE PROPORTION OF CROPS, GROWN THAT DIRECTLY FEED HUMANS TO IMPROVE FOOD SECURITY. ALSO, CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT A FAR OFF THREAT, WE ARE EXPERIENCING HISTORIC DROUGHTS, FLOODS AND OTHER STREAM WEATHER, AS FARMERS KNOW FIRST HAND. THE USDA HAS REVISED PLANT HARDINESS ZONES IN 2012 TO REFLECT A WARNING U.S. AND THEY ALSO HELP FARMERS WITH CROP INSURANCE TO PROTECT LIVELIHOODS AGAINST LOSSES. DESPITE WHAT WE HEAR FROM CERTAIN INDUSTRY GROUPS, INCLUDING SUSTAINABILITY, IN THE 2015 DGA WILL NOT ELIMINATE PERSONAL CHOICE. TELL ALLOW OUR CHOICES TO BE MORE FULLY INFORMED. AND IT WILL NOT THREATEN A SO CALLED AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE, THAT INCLUDES A HIGH MEAT DIET. WE DIDN'T BEGIN CONSUMING SUCH HIGH LEVELS OF ANIMALS, UNTIL AFTER WORLD WAR II. SO IT COULD ACTUALLY BRING BACK A MORE HEALTHFUL, SUSTAINABLE AMERICAN WAY OF EATING. IN ADDITION, EATING LESS MEET AND MORE PLANT BASED FOODS WOULD LOWER THE RISK FOR DIABETES, OBESITY, HEART DISEASE AND SOME CANCERS, WE URGE THE USDA AND HHS TO KEEP EVIDENCE BASED SUSTAINABILITY CONSIDERATIONS IN THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR AMERICANS TO INSURE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD NOW AND IN THE FUTURE THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, I'M COLONEL STATE PATROL, I SERVED AS A VICE PRESIDENTOT INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE, AS A PUBLIC SAFETY ADVOCATE I OFFER A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON HOW THE GUIDELINES PUT INTO PRACTICES AND PROMOTING SAFETY EDUCATION, WHILE THE GUIDELINE ON ALCOHOL COMSUMPTION PROVIDES CONSUMERS WITH IMPORTANT NUTRITION INFORMATION AND ALSO PROVIDES CRITICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEFINITION AND THE PARAMETERS OF MODERATE AND RESPONSIBLE DRINKING, HAVING REVIEWED THE SCIENTIFIC REPORT, I AM VERSELY CONCERNED THAT THE STANDARD DRINK DEFINITION WAS ONLY LISTED ON PAGE EIGHT OF THE GLOSSARY. IT IS IMPERATIVE THIS ONCE AGAIN IS INCLUDE AS A CENTRAL PART OF THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES. >> KEY TO MODERATION IS UNDERSTANDING A DEFINITION OF A STANDARD DRINK WHICH HAS BEEN A CENTERPIECE OF THE ALCOHOL GUIDELINE FOR DECADES. IMPORTANTLY IN THE 2010 VERSION OF THE GUIDELINES, THE DEFINITION OF A STANDARD DRINK, SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL PRESENT IN EACH STANDARD DRINK, BEER, WINE AND DISTILLED SPIRITS OF .6 FLUID OUNCES. THE CLEARLY DEFINED STANDARD DRINK CONTAIN IN THE 2010 GUIDELINES SERVE AS A REFERENCE POINT TO HELP CONSUMERS DETERMINE HOW MUCH ALCOHOL THEY'RE CONSUMING IS AND DO ASSIST THEM IN THE FOLLOWING THE DIETARY GUIDELINES RECOMMENDATION FOR MODERATE DRINKING. THIS IS IMPORTANT GIVEN THAT BEER, WINE AND DISTILLED SPIRITS PRODUCTS IN THE MARKETPLACE MAY COME IN A RANGE OF SIZES AND ALCOHOL CONTENT. AT THE FEDERAL STATE AND LOVELY LEVEL, STANDARD DRINK INFORMATION HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN A VARIETY OF DRIVER SAFETY RESOURCES INCLUDING NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION, GOVERNMENT STATE ASSOCIATION, STATE DRIVERS, M. A. A. D. AND AAA. IT TEACHES THAT REGARDLESS IF YOU'RE DRINKING BEER, WINE, SPIRITS, IT'S NOT WHAT YOU DRINK BUT HOW MUCH YOU DRINK. ON BEHALF OF THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION, I URGE YOU TO MAINTAIN THE STANDARD DRINK THAT WAS IN THE 2010 ADDITION. THE LANGUAGE SHOULD REMAIN AS FOLLOWS: HOW IS ALCOHOL DEFINED. 112 FLUID OUNCES OF REGULAR BEER, FIVE% OF ALCOHOL, FIVE FLUID OUNCES OF WINE, 12% ALCOHOL OR ONE AND HALF OUNCES, 40% ALCOHOL DISTILLED SPIRITS AGAIN IT'S .6 FLUID OUNCES OUR SOCIETY MADE GREAT STRIDES IN MAKING FATALITIES IN OUR NATIONS HIGHWAYS, DRUNK DRIVERRING HAVE DECREASED 52% OVER THE LAST THREE DECADES, CONTINUED INCLUSION OF THE DRINK OF THE DIETARY GUIDELINES WILL EMPHASIZE AND FACILITATE THIS IMPORTANT STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY MODERATE CONSUMPLEGZ THAT IS AND HAS BEEN COD JUSTIFIED IN TRAFFIC SAFETY MATERIALS. WE URGE INCLUSION OF GRAPHIC TO HELP MAKE THE JOB OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EASIER TO PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE DECISION MAKING. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 15. >> GOOD MORNING I AM MARY, A SCHOOL NUTRITION OPERATOR WITH 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE WORK NOTHING A WIDE RANGE OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. I AM PROVIDING ORAL TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF BECKY, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL NUTRITION ASSOCIATION WHO IS UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY. SNA REPRESENTS MORE THAN 55 THIS HAPPENED SCHOOL NUTRITION PROFESSIONALS WHO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY, LOW COST MEALS TO STUDENTS. SNA APPLAUDS THE PROCESS TO DEVELOP SCIENCE BASED NUTRITIONALLY SOUND DIETARY GUIDANCE FOR AMERICANS. WE STRONG THREE SUPPORT THE USE OF THE DGAs IN SCHOOL MENU PLANNING AND WE BELIEVE THERE'S FEDERAL NUTRITION STANDARD HEAT SHOCK SYSTEM BE CONSISTENTLY APPLIED TO ALL FOODS AND BEVERAGES SOLD IN SCHOOLS. THE NFLP SERVES 30 MILLION STUDENTS DALE SCHEPROVIDING ACCESS TO TO STUDENTS TO NUTRITIONALLY FIELDS. SCHOOL VS A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO MEET THOSE STANDARDS AND ARE COMMITTED TO SERVING THE MOST NUTRITION AND HEALTHIEST MEALS POSSIBLE. WE AGREE WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES CONCLUSIONS THAT AMERICAN HEAT SHOCK SYSTEM BE ENCOURAGED TO CONSUME A DIET RICH IN HEALTHFUL CHOICES LOO LIKE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WHILE LIMITING SUGAR SWEETENED FOODS. THE COMMITTEE IS CORRECT IN EMPHASIZING THAT THESE DIETARY PATTERN CANS BE ACHIEVE INDEED MANY WAYS AND SHOULD BE TAYLORED TO THE INDIVIDUALS BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SNEEDS AS WELL AS SOCIOLOGICAL CULTURAL PREFERENCES. AS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF MANY PATTERNS MEETING A HOUSEHOLD DIET, SNA BELIEVES SCHOOLS NEED TO BE PROVIDED WITH FLEXIBILITY AND LATITUDE TO DETERMINE WHICH PREFERENCES WORK BEST IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO MEET THE SCHOOLS MALE MATERNS. UNDER NEW THRU TRICIAN STANDARDS 1.4 MILLION STUDENTS CHOOSE SCHOOL LUNCH EACH DAY. IT IS WELL DOCUMENTED THAT SCHOOL MEALS ARE HEALTHIER MALES BROUGHT FROM HOME. WE CAPTAIN AFFORD TO HAVE STUDENTS TURNING AWAY FROM HEALTHY SCHOOL MEALS TO UNHEALTHY ALTERNATIVES. WE LOOK FOR COMMON SENSE GUIDANCE THAT ALLOWS A SCHOOL NUTRITION PROFESSIONALS WHO UNDERSTAND STUDENTS PREFERENCES AND NUTRITION NEED THE FLEXIBILITY TO PLAN HEALTHFUL MEALS. FURTHER SNA WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR NUTRITION, EDUCATION, AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN. TO BOLSTER ACCEPTANCE AS THE HEALTHFUL SCHOOL MEAL OUR MEMBERS WORK SO HARD TO PREPARE. SCHOOL PROFESSIONALS FACE UNIQUE CHALLENGES BECAUSE THEY MUST MAINTAIN FISCALLY SOLVENT PROBLEMS THAT OPERATE INDEPENDENT OF THE OVERALL SCHOOL BUDGET. SNAs CONCERNS ARE WITH REGULATIONS THAT UNNECESSARILY DRIVE UP COST AND WASTE WHICH UNFORTUNATELY ENDS UP IN EATING UP RESOURCES WHICH COULD BE USED TO INVEST IN HEALTHIER BUT MORE EXPENSIVE NUTRITIONS, IT MUST PROVIDE A LUNCH WITHIN THE FETERAL CURRENT REIMBURSEMENT RATE OF $3, IT MUST COVER ALL COSTS OF DOING BUSINESS, FOOD, SUPPLIES, LABOR AND OTHER ASSOCIATED WITH MALES WE APPLY THE WORK WITH HHS AND USDA AND LOOK FORWARD TO PROVIDING MORE DETAILED WRITTEN COMMENTINGS, THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 16, THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. PLEASE BEGIN. >> GOOD MORNING, I AM DR. GUITERRIEZ, AND I AM WITH THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES AND I'M ALSO VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION OF STATE AND MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS AND FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL COLLEGES OF SURGEONS, I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU THIS MORNING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF DIETARY GUIDELINES ON ALCOHOL, AND STANDARD DEFINITION, STANDARD DRINK DEFINITION TO THE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HAVING PRACTICED MEDICINE FOR OVER 40 YEARS, I CAN ATTEST TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BRIEF SCREENING AND INTERVENTIONS IN REDUCING ALCOHOL ABUSE. A BRIEF DISCUSSION WITH A PATIENT CAN HELP A PHYSICIAN DETERMINE IF THE INDIVIDUAL CONSUMES ALCOHOL RESPONSIBLY AS PART OF A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, OR IF THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS ADDITIONAL COUNSELING TO CURTAIL QUICK DRINKING ALCOHOL ALTOGETHER. AS CDC DIRECTOR DR. FRIEDEN RECENTLY EMPHASIZED, A KEY PART OF THE DISCUSSION SHOULD BE ADVISES PATIENTS OF THE US DIETARY GUIDELINES WHICH PROVIDE IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON MODERATE DRINKING INCLUDING THE DEFINITION OF A STANDARD DRINK. THE 2010 DIETARY GUIDELINES STANDARD DRINK DEFINITION IS DWELVE FLUID OUNCES OF REGULAR BEER, FIVE% ALCOHOL, FIVE FLUID OUNCES OF WINE, 12% ALCOHOL, OR ONE AND HALF FLUID OUNCES OF 80 PROOF SPIRIT, 40% ALCOHOL. WITHIN DRINK CONTAINS 0.6 FLUID OUNCES OF ALCOHOL. BY COUNSELING PATIENTS ON THIS, THEY CAN MORE MODERATELY CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL CONSUMED. IMPORTANTLY THIS IS EASY FOR PATIENTS TO COMPREHEND AND PROVIDES A REFERENCE POINT FOR THEM TO FOLLOW FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF DITETARY GUIDELINES ON MODERATE COMSUMPTION THE DIETARY STRINK IS A KEY FOUNDATIONAL ELPERSONALITY OF WIDE RANGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGES AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON RESPONSIBLE ALCOHOL COMSUMPTION, AND AVOIDANCE OF ABUSE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM INCLUDES STANDARD DRINK INFORMATION AND PHYSICIAN'S GUIDE FOR WHOLE PROBLEMS AND THE AMERICAN MEDICAL WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION INCLUDE THIS IS INFORMATION AS PART OF ITS WHOLE AWARENESS INITIATIVE. A MEDICAL CAREER INCLUDED WORKING ON MILITARY BASES CARING FOR PATIENT'S SOLDIERS, COUNTRY'S SOLD YE YEARS FAMILIES AND VETERANS, THIS STANDARD DEFINITION OUTLINES DIETARY GUIDELINE VS BEEN CENTERPIECE OF MANY OF THE SAFE DRINKING COMPAINS USED BY ALL BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY. IMPORTANTLY TOO, MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RELY ON THE DIETARY GUIDELINES, STANDARD DRINK DEFINITION FOR THEIR WHOLE RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC CURRICULA, MAINTAINING DIETARY GUIDELINES IN 2015-- >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE TO HEALTH PROFESSIONALLINGS.- -PROFESSIONALS , THANK YOU FOR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. >> SPEAKER 17 IS WITH THE COUNCIL FOR RESPONSIBLE NUTRITION. >> GOOD MORNING, THE SUBMITTED COMMENTS THROUGH THE DGAC PROCESS FOR USE OF MULTIVITAMINS AND MINERALS AT THE LOW CALORIE, LOW COST AND CONCONVENIENT WAY TO HELP AMERICANS GET RDA AMOUNTS OF NUTRIENTS WHEN THIS NEED IS NOT MET THROUGH FOOD. IN PARTICULAR, MULTIVITAMINS AND MINERAL CANS HELP REDUCE SHORT FALLS, CONSIDERING THE MAJORITY OF THE U.S. POPULATION DO NOT EAT ENOUGH FRESH VEGETABLES, WHOLE GRAINS, DASHY TO INCREASE THE SHORT FALL NUTRIENTS INCLUDING VITAMIN A, E, C, AND FOLIATE, MAGNESIUM, FIBBER AND POTASSIUM. THE ADVISORY REPORT THAT DITARY SUPPLEMENTS CONTAINING RDA LEVELS ARE SAFE AND THAT THE USE OF PRODUCTS WITH DOSES EXCEEDING THIS SHOULD BE DISCUSSED WITH THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER. IN FACT, THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ARE JUDICIOUS ABOUT TAKING HIGH DOSE SUPPLEMENTS. IN FACT, TAKING SUPPLEMENTS THIS BE DISCUSSED WITH A PHYSICIAN. MULTIVITAMINS CAN SUPPORT ADEQUATE NUTRIENT INTAKE BUT NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR A HEALTHY DIET. 80% OF ADULTS AGREE THAT MULTIVITAMINS SHOULD NOT BE USED TO REPLACE HEALTHY HABITS AND 90% AGREE THAT MULTIVITAMIN CANS MEET NUTRIENT NEEDS WHEN THESE CANNOT BE MET THROUGH FOOD ALONE. CONSUMERS ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS ARE JUST ONE PART OF A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. REPORT TAG OVERALL HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND THROUGH NUTRIENT GAPS AS THE TOP TWO REASONS FOR USING ACCEPT ELEMENTS, DATA SHOWED THAT SUPPLEMENT USERS ARE MORE LIKELY THAN NONSUPPLEMENT USERS ENGAGE IN REGULAR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NOT SMOKE. THE COMMITTEE DESIGNATED CALCIUM AND VITAMIN D AS UNDERCONSUMPLEGZ, WE BELIEVE THAT CALCIUM AND VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTS AT RDA LEVELS CAN BE SAFELY USED BIER AMERICANS TO ACHIEVE ADEQUATE INTAKE. AS STATE INDEED THE ADVISE RESILIENCE PORT, CALCIUM VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTS DO NOT CONCERN THE OVERCOMSUMPTION OF THESE NUTRIENTS. THIS HAS BEEN REENFORCED IN RECENT STUDIES WHICH DO NOT SHOW ADVERSE EFFECTS ON CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES OR MORTALITY. WE AGREE WITH THE REPORTS AND MEDICAL AUTHORITIES THAT SUPPLEMENTATION WITH VITAMIN D IS ONE FRAT EDGE TOW INCREASE INTAKE TO RDA OR HIGHER LEVELS. IN LIGHT OF THE DRASTIC UNDERCOMSUMPTION OF CALCIUM AND BENEFITS AND THE BENEFITS THAT THESE NUTRIENTS PROVIDE, WE URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT. AMERICAN WHO IS DO NOT CONSUME THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNTS OF CALCIUM AND VITAMIN D THROUGH FOOD SOURCES SHOULD CONSIDER A CALCIUM AND VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENT TO HELP SUPPORT BONE HEALTH. OUR SURVEY DATA INDICATE THAT 90% OF CONSUMERS CONSIDER THIS STATEMENT EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND THAT 75% SEE THIS STATEMENT AS A RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT REMINDER FOR HEALTH. >> THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. >> SPEAKER 18 WITH THE NORTH AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE. >> GOOD MORNING I'M DR. VEROOEN, AND THE MEAT INSTITUTE APPRECIATES THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPING NUTRITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAN TRANSLATE INTO ATTAINABLE, ACTIONABLE NUTRITION POLICY THAT WILL MEASURABLY IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF AMERICANS. I HAVE THREE MAIN POINTS TODAY. FIRST THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES SHOULD INCLUDE MEET AND POULTRY AS PART OF A AMERICAN DIET AND SHOULD NOT DISCOURAGE AMERICANS FROM CONSUMING RED MEAT OR PROCESSED FOODS. SECOND. THE COMMITTEE'S FAIL TOWER FOLLOW THE NUTRITIONAL EVIDENCE LIBRARY FOR MANY OF ITS RECOMMENDATIONS CALL INTO'S QUESTION MANY OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. FINALLY, EXTRAINIOUS ISSUES SUCH AS MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND TAX POLICY SHOULD BE EXCLUDE FRIDAY THE FINAL POLICY DOCUMENT. LEAN MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS WHICH CAN INCLUDE RED MEAT AND PROCESSED MEETS SHOULD BE PART OF A HEALTHY DIETARY PATTERN BECAUSE THEY'RE NUTRIENT ADVANCED PROTEINS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR A HEALTHY LIFE. WHILE IT'S COMMON TODAY FOR FOOD PROCESSES TO ADAD PROTEINS OUR PRODUCTS ARE THE OBVIOUS AND MANY TIMES CULTURALLY RELEVANT NATURAL CHOICE PROTEIN CHOICE FOR AMERICANS. IT'S ESTIMATE THAD MORE THAN 95% OF AMERICANS INCLUDE MEAT AND POULT OF THEIR DISCIPLINARY EXPET POULTRY PRODUCT SYSTEM A ONE STOP SHOP FOR ESSENTIAL EMINNOW ACIDS AND PROTEIN IS CRITICAL FOR MAINING AND PREPARING MUSCLES AND VITAL FOR CHILDREN'S GROWTH AND BRAIN DEVELOPMENT. AND TO PREVENT MUSCLE LOSS IN THE AGING POPULATION. MEAT AND POULTRY ARE RICH IN NUTRIENTS THAT YOUR BODY CAN USE BUT ALSO MORE IMPORTANTLY HELP PEOPLE DERIVE MORE NUTRIENTS WHEN CONSUME INDEED COMBINATIONS WITH FRUITS VEGETABLES AND GRAINS, THE MEAT INSTITUTE IS ALSO CONCERN THAT THE COMMITTEE FAILED TO FOLLOW THE LIBRARY WITH RESPECT TO MORE THAN 70 PR OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THESE WERE TILLIZED BY THE NEL IS INURE SURING TRANSPARENCY AND DEMONSTRATING THAT THE NUTRITIONAL POLICY IS SOUND. FINALLY THE COMMITTEE ACTED OUTSIDE OF AUTHORIZING STATUTE AND THE SCOPE OF ITS EXPERTISE. THE SUSTAINABILITY AND TAX POLICY ARE COMPLEX ISSUES AND THAT SHOULD BE LEFT TO THOSE WITH EXPERIENCE IN THOSE FIELDS. JUST AS IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE PERSON DESIGNING A MORE SUSTAINABLE LIGHT BULB TO TELL US HOW TO DESIGN A MORE SUSTAINABLE SANDWICH, IT IS LIKEWISE INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE COMMITTEE TO SUGGEST SOME OF THESE CHANGES AND IN THAT PART WE APPLAUD THEM FOR DEVELOPING GUIDELINES THAT ARE ACHIEVABLE AND WILL BENEFIT AMERICAN HEALTH. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. THE MEAT INSTITUTE LOOKS FORWARD TO PROVIDING MORE DETAILED WRITTEN COMMENTS FOR FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 19 WITH THE NATIONAL DAIRY COUNCIL. >> I'M JILL, VICE PRESIDENT NUTRITIONAL FAIRS FROM THE NUTRITIONAL COUNCIL. REPRESENTING DAIRY FARMERS. THANK YOU FOR THIS COMMITTEE. WE COMMEND THE 2015 SCIENCE BASED REPORT RECOMMENDING DIETARY COMMITTEES INCLUDING LOW FAT AND FAT FREE DAIRY FOODS AND REG PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO IMPROVE AMERICANS HEALTH. THE NEXT STEP IS TO DEVELOP CLEAR GUIDANCE BASED ON FOODS THAT ARE APPEALING, AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE. WITH THAT IN MIEBD, I WILL FOCUS ON EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF THREE SERVINGS OF DAIRY FOODS FOR ADOLESCENCES AND ADULTS. FIRST, MILK CHEESE AND YOGURT PROVIDE EXCELLENT NUTRITIONAL VALUE IN THE FOOD SUPPLY. IN THE 2000-CALORIE PATTERN IN THE REPORT, THREE SERVINGS OF DAIRY GROUP FOODS CONTRIBUTE ALMOST 70% OF THE CALCIUM, 65% OF THE VITAMIN D, 29% OF THE PROTEIN, 21% OF THE POTASSIUM, AND MORE THAN 20% OF SIX OTHER NUTRIENTS AND YET, ONLY 12% OF THE CALORIES. THAT'S WHY DAIRY FOODS CAN BE SO DIFFICULT TO REPLACE WITH FOODS AND BEVERAGES. IN ADDITION THE 2015 DGAC REPORT INDICATE THAD THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNTS OF EACH FOOD GROUP IN THE 20 TAKEN MET ALMOST ALL NUTRIENT GOALS AND WERE WITHIN THE NORMAL RANGE OF COMSUMPTION. THEREFORE, AND I QUOTE: NO UPDATES TO THE FOOD GROUP AMOUNTS FROM THE 2010 WERE NEEDED. IN ADDITION DIRY FOODS HAVE MULTIPLE ELGT BENEFITS, NOT ONLY UNIQUELY SUITED TO SUPPORT BONE HEALTH, THERE'S A GROWING BODY OF EVIDENCE SHOWING THAT INTAKE IS ASSOCIATE WIDE LOWER RISK FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, TYPE TWO DIABETES AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. SINCE 2009 MORE THAN 50 STUDY VS EXAMINED THE EVIDENCE ON DAIRY FOODS AND THESE THREE HEALTH OUTCOMES. MANY FINDING BENEFITS WITH HIGHER INTAKES, HOWEVER, THE 2015 COMMITTEE DID NOT UPDATE THE 2010 SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS ON THESE TOPICS WITH THIS NEW EVIDENCE. AND FINALLY DAIRY FOODS ARE APPEARING, APOREDDABLE AND REVERSE IL, IT HAS REDUCED FAT AND CHEESES AND REDUCED FLAVORS MILK, YOGURTS AND THAT MEET HEALTH OF NUTRITIONISTS AND AMERICANS. SO WHILE THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THREE DAIRY SERVING, THE HEALTHY MED TERANNIAN PATTERN CONTAINS TWO. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN ARE TWO GROUPS CHILDREN NINE-18, AND ELDERLY WOMEN WHO ARE AT RISK FOR BONE HEALTH ISSUES AND WOULD NOT MEET CALCIUM RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE TWO DAIRY SERVINGS IN THIS PATTERN. IN CLOSING, A CONSIDERATION OF ALL THE SCIENCE SUPPORTS CLEAR AND CONSISTENT DAIRY GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ALL AGE GROUPS INCLUDING THREE FOR AMERICANS NINE AND OLDER. THE MANY DAIRY FOOD CHOICES AVAILABLE CAN HELP MEET THE COMMITTEE GOAL FOR VARIETY AND PROMOTE GOOD NUTRITION. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 20, WITH THE UNITED EGG PRODUCERS. >> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M AN EGG FARMER FROM NORTHEAST INDIANA AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING FIRST VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE UNITED EGG PRODUCERS. UEP IS REPRESENTING OVER 90% OF ALL EGG PROSDUCE INDEED THE UNITED STATES. WE URGE HHS AND USDA TO ADOPT THE DIETARY GUIDELINES ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION NOT TO REPEAT PAST WARNINGS ABOUT CHOLESTEROL. WE BELIEVE THERE ARE SEVERAL SOLID REASONS FOR ACCEPTING WHAT THE COMMITTEE SAID. FIRST, SCIENCE DOES NOT SHOW A STRONG LINK BETWEEN DIETARY CHOLESTEROL AND BLOOD CHOLESTEROL. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT CHOLESTEROL IN THE BLOOD RAISES CHRONIC DISEASE RISK EMPLOY THE DIETARY CHOLESTEROL HAS BT BEEN SHOWN FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN MOST PEOPLE. THIS IS THE CONCLUSION NOT ONLY OF THE DGAC BUT ALSO OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION IN ITS 2013 LIFESTYLE RECOMMEND MENDATIONS. SECOND, PEOPLE ARE NOT CONSUMING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF CHOLESTEROL EVENT UNDER THE OLD GUIDELINE OF 300-MILLIGRAMS A DAY, MEN'S AVERAGE COMSUMPTION IS RIGHT AROUND THAT LEVEL AND WOMEN'S IS SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW IT THAT'S WHY THE DGAC SAID THEY WERE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT OVERCONSUMPLEGZ. IN CONTRAST NUTRIENTS LIKE SODIUM OR COMSUMPTION CLEARICALLY IS HIGHER THAN RECOMMENDED AMOUNTS. THIRD TELLING PEOPLE POETIC FOCUS ON CHOLESTEROL MAY TAKE THEIR FOCUS OFF NUTRIENTS THAT ARE OVERCONSUMED AND STRONGLY LINKED TO RELATED DISEASES. MOST OF US CAN ONLY DEAL WITH SO MANY MESSAGES AT A TIME. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE DIETARY GUIDELINES, FOCUS ON THE MOST IMPORTANT HEALTH AND DIET MESSAGES. MOST OTHER DEVELOPED COUNTRY DOS NOT MAKE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONCHOLESTEROL COMSUMPTION AND THE DGAC WOULD MAKE U.S. POLICY MORE CONSIST WENT THE PRACTICE OF THESE COUNTRIES AND THE MOST RECEIPT SCIENCE. CAN YOU SAY THAT AS A EGG FARMER I HAVE A VESTED INTEREST AND OF COURSE I DO, AND I'M PROUD OF THE DLSHES NUTRITION EGGS THAT COME FROM MY FARM AND OTHERS AND I WANT PEOPLE TO ENJOY THEM. AS THE DGAC WROTE IN ANOTHER PART OF ITS REPORT, EGGS ARE A NUTRIENT DENSE FOOD. THEY HAVE LOTS OF GOOD NUTRITION IN RELATION TO THEIR CALORIES. ONE LARGE EGG HAS 6-GRAMS OF PROTEIN, A GOOD SOURCE OF VITAMIN D AND PROVIDES NUTRIENTS THAT ARE OFTEN SHORT IN OUR DIETS SUCH AS POTASSIUM AND CHOLINE, AND ONE EGG HAS 1.5-GRAMS OF SATURATED FAT AND EIGHT% OF DAILY INTAKE AND 70-CALORIES AT A TIME OF HIGH MEAT PRICES I'M GLAD PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK TO EGGS. AT THE RECENT OUTLOOK FORM FORUM, IT SHOWS THAT A DOZEN EGGS COST 10% OF THE RAVAGE HOURLY U.S. WAGE, MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE THAN BEEF, PORK AND OTHER HIGH QUALITY PROTEIN SOURCES. THE DGAC REPORT SHOULD REASSURE PEOPLE IT'S OKAY TO EAT EGGS AND I URGE THE DEPARTMENTS TO FOLLOW THE COMMITTEES ADVICE EELIMINATE 300-MILLIGRAM RECOMMENDATION FROM 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 21. PLEASE BEGIN. >> GOOD MORNING. I'M BETH AND I'M A DAIRY FOODS SCIENTIST AT THE NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION WHICH REPRESENTS THE DAIRY FARMERS. AS YOU REVIEW THE DG AC REPORT, WE WANT YOU TO REMIND THEM WHY WE BELIEVE IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THE GUIDELINES CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND THREE SERVINGS OF MILK OR OTHER DAIRY FOODS EVERY DAY. FIRST, DAIRY HAS NINE ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS AND IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO REPLACE IN THE DIET. FOR EXAMPLE, THE DGAC REPORTED WHEN THEY MODELED A NO DAIRY DIET, INTAKE OF SEVERAL KEY NUTRIENTS FELL BELOW ADEQUATE LEVELS WITH CALCIUM DROPPING UP TO 88%. EVENT FOOD THATS ARE SOMETIME SEEN AS SUBSTITUTES FOR DAIRY CAN'T COMPARE TO REAL DAIRY PRODUCTS. THE DGAC WROTE THAT ALTHOUGH SOY, RICE OR ALMOND GEF BADGES CAN BE FORT FIGHT WIDE CALCIUM, ABSORPTION IS LESS EFFICIENT PRACTICES PLANT-BASED BEVERAGES. AND TO ABSORB CALCIUM YOU HAVE TO CONSUME MORE CALORIES EVEN THOUGH MOST AMERICANS NEED TO CONSUME FEWER CALORIES. OTHER FOODS REQUIRED TO REPLACE THE UNIQUE TOTAL NUTRIENT PACKAGE AS WELL AS THE COST OF THOSE FOODS MAKE ITS UNLIKE LEAP THAT PEOPLE WHO FORGO IT WILL OBTAIN AN NUTRIENT INTAKE, SIMPLY PUT THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE. NUTRIENT DAIRY PRODUCTS WILL BE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF EVERY HEALTHFUL DIET. SECOND MOST AMERICANS AGE NINE AND HOLDER ARE NOT CONSUMING RECOMMENDED AMOUNTS OF DAIRY, EARNING TWO PER DAY, A NUMBER HAS NOT INCREASED OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS. BY THE AGE OF FOUR AMERICANS HAVE MAJOR SHORT FALLS IN MEETING RECOMMENDATION FOR MILK COMSUMPTION. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE WITH A SUGGESTION FOR THE SIMPLE, UNDERSTANDABLE ACTIONABLE MESSAGES THAT ARE NEED INDEED ORDER FOR THE GUIDELINES TO MOTIVATE REAL DIETARY IMPROVEMENTS FOR CONSUMER WHEN IS THEY PLAN MEALS OR MAKE THEIR FOOD CHOICES. KNOWING THAT THE NUTRIENT PACKAGE OF DAIRY FOOD SYSTEM VIRTUAL IRREPLACEABLE IN THE DIET AND THE DAIRY CONCOUCHINGS AVERAGES LESS THAN TWO SERVINGS A DAY, I WOULD SUGGEST THE DIETARY GUIDELINES FIRST, CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND THREE SERVINGS OF DAIRY, AND SECOND TO RECOMMEND AMERICANS INCREASE THEIR CURRENT COMSUMPTION OF DAIRY FOODS. MOSTS AMERICANS WOULD CERTAINLY BENEFIT BY ADDING JUST ONE MORE SERVINGS OF NUTRIENT DENSE DAIRY FOODS EACH DAY. THIS WOULD GO A LONG WAY TOWARD IMPROVING A ESSENTIAL NUTRIENT INTAKES AND EDUCATING CONSUMERTHE SIMPLE STEPS THEY CAN TAKE TO ACHIEVE BETTER DIETS AND HEALTH. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY. NATIONAL MILK WILL FILE MORE DISCIPLINARY TAILED WRITTEN COMMENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> SPEAKER 22, WITH THE NORTH AMERICAN MEET INSTITUTE BACK TO BALANCE COALITION. >> HI, SUSAN, VICE PRESIDENT OF REG LATTER SCHESCIENTIFIC PROGRAM FORS THE NORTH AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE. REPRESENTING THE BACK TO BALANCE COALITION WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER FOOD AND BEVERAGE ORGANIZATIONS, HEALTH ADVOCACY GROUPS AND NUTRITIONAL PROFESSIONALS CHOUGH ARE SUPPORTERS FOR DIETARY GIDDINE. THE COALITION RECOGNIZES THE IMMENSE TASK THAT THE HH& USDA HAVE BEFORE THEM AS THEY ADOPT THE 2015 GUIDELINES AND AAPPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ORAL TESTIMONY, IT BRINGS FORWARD MEN SENSE AND PRESPECTS PERSONAL PREFERENCE, RELEVANCE, PRACTICALITY AND A FACT THAT A VARIETY OF PATTERNS COULD BE USED TO ACHIEVE A HEALTHY DIET. THE COALITION BELIEVES ALL FOODS IN ALL FORMS CAN FIT WITHIN A HOUSEHOLD OVERALL DIETARY PATTERN IF CONSUME INDEED MODERATION WITH PORTION SIZE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IN GENERAL AMERICANS DO NOT FOLLOW DIETARY ADVICE NORDER FOR GUIDANCE TO BE ADOPTED, INFORMATION MUST BE COMMUNICATE INDEED A WAY THAT UNDERSTANDABLE AND TRANSLATABLE. IT SHOULD IMPROVE ON DIETARY HABITS WITH THE FOODS AMERICANS ALREADY CONSUME AND NOT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL NEVER BE IMPLEMENTED BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT BE ACHIEFABLE OR MAYBE TOO CONFUSING OR TOO EXPENSIVE AND EMPOWERING CONSUMER CHOICE IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN RESTRICTING IT. RESTRICTING CHOICES BY CLASSIFYING SPECIFIC FOODS AS GOOD OR BAD, IS OFTEN OVERLY SIMPLISTIC AND A SUBSTANTIAL BODY OF RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT RESTRICTION MAY FOSTER UNHEALTHY EATING BEHAVIORS AND A SERIES CONDUCTED ON THE COALITIONS BEHAVE TSHOWS THAT HEALTH PRACTITIONERS AGREE THAT BALANCED DIETARY ADVICE IS THE BEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE APPROACH. GIVING AMERICANS ON WHICH NUTRIENT ON WHEN TO MAKE AND NOT TO MAKE, AND PROVIDING ADVICE CAN HELP MAKE WIDE FOOD CHOICES WITHIN THE DIET. THE GUIDELINE CANS HELP THEM ACHIEVE A HEALTH LIFESTYLE BY TEACHING THEM TO BALANCE ON MODERATION PROVIDING TOOLS TO MAKE HEALTHY FOOD CHOICE THAT WORK WITHIN THE LIFESTYLE. SHOULD BE PRACTICAL ANORDABLE AND ACHIEVABLE. THIS COMMON SENSE APPROACH IS A BROAD RANGE OVERTIME AND ALLOWS DIETARY CHOICES BASED ON TASTE AND CULTURAL PREFERENCES HEALTH AND ECONOMIC STATUS AND PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO CONSUMERS ON POSITIVE CHANGES EVEN SMALL ONES TO THEIR DIET WITHOUT ABANDONING FOODS AND CAN LEAD TO IMMEASURABLE HEALTH IMPACT, SMALL CHANGES ARE LIKELY TO BE RETAINED OVERDRASTIC CHANGES AND AGAIN THE COALITION URGES DEPARTMENTS TO WORK ON THE GUIDANCE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AS DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THE DIETARY GUIDELINES AMERICANS THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. >> SPEAKER 23: >> GOOD MORNING I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE TEA COUNCIL OF THE USA, THANK TO YOU SECONDS OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IS THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. BASED ON THE EVIDENCE, THAT TEA HAS STRONG IMPACT ON HEALTH AND DISEASE PREVENTION, I URGE THE HHS AND USDA TO PROVIDE AMERICANS WITH SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FOR HYDRATION AND HEALTH BY STATING THAT INDIVIDUAL HEAT SHOCK SYSTEM CONSUME WATER AND TEA FOR PROPER HYDRATION. IT IS THE SECOND MOST CONSUMED BEVERAGE AFTER WATER AND THE EIGHTH MOST CONSUMED BEVERAGE IN THE U.S. JAPAN AND GERMANY PROVIDE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TEA. IT HAS NUMEROUS HEALTH ATTRIBUTES THAT WARRANT INCLUSION WITH CALORIE FREE BEVERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS NACTIONER DITION, TEA CONTRIBUTES TO TOTAL WATER INTAKE AS FOR HYDRATION. IT'S ALSO A MAJOR SOURCE OF DIETARY PHOTOGRAPHINNOIDS, T-PHOTOGRAPHINNOID VS BEEN ASSOCIATE WIDE CARDIOVASCULAR, CHEMO PREVENTIVE AND COGNITIVE BENEFITS. MANY OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AND SEVERAL CLINICAL TRIALS AS WELL AS SYSTEMATIC AREVIEWS AND META-ANALYSIS HAVE FOUND ASSOCIATION BETWEEN TEA COMSUMPTION AND REDUCED RISK OF HEART DISEASE AND STROKE. TEA COMSUMPTION MIGHT LOWER THE RISK OF INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY. IT MAY IMPROVE THE BIOACTIVITY OF NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHESIS AND/OR REDUCING NITRIC OXIDE BREAK DOWN THUS LINKING TEA AND REDUCED RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK AND STROKE. INVERSE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN TEA CONEXPUSMGZ CANCER RISK HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN LARGE COHORT STUDIES ESPECIALLY FOR ESOPHAGEAL, RECTAL AND COLON CANCERS, FINDING EXTENSIVE WITH THE EXPERIMENTAL BODY OF EVIDENCE. TEA HAS COGNITIVE EVIDENCE, IT'S AVAILABLE TO THE BRAIN AND EFFECT NEUROPROTECTIVE OR RESCUE ACTIONS IN CELL CULTURES AND ANIMAL MODELS, SOME EVIDENCE FROM OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES INDICATE A BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF TEA ON PERFORMANCE AND MOOD. IT ALSO PLAYS A ROLE IN WEIGHT MANAGEMENT GREEN TEAS SUCH AS GREEN, OOLONG, HAVE BEEN PROPOSED TO HELP WITH EXPENDITURE AND INCREASE OXIDATION. RESEARCH RELATED TO THESE TEAS EMON STRAIGHT IMPROVEMENTS IN BODY WEIGHT, FAT MASS AND WEIGHTS TO HIP RATIO IN STUDIES AND META-ANALYSIS. CONSIDERING THE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE COMSUMPTION OF TEA, AND IT'S ROLE IN HYDRATION AS A NATURALLY NONCALORIC BEVERAGE, THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION FOR AMERICANS TO HYDRATE WITH NONCALORIC FLUIDS INCLUDING WATERS AND TEA THROUGHOUT THE DAY EVERY DAY. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 25. >> ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL PORK BOARD, SHE'S A REGISTERED DIETITIAN AND AS THE AGENCIES NOW WORK, TRANSLATING THE TECHNICAL REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE INTO A PUBLIC DOCUMENT, WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION REGARDING THE ROLE OF LEAN MEAT IN A HEALTHY DIET AND SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH THAT WAS NOT CONSIDERED IN THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. MANY CUTS OF LEAN MEATS HELP AMERICANS ACHIEVE A HEALTHY DIET AND WE ARE CONCERNS THAT SOME OF THESE HEALTH BENEFITS ARE NOT WHOLLY CAPTURED IN THE TECHNICAL REPORT. WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER FOUR KEY POINTS. NUMBER ONE, MEAT INCLUDING PORK IS A NUTRIENT DENSE FOOD THAT IS NOT OVERCONSUME INDEED THE AVERAGE AMERICAN DIET. MORE THAN 60% OF THE U.S. POPULATION IS CONSUMING PROTEIN FOOD GROUP AT OR BELOW THE RECOMMENDED INTAKE LEVELS. AND LOW INTAKES REMAIN A SPECIAL CONCERN AMONG OLDER ADULTS, NUMBER TWO WE BELIEVE THERE ARE LIMITATIONS TO THE FOOD PATTERN APPROACH, ONE LIMITATION WAS IT WAS HARD TO DEFINE THE SPECIFIC GROUPS, LIKE LEAN MEATS ACROSS CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE REVIEW REPORTS. AS DEMONSTRATED IN THE FOOD PATTERN MODELING OF THE U.S. STYLE AND HEALTHY MED TERRAIN YON STYLE PADERN, LEAN MEATS COULD BE A PART OF A HEALTHY DIETARY PATTERN. IN FACT, RESEARCH SHOWS THAT PEOPLE WHO EAT HIGHER AMOUNTS OF LEAN MEAT ALSO CONSUME HIGHER AMOUNTS OF TOTAL VEG STABLES AND LOWER AMOUNTS OF SOLID FATS AND ADDED SUGARS. PLUS ANIMAL PROTEINS PROVIDE A VITAL MUSEUM TRIENT THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR PLANT PROTEINS LIKE SIGHTA MINE B-12 AND IRON. NUMBER THREE THERE'S A GROWING BODY OF THAT EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT LEAN HIGH QUALITY PROTEIN LIKE PORK HAS SPECIFIC HEALTH BENEFITS ESPECIALLY FOR WEIGHT MANAGEMENT. SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT EATING LEAN HIGH QUALITY PROTEIN LIKE PORK CAN HELP PEOPLE LOSE OR MAINTAIN WEIGHT BY CONTRIBUTING TO PEOPLE FEELING FULL AND PRESERVING LEAN MUSCLE. NUMBER FOUR COMSUMPTION STUDIES SHOW THAT CONSUMERS WAS CONSUMED BY AMERICAN ADULTS PORK ONLY CONTRIBUTES SIX% OF THE TOTAL CALORIES BASED ON 2000-CALORIE A DAY DIET AND THAT CALORIES COMING FROM DIETARY FAT ARE NO HIGHER OR NO LOWER AMONG THOSE EATING PORK AS THOSE COMPARED WHO DO NOT EAT PORK. THESE FINDINGS DEMONSTRATE THAT PORK CAN INCREASE DIETARY VARIETY WITHOUT ADVERSARY EFFECTING TOTAL FAT OR SATURATED FAT. OT IMPORTANT SUBJECT OF SUSTAINABILITY, PORK PRODUCTION FOOTPRINT IS USES LESS ONE% OF THE GREENHOUSE GASESS, FARMERS ARE USING LESS LAND, 78%. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND IT IS NATIONAL PORK BOARD WILL OFFER WRITTEN COMMENTS. >> SPEAKER 25 ERIC BURG WITH THE AMERICAN MEAT SCIENCE ASSOCIATION AND THE NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY. >> DR. ERIC BURG, FROM NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, FARGAO, AND REPRESENTING THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MEAT ESSENTIALS, I AM WRITING CURRENT USING SWINE TO EVAL THE ROLE OF DIET ON TISSUE SPECIFIC TISSUE SPECIFIC INSULIN RESISTANCE. THE BIOAVAILABILITY OF INDISPENSABLE AMINO ACIDS AND PROTEIN QUALITY AND PARAMOUNT TO MUSEUM MAN HEALTH. FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION OF THE ORGANIZATIONS REDEFINE THE DEFINITION OF PROTEIN QUALITY BASED ON THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR OWN EXPERT CONSULTATION ON PROTEIN QUALITY EVALUATION IN HUMAN NUTRITION. THE FINDINGS PUBLISH INDEED 2013, THE CONSULTATION CONCLUDED ONE: DIETARY AMINO ACIDS SHOULD BE TREATED AS INDIVIDUAL NUTRIENTS AND INCLUDE OFFICE OF DIVERSITY NUTRIENT LABELS WHENEVER POSSIBLE. TWO, PROTEIN QUALITY WILL BE DEFINED AS A MEASURE OF DIGESTIBLE INDISPENSABLE AMINO ACID SCORE BASED ON TRUE ILIAL INTESTINAL DIGESTIBILITY. FOODS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN INCLUDING RED AND PROCESSED MEATS ARE THE RICHEST OF ALL NINE ACIDS, A PIG MODEL IS A WELL ESTABLISHED EXCELLENT MODEL FOR STUDY MUSEUM MAN METABOLISM. A META-ANALYSIS OF 10 TWINE STUDIES REDUCED CONSEQUENCE WHEN IS THE DIET IS DEFICIENT IS JUST ONE OF THE INDISPENSABLE AMINO ACIDS. LYSINE DEFICIENT SWINE WILL HAVE A 19 % MORE SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, EIGHT% SMALLER MUSCLE AREA, AND THEY WILL HAVE A 89% INCREASE IN INTRA MUSCULAR TRIGLYCERIDE. IN THESE SWINE STUDIES THE ACID DEFICIENCY OF THE PLANT BASED DIET RESULT INDEED MUSCLE ATTENUATION AND INCREASED OF HUMAN METABOLIC SYNDROME AND PREE DIABETES AND TYPE TWO DIABETES. THE ASSUMULATION OF INTERPACIFICULAR FAT SUPPORTS OUR RESEARCH STUDY IN TISSUE SPECIFIC RESISTANCE. THE MUSCLE COMES RESISTANT AND NO LONGER ACCEPTS THE BLOOD GLUCOSE, THE DIP LO CITES LOCATED BETWEEN THE MUSCLE FIBERS AND WITHIN THE HEPATOCYTES REMAIN INSULIN SENSITIVE AND BLOOD GLUCOSE FILL THE FAT CELLS LEADING TO OBESITY. THESE WILL BE THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THE DGAC RECOMMENDATION. BISED ON THE SWINE MODELS WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR INDISPENSABLE IF THEY'RE BASED SOLELY ON PROTEINS. NUTRIENT DENSE MUSCLE FOODS, RED MEAT AS WELL AS PROCESSED MEAT HEAT SHOCK SYSTEM BE A FOCUS NOT A FOOT NOTE TO COUNTER MEASURE THESE DISEASES. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 26. ROCHELLE GILLMAN WITH HIVY. PLEASE BEGIN. >> I'M A REGISTERED DIETATION AT HIGH-V, DEDICATED TO CONSCIENCE BASED NUTRITION AND EDUCATION. WE DEMONSTRATED THIS COMMITMENT BY EMPLOYING MORE THAN 220 REGISTERED DIETITIAN IN OUR GROCERY STORES IN THE MIDWEST. I APPLAUD THE COMMITTEE'S EFFORTS TO ADDRESS HOW THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY INCLUDING GROCERY STORES PLAY AN A ROLE IN IMPROVING PUBLIC HEALTH. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE WAY THE COMMITTEE DEFINES HEALTHY DIETARY PATTERNS OVER GENERALIZED COMPLETE FOOD CATEGORIES WHICH DISCOURAGES IMPORTANT IMPORTANT NUTRIENT FOOD. AS A DIETITIAN I SEE FIRST HAND THE REAL NEED FOR POSITIVE MESSAGES THAT HELP PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO EAT HEALTHY. WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS MOTIVATING PEOPLE TO EAT WHOLE GRAINS AND LOW FAT DARE AND THE SAME WAY DIETARY GUIDELINES AND EDUCATION SHOULD HELP PEOPLE EAT LEAN MEAT MORE OFTEN ASK INSTEAD OF SENDING SIGNALS TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE ALL RED MEAT. WE RRNED PEOPLE WANT TO ENJOY A VARIETY OF FOODS TO BUILD FLEXIBILITY HEALTHFUL DIETS. SHOPPERS INCREASINGLY ASK HOW TO MAKE SMART PROTEIN CHOICES FOR HEALTH. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A RANGE OF OPTIONS INCLUDING LEAN MEAT. BEEF IS AN IMPORTANT INGREDIENT AND MANY OF THE HEALTHY RECIPES AND MEAL SOLUTIONS HIGH-V OFFERS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IT HELPS OUR CUSTOMERS BUILD HEALTHIER DIETS, THE MESSAGES ARE HELPING PEOPLE CHOOSE, PREPARE AND ENJOY LEAN MEAT AS PART OF A HEALTHY DIET AND THE FUTURE DGAC SHOULD DO THE SAME. WITH OUR PILOT PROGRAM, GO TASTY, GO LEAN, AND USING THE HEART SARKS HEART CHECK ON THE BEEF CUT. WE IMPLY SCIENTIFIC STUDIES AND DEMOS TO HELP SHOPPERS CHOOSE LEAN MEATS. THE BOLD STUDY OFFERS MORE FLEXIBILITY TO THE DASH DIET. AFTER SEEING THE PILOT PROGRAM INFORMATION 88% OF CONSUMERS SAID THEY WOULD BUY LEAN BEEF. IT'S CLEAR THAT FLEXIBLE, MOTIVATING AND POSITIVE MESSAGES HELP TO WORK TO CHOOSE LEAN MEAT. FINALLY, THE RED MEAT AS LEANER THAN EVER BEFORE AND CLEARLY INCLUDE IT OF A DEFINITION OF A DETAILSETARY PATTERN. RETAILERS WORK HARD TO BRING IT TO THE FRESH LEAN MEAT CASE. IT CONTAINS AIRCRAFT% LESS EXTERNAL FAT THAN IN THE 1980S AND ABOUT 66% OF THE BEEF CUT SOLD AT RETAIL ARE LEAN. IN CLOSING I ENCOURAGE TO YOU DEVELOP DIETARY GUIDELINES THAT EMPHASIZE SCIENCE BASED POSITIVE MESSAGES THAT ARE CLEAR, RELEVANT AND BUILD ON THE POSITIVE STEPS WE'VE MADE. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 27, CHRISTINA. >> CHRISTINA HARTMAN, HERE WITH THE BEER INSTITUTE REPRESENTING BREWERS AND MORE THAN 90% OF BEER IN THE SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES. WE ARE PLEASED TO SEE THAT THEY RECOGNIZE BEER AS A HEALTHY DIETARY PATTERN BUT ARE CONCERN THAD THE COMMITTEE REPORT FAILS TO CORRECT WHAT WE BELIEVE IS MISLEADING INFORMATION IN THE 2010 DIETARY GUIDELINES. THE GUIDELINES TELL CONSUMERS THAT ALL DRINKS ARE THE SAME THAT A MARTIN AND A LIGHT BEER ARE THE SAME SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND COMMON SENSE TELL YOU THESE ARE NOT SUSTAINED. A MARTINI OFTEN COMES IN AN OVERSIZED GLASS WITH MORE ALCOHOL AND MORE CALORIES THAN A BEER. AS THE RESEARCH WE SUBMITTED TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE DEMONSTRATES A DRINK IS NOT A DRINK. THE EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT DURING TYPICAL AND CUSTOMARY DRINKING OCCASIONS CONSUMERS DRINK FROM 50-300% MORE ALCOHOL IN A SINGLE COCKTAIL THAN IN A CUSTOMARY LIGHT BEER. WHILE BELIEVING THE ALCOHOL IS THE SAME IN THE NEIGHBOR'S BEER. THE SO CALLED STANDARD DRINK IS MISLEADING TO CONSUMERS. TELLING CONSUMERS THAT A DRINK IS A DRINK IS MISLEADING AMERICAN WHO IS CHOOSE TO DRINK IN MODERATION. TO INSURE CONSUMERS UNDERSTAND THE VARIATION AND ALCOHOL CONTENT, THEY WILL ENCOUNTER ON ANY GIVEN DRINKING OCCASIONER, WE ASK THAT THE MISLEADING PHRASE CONTAIN 0.6-OUNCES OF ALCOHOL AND A DRINK DEFINITION ON PAGE 21 BE REMOVED FROM THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES. WHEN IS THE LAST TIME ANY OF HAD A MARTIN WEB CONNECTED .06 FLUID OUNCES OF ALCOHOL OR HARD LIQUOR, 0.6 IS A CONFUSING REFERENCE POINT DOES NOT TRANSLATE TO CONSUMERS. CONSUMER HEAT SHOCK SYSTEM BE PROVIDED WITH ACCURATE INFORMATION THAT ALLOWS THEM TO KNOW WHAT'S IN THEIR DRINK REGARDLESS OF THE DRINK THEY CHOOSE. BEER IS THE MOST UNIFORM ALCOHOL BEVERAGE WHICH IT COMES TO SERVINGS, MORE THAN 80% OF ALL BEER IS SOLD IN A 12-OUNCE BOTTLE OR CAN. IT'S THE MOST COMMONLY OCCURRING UNIT OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGE IN THE MARKET TODAY WITH AN AVERAGE OR ALCOHOL BY VOLUME OF 4.2%, LESS THAN A SO CALLED 0.6-OUNCE DRINK. AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES FOR ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM STATE ITS CAN BE DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE THE NUMBER OF STANDARD DRINKS IN A SING DRINK WITH HARD LIQUOR, REMOVE THE BOX, DON'T RELY ON OVERSIMPLIFIED DEFINITION OR GRAPHIC THAT MISLEADS PEOPLE TO THINK ALL DRINKS ARE THE SAME. REPLACE THE BOX WITH THE VARIATION AND ENCOUNTER BIDE CONSUMERS AND ENSURE ABNORMALITIES ALIGNMENT WITH THE NIAAA, FDA AND THE TAX AND TRADE BUREAU. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 28, WITH THE NATIONAL FISHERY FISHERIES INSTITUTE. >> GOOD MORNING I'M WITH THE NATIONAL FISHERIES INSTITUTE, ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO NUTRITION AND EXPERTISE ABOUT NUTRITION. I HAVE A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE COMMUNICATING ABOUT NUTRITION AND SEAFOOD SCIENCE. TODAY I WANT TO SPEAK TO THREE COMPONENTS OF THE REPORT AND HOW THEY SHOULD BE IMPICIZED AND IMPROVED. THE FIRST IS THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES COMMITTEE FOUND SEAFOOD AS PART OF EATING PATTERNS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO A HEALTHY HEART, BRAIN AND WEIGHT. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE 2015 SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHT SEAFOOD AS A NURRISHING CHOICE THAT CAN TRIBUTE TO ALL THREE THESE HEALTH BENEFIT SMS OF WHICH THE AVERAGE CONSUME SER NOT FAMILIAR WITH. PERSPECTIVE HEAT SHOCK SYSTEM ALSO BE GIB TO THE GAP BETWEEN THE LOW AMOUNT OF SEAFOOD, THAT WE EAT FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION, OR 2-OUNCES FOR MEGINANT WOMEN, AND THE LEVELS ASSOCIATE WIDE BENEFITS EIGHT-12 HOWNSS PER WEEK. THE SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS THAT IN LOCKED UP WITH NUTRITION EXPERTS GLOBALLY, THE 2015 DGAC STATES THE OVERALL EFFECT OF SEATING SEAFOOD, TRACES OF MERCURY AND ALL DURING PREGNANCY AND IMPROVED BABY BRAIN DEVELOPMENT, HOWEVER WOMEN REMAIN CONNECTICUT FUSED WITH THE DIETARY GUIDELINES CONTINUE TO REFLECT THE THEOR ACTIONALLY RECOMMENDATION FOR PREGNANT AND BREAST FEEDING WOMEN TO EAT AT LEAST TWO-THREE MEALS OF SEAFOOD EACH WEEK IN THE 2010 DIETARY GUIDELINES. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN PREGNANT OR BREAST FEEDING FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS OF MY LIFE AND PERSONALLY UNDERSTAND THE RISK ADVISOR MIND SET OF THIS LIFE STAGE, I WARN ANYTHING SHORT OF CLEAR SIMPLE ADVICE SUCH AS A COMPLEX CHARTS WILL DRIVE WOMEN AWAY FROM FISH ALTOGETHER TO THE DETRIMENT OF THEIR EXPHELGT BABY'S HEALTH. THE 2014 THERE ARE ONLY FOUR FISH THAT PREGNANT WOMEN SHOULD AVOID, SHARK, TILE FISH AND SWORD FISH AND MACKEREL. THE 2011 W. H. O. F. A. O. REPORTOT RISK AND BENEFITS OF RISK COMSUMPTION WHICH SHOWED THAT MORE THAN QUADRUPLE AMOUNT THIS 24-OUNCE OF ALBA CORE TUNA IS SAFE AND THEY'RE AFFORDABLE. LASTLY THE 2015 DGAC RECOMMENDS THAT THE U.S. POPULATION SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO EAT A WIDE VARIETY OF SEAFOOD THAT CAN BE WILD CAUGHT OR FARM RAISED WE SUPPORT THE FINDING THAT THE SOURCE OF THE FARM RAISED FISH HAVE SIMILAR AMOUNTS OF THE HEALTHY OMEGA THREES FOUND IN SEAFOOD, ALL AMERICANS OF ALL LEVELS SHOULD BE CONFIDENT CHOOSING WILD CAUGHT OR FARM RACED SEA FOD FOOD AND BOTH ARE IMPORTANT PARTS OF SUSTAINABLE EATING PATTERNS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> SPEAKER 29, WITH THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PREVENT OUR VIEWS. I'M PENNY, DISTINGUISHED NUTRITION PROFESSOR AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY AND CHAIR OF THE A HA NUTRITION COMMITTEE. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO CONVEY THE SUPPORT FOR THE COMMITTEE REPORT. THE A. H. A. APPRECIATES THE CAREFUL REVIEW OF THE SCIENCE AND WE ENCOURAGE THE AGENCIES TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ESPECIALLY THOSE FOR SODIUM SATURATED FAT AND ADDED SUGARS IN THE FINAL POLICY REPORT, WE ARE PLEASED THAT THE COMMITTEES REPORT PLACES SIGNIFICANT EMPHASIS ON THE NEED TO LOWER COMSUMPTION OF SODIUM, SATURATED FAT AND ADDED SUGARS. AMERICANS OVERCONSUME ALL THREE LEADING TO INCREASED RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, DIABETES AND OTHER NEGATIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES. EXCESS SOD I DIDN'T MEAN IS ASSOCIATE WIDE THE DEVELOPMENT, AND WORSENING OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND INCREASED RISK FOR STROKE AND HEART FAIL AND YOU ARE OTHER ORGAN DAMAGE BUT REDUCING SODIUM TO LESS THAN 2300-MILLIGRAMS PER DAY AS A COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CAN HELP CONTROL BLOOD PRESSURE AND REDUCE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK. LIMITING SATURATED FAT AND REPLACING IT WITH POLYUNSATURATED FAT CANS ALSO REDUCE THE RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE BECAUSE OF SATURATED FATS, EFFECT ON LDL OR THE BAD CHOLESTEROL. AND ADDED SUGARS. ESPECIALLY SUGARS SWEETENED BEVERAGES ARE LINKED TO EXCESS WEIGHT GAIN, SHORT FALLS AND ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS AND ADVERSE HEALTH OUTCOMES. ALSO, COMSUMPTION OF SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGE SYSTEM ASSOCIATE WIDE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. WE BELIEVE THE SCIENCE SUPPORTS EVEN LOWER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SODIUM, SATURATED FAT AND SUGARS THAN THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED DESPITE THIS HOWEVER, THE COMMITTEES RECOMMENDATIONS WILL MOVE AMERICANS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, PROMOTING BETTER CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH AND OVERALL HEALTH, THUS A. H. A. URGES THE AGENCIES TO INCLUDE THE COMMITTEES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SODIUM, SATURATED FAT AND ADDED SUGARS IN THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES. A. H. A. ALSO ENCOURAGES HHS AND USDA TO EXAMINE HOW THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND BE IMPLEMENTED. PREVIOUS DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR AMERICANS AND GUIDELINES FROM THE AHA AND OTHER ORGANIZATION VS LONG URGED AMERICANS TO REDUCE SODIUM SATURATED FAT AND ADDED SUGARS BUT CONSUMPLEGZ REMAINS TOO HIGH. POLICIES AND POPULATION BASED SOLUTIONS SUCH AS ENCOURAGING THE FOOD INDUSTRY TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SODIUM AND SATURATED FAT AND ADDED SUGARS IN THE FOOD SUPPLY AND INCLUDED ADDING SUGARSOT LABEL IS ARE NEEDED N. CLOSING I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE A. H. H. A. SUPPORT EVER THE REPORT, THIS REPORT PROVIDES THE AGENCIES WITH STRONG, SCIENCE-BASED FOUNDATION FOR DIETARY GUIDELINES AND ENCOURAGE HHS AND USDATO REFLECT EFFORTS TO ALTER THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS, ON BEHALF OF A. H. A. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 30. WITH THE PHYSICIAN'S COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE PLEASE BEGIN. >> THERE ARE MANY POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE DIETARY GUIDELINES ADVISORY REPORT IDENTIFYING THE PATTERNS WITH THE MAJOR ADVANCE, HOWEVER, THE COMMITTEE CAUSE CONSIDERABLE CONFUSION IN STATING THE DIETARY CHOLESTEROL IS NOT A NUTRIENT OF CONCERN. MOST MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DON'T DIFFERENTIATE DIETARY CHOLESTEROL FROM BLOOD CHOLESTEROL OR RISKS FROM THE FOODS THAT CONTAIN IT AND THE RESULT HAS BEEN A GREEN LIGHT FOR UNHEALTHFUL FOODS. IN FINALIZING THE GUIDELINES IT'S PRUDENT TO RETAIN THE DITLEARY CHOLESTEROL LIMIT IN THE PREVIOUS LIED LINES SO HOW DID THIS START. THE COMMITTEE WROTE THERE WAS QUOTE NO APPRECIABLE RELATION WITH THE A. H. A. ACC, REPORT, THE COMMITTEE WAS CITING THE REPORT BY AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, HOWEVER THE AHA CCREPORT EVERY SAID ANY SUCH THING, IT WAS SUMMARIZING EVIDENCE PUBLISHED AFTER 1998 AND THE MOST RECENT META-ANALYSIS ON THIS SUBJECT WERE PUBLISH INDEED 1992 AND 1997 THE AHA ACCRE REPORT CALLED FOR MORE RESEARCH AND NEVER SAID THERE WAS NO RELATION BETWEEN DIETARY CHOLESTEROL AND SERUM CHOLESTEROL, AND DOES IT NOT SUPPORT THE COMMITTEE STATEMENT AND NEITHER DO REPORTS FROM THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION WHICH WROTE IN 2014 OF THE WELL-ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMSUMPTION OF CHOLESTEROL AND THE EFFECTS ON BLOOD CHOLESTEROL LEVELS. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHOLESTEROL AND FOODS AND CHOLESTEROL IN THE BLOOD WAS CLEARLY ESTABLISHED DECADES AGO AND SUPPORTED BY A ROBUST BODY OF EVIDENCE, RECENTLY SUMMARIZED BY THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE. AND USING THE IOMs FIGURES, THE ADDITION OF ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLIGRAMS OF CHOLESTEROL WHICH IS ABOUT A HALF AN EGG TO THE DAILY DIET WOULD BOOST LDL BY ABOUT TWO POINTS THAT. MEANS THE CHOLESTEROL IN A TWO EGG BREAKFAST IS PART OF ONE'S DAILY ROUTINE MIGHT BE EXPECTED TO BOOST LDL BY EIGHT POINTS. HOWEVER THE EFFECT OF INCREASING LEFT ROLE INTAKE IS LESS EVIDENT IN PEOPLE WHO CONSUME SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF CHOLESTEROL AND/OR HAVE HIGH LEFT ROLE LEVELS TO START WITH. SO LET ME ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THIS GRAPH FROM THE IOM REPORT. EACH DOT IS A RESEARCH STUDY AND IN THE STUDIES ABOVE THE ZERO LINE, ALL OF THE STUDIES SHOW THE DIETARY CHOLESTEROL RAISES SERUM CHOLESTEROL AND AS CAN YOU SEE, THERE'S REALLY NO REQUEST ABOUT IT, WHO CARES, YOU MIGHT SAY. A FEW EXTRA LEFT ROLE POINTS HERE OR THERE DON'T MATTER TOO MUCH, KEEP IN MIND THE GUIDELINES ARE INTENDED AS A POPULATION WIDE RECOMMENDATION AND IMAGINE WHAT EVEN A FEW EXTRA LEFT ROLE POINTS WOULD MEAN POPULATION WIDE. IN ADDITION, THEY APPLY TO CHILDREN. THAT'S WHEN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE STARTS. FOR ALL ITS GOOD WORK, THE COMMITTEE MADE A SCIENTIFIC ERROR ON CHOLESTEROL. AND TO CARRY THIS MISTAKE INTO THE GUIDELINE SYSTEM NOT SCIENTIFICALLY DEFENSIVIBLE AND SERVES ONLY TO PERPET WAIT CONFUSION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH D. >> SPEAKER 32 IS WITH THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS. >> GOOD MORNING I'M LINDSAY AND I'M FOOD ANALYST HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUES DR. BALENERKS DOUG FAUCHE R. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENTOT COMMITTEE REPORT. THE MEETING OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS PUTS RIGOROUS INDEPENDENT SCIENTISTS TO WORK TO SOLVE THE PLANET'S PRESSING ISSUES, JOANING WITH CITIZEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE COMBINE TO CREATE PRACTICE OF SOLUTIONS FOR A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. UCS APPLAUDS THE COMMITTEE RECOGNITION OF THE ROLE THAT SOCIOLOGICAL ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS PLAY ON HUMAN HEALTH AND WELL BEING IN PARTICULAR WE SUPPORT THE COMMITTEE'S CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF FOOD SUSTAINABILITY. AND FACING THE OBESITY EPIDEMAND I CAN CLIMATE CHANGE WE MUST CONSIDER THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF OUR FOOD SYSTEM FROM PRODUCTION TO COMSUMPTION. THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WORK TO BRING TOGETHER VARIOUS ASPECTS EVIDENCE BASED DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS. ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, NEARLY 70% OF U.S. ADULTS AND 30% OF CHILDREN ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE AND DESPITE DECADES OF OFFICIALS DIETARY EVIDENCE, MOST AMERICANS STILL LACK A HEALTHY DIET. UCS IS PLEASED TO SEE THE COMMITTEE STRONG RECOMMEND ANTICIPATIONS FOR INCREASED COMSUMPTION OF FRUITS VEGETABLES, WHOLE GRAINS AND MEET COMSUMPTION OF THESE, THIS CAN HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF CHRONIC RELATES DISEASES LIKE TYPE TWO DIABETES, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND SOME CANCERS. A 2013 REPORT FROM MY ORGANIZATION SHOWED THAT IF THE AMERICANS ATE, THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT WE COULD SAVE SEVERAL THOUSANDS DOLLARS A YEAR. THE DIETARY GUIDELINES SHOULD BETTER REFLECT THE DGAC'S RECOMMENDATIONS AS THEY SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN A WAY THAT'S UNDERSTOOD BY AMERICANS. RECOGNIZING THAT MANY AMERICANS FACE VARIOUS HEALTHY DIETS INCLUDING CULTURAL NORMS, GERONTOLOGYSTS ONOGRAPHIC PROXIMITYS, COST AND EDUCATION, IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE A SYSTEMS BASED APPROACH TO THE DIETARY GUIDELINES. ASTERISKS A TIME THAT NATIONAL POLICIES BE GROUND INDEED EVIDENCE AND REFLECT THE EVIDENCE OF THE FOOD SYSTEM ON HEALTH, WE NEED A SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD AND SUSTAINABLE DIETS AND NOT UNTIL WE RECOGNIZE THAT FOOD IS HEALTH WILL WE BE ABLE TO IMPROVE OUR PUBLIC A HEALTH. IN CLOSING UCS APPLAUDS THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE ROLE OF VARIOUS SYSTEMS PLAY ON HEALTH AND WE URNLG THE USDA TO INCORPORATE THESE RECOMMENDITIONS IN THE FIN ALTHOUGH DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR AMERICANS. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 33, WITH THE SUGAR ASSOCIATION, PLEASE BEGENERATED. >> HI, I'M DR. GAINS, VICE PRESIDENT OF SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS FOR THE SUGAR ASSOCIATION. THE ASSOCIATION HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE DIETARY GUIDELINE PROCESS SINCE ITS INCEPTION AND WE APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK OF THE COMMITTEES AND THE FEDERAL STAFF. WE SUPPORT RECOMMENDATIONS TO REDUCE CERTAIN FOODS AND BEVERAGES CONTAINING ADDED SUGARS WITHIN CALORIC NEEDS BECAUSE WE ALL THEN IS A CALORIE ISSUE. HOWEVER FOR THE 2015 PROCESS, THE COMMITTEE HAS TAKEN ADDED SUGAR RECOMMENDATIONS TO UNSHATTERRERRED TERRITORY, RAISING CONCERNTIMING, CONSISTENCY AND POTENT QUAIL BIAS. SUGARS GUIDANCE HAS APPEAR INDEED EVERY VERSION OF THE GUIDELINES AND ADD SUGAR INSTEAK IS A MAJOR TOPIC. SO WE ASK HOW IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THIS IMPORTANT POPPIC WASN'T ADDRESSED EARLY IN THE PROCESS THEDDED SUGARS WASN'T THERE UNTIL TWO MONTHS OF TIME IS A TIME TO ADEQUATELY EVALUATE THE IMPORTANT BODY OF RESEARCH. YET THE SHORT DURATION OF TIME SEEMS TO BE THE EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE GROUP CONDUCTED ONE NUTRITION EVIDENCE LIBRARY REVIEW TO INFORM THE CONCLUSIONS ON ADDED SUGAR. DESPITE THE KNOWN IMPORTANCE OF THE N. E. L. PROCESS TO REDUCING BIAS AND INCREASING TRANSPARENCY AND INSURING THAT ALL LITERATURE IS CONSIDERED; FOR THE OTHER THREE QUESTIONS THE COMMITTEE SELECTED HAND PICKED PREEXISTING SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS TO THE RECOMMENDATION WHICH IS WERE DIFFERENT THAN THE 2010 DIETARY GUIDELINES AND ALSO CONTRADICT FINDINGS FROM MAJOR SCIENTIFIC REVIEWS BY AUTHORITATIVE BODIES. WHEN ONLY PRECYSTING REVIEWS ARE USED THE COMMITTEE IS ENTIRELY BASING CONCLUSIONS ON RESEARCH QUESTIONS, SEARCH CRITERIA, STUDY QUALITY AND EVALUATIONS DETERMINED NOT BY THE COMMITTEE BUT BY THOSE RIVIEWED AUTHORS. AS SUCH ISSUES THE COMMITTEE IS NOT RIFFEY TO ALL OF THE LIMITATIONS AND DESIGN ELEMENTS OF THE STUDIES INCLUDED IN THESE REVIEWS. AND EVERY WHEN AVAILABLE, THE COMMITTEE IN ITS REPORT IGNORED MANY OF THE LIMITATIONS AND QUALIFYING STATEMENTS THAT WERE FOUND IN THESE REVIEWS. WE ATTEST THAT SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS ARE HEALTHFUL RESEARCH TOOLS BUT SHOULD NOT BE RUESED AS STRONG BASES FOR STRONG DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS. THERE ARE SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SURE THAT ALL STUDIES WERE GIVEN CONSIST, TRANSPARENT AND UNBIASED CONSIDERATION. BUT INSTEAD THE 2015 PROCESS RAISES CONCERNS THAT THE COMMITTEE SELECTED SCIENCE TO SUPPORTS THE PRE DETERMINED CONCLUSION, THE DIETARY GUIDANCE THAT LINKS THE GROAT WITH THE SERIES DISEASE OUTCOME SHOULD ONLY BE THE RESULT OF A ROBUST REVIEW OF THE ENTIRE BODY OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE BY EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF INVESTIGATION. THE 2015'S COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDED SUGARS ARE NOT BASED ON THE PREPONDERANCE OF NEW SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION. THEREFORE WE REQUEST THE SECRETARY'S MAINTAIN THE 2010 DIETARY GUIDELINES ON ADDED SUGARS. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 34, MITCH CANDOR WITH THE EGG RICH NUTRITION CENTER. >> THANK YOU I'M DR. MITCH CANTOR, DIRECTOR OF THE EGG NUTRITION CENTER, ON BEHALF OF AMERICA'S EGG FARMERS I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT COMMENTSES IN RESPONSE TO THE SCIENTIFIC REPORT. AS A DIETARY GUIDELINES REPORT, THE SUM OF AVAILABLE EVIDENCE DOES NOT SUPPORT A RESTRICTION ON DIETARY CHOLESTEROL INTAKE AND CHOLESTEROL IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED A NUTRIENT OF CONCERN FOR OVERCOMSUMPTION. THIS IS CONSIST WITH RECOMMENDATIONS OF OTHER EXPERT GROUPS LIKE THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, AND THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. ALSO AS NOTE INDEED THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND BASED ON THE TOTALITY OF THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THROWING NO ASSOCIATION BETWEEN LEFT ROLE --CHOLESTEROL INTAKE IN THE DIETARY GUIDELINES WILL FURTHER NUMEROUS STUDIES SINCE 2010 HAVE FOUND THAT PROTEIN RICH BREAKFASTS INCLUDING THOSE CONTAINING EGGS PRECULT IN GLUCOSE AND INSULIN RESPONSES, GREATER SATIETY, SUGGESTING A ROLE FOR EGGS AND HUNGER AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT. IN ADATION TO ACKNOWLEDGING THE PERSPECTIVE OF DIETARY CHOLESTEROL. WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT REDUCING COMSUMPTION OF SATURATED FAT REMAINS IMPORTANT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH. AS A HIGH QUALITY PROTEIN SOURCE THAT CONTAIN 70-CALORIES PER SERVING AND ONE AND HALF SATURATED FAT, EGGS ARE AN ACO UPON ANNIEIMENT FOR DENSE FOOTS ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT THAT ARE NOTE INDEED THE LACKING DIET, SUCH AS FRUITS VEGETABLES AND WHOLE GRAINS. THAT SAID THERE APPEAR TO BE INCONSCIENCEYS IN THE REPORT RELATED TO EGGS, FOR EXAMPLE, DESPITE DROPPING THE RESTRICTION ON DIETARY CHOLESTEROL, THE THREE HEALTHY EATING PATTERNS MODELED BY THE COMMITTEE, CONTAIN ONLY 3-OUNCE EQUIVALENTS OF EGG OR ABOUT THREE EGGS PER WEEK. THIS IS NOT ONLY CONFUSING BUT ALSO IN CONFLICT WITH THE 2010 DIETARY GUIDELINES WHICH SUPPORT THE INCLUSION OF ONE EGG PER DAY IN A HEALTHY DIET. IN LIGHT OF THE COMMITTEE'S RECK PEBBATION TO REMOVE DAILY CHOLESTEROL LIMITS WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST CLARIFICATION ON THE PERCEIVED CHANGE FROM THE 2010 DIETARY GUIDELINES RELATED TO EGG IN-TAKE. FOR 70-CALORIES AND ABOUT 15-CENTS ONE LARGE EGG CONTAINS 13 ESSENTIAL VITAMINS AND MINERALS INCLUDING MANY SHORT FALL NUTRIENTS SUCH AS VITAMINS D. A. E. AND HIGH QUALITY OF PROTEIN SOURCE EXIST. GIVING THE EMPHASIS ON PROVIDING AMERICAN WINGS LIMITED BUDGETS, ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS AND AS WELL AS NEED FOR ALL AMERICANS TO MAKE SUSTAINABLE POSITIVE DIETARY CHANGES AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE AND NUTRIENT DENSE EGGS CAN AS OUTLINED IN THE DGAC REPORT BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF ANY HEALTHY EATING PATTERN. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> SPEAKER 35 IS DEBORAH WITH THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS. >> THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS DEB AND I AM WITH THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS, WE ARE SPEAKING ON UNHEALTHY FOOD AND SUSTAINABILITY. I WILL SPEAK ON ADDED SUGAUR. HAVE THE WORKS TO EXPOSE INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS, PROTECT SCIENTISTS FROM HARASSMENT DEFEND OUR NATION'S SCIENCE BASE AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND INSURE PUBLIC ACCESS TO INDEPENDENT SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION. WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE DGAC'S RECK MONDAYATION THAT AMERICAN HEAT SHOCK SYSTEM LIMIT ADDED SUGAR COMSUMPTION TO A MAXIMUM OF DEN% OF THE DAILY CALORIES AND ALSO SUPPORT THE NUTRITION FACT PANEL LISTING AND A SEPARATE LINE FOR TOTAL SUGARS AND IN BOTH TEASPOONS. AS THE COMMITTEE RECOGNIZED WE POINT TO SUGAR COMSUMPTION AS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTING FACTOR THROUGH RISING RISKS FOR METABOLIC SYNDROME, INCLUDING TYPE TWO DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. THESE RISKS DISPROPORTIONATELY ARE EFFECTING THE USE AND LOW INCOME AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES AND BEARING THE BURDEN OF THE INCREASING HEALTHCARE COST ASSOCIATED WITH TREATING THESE DECS. BROAD SUPPORT EXISTS IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNITY AND LIMITING AND LABELING THE SUGAUR, IT GENERATED MORE THAN 26,000 SIGNATURES ON A PETITION AS A PUBLIC COMMENT TO THE AGENCIES THESE SIGNATURE RESPECT RESENT THE PUBLIC'S APPROVAL OF THE DGAC'S RECOMMENDATION ON ADDED SUGAR. ADDITIONAL WE PROMPTED MORE THAN 760 COMMENTS FROM HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND FOOD AND NUTRITION SCIENTISTS REPRESENTING SUPPORT FOR THE DGAC'S CIVIC PROCESS AND URGING HHS AND USDA TO EPIHOLD THE SAME STANDARD. TWO CENTERS REPORTED THAT ADDING SUGAR COATING SCIENCE AND DOCUMENT HOW FOOD AND TRADE ASSOCIATIONS ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE FOOD POLICY MANIPULATE CONSUMER CHOICE. WE FOUND THAT SUGAR INTERESTS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY HAVE A CONSISTENT RECORD OF ATTEMPTING TO CAST OUT ON THE BODY OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENT LINKING SUGAR OVER CONSTOWSMGZ HEALTH PROBLEMS. WE ALSO FOUND THAT SUGAR INTERESTS PRIORITIZE PROPHETS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO INFLUENCE CONSUMER CHOICE BY MARKETING SUGAR LADEN PRODUCTS AS HEALTHY INCLUDING PRODUCTS LIKE BREAD, CEREAL AND YOGURT THAT HAVE LARGE AMOUNTS OF SUGAR N. IN REGARD, THE LABELING IS INSUFFICIENT, SUCH EFFORTS NOT IMPLEMENTED HAVE SUBPOENA SHOWN TO CONFUSE USERS. THEY HIGHLIGHT WHAT FOOD COMPANIES WANT US TO KNOW AND NOT WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW. I URGE YOU TO INCLUDE STRONG LANGUAGE, ENCOURAGING AMERICANS TO LIMIT SUGAR IN THEIR DIETS BY RESTRICTING DAILY INTAKE OF ADADDED SUGARS TO A MAXXUM OF DAILY CALORIES TO FOLLOW SUCH ADVICE, THE IT ALSO NEEDS A DECLARATIONOT FOOD PANEL WHICH GUIDANCE WOULD KNOW CONSIST WENTS THE SCIENCE AND SUGAR AND HEALTH AND ALLOW THE PUB TO MAKE INFORMED CHOICES AND HELP TO PROMOTE HEALTH FOR ALL AMERICANS. THANK YOU. >> WE WILL NOW TAKE A BRIEF 15 MINUTE BREAK. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER NUMBER 36, JENNIFER FROM THE HUMAN SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES. >> GOOD MORNING. I'M JENNIFER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PROVIDING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT COMMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE HUMAN SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES AND OUR MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS. THE USDA AND HHS DIETARY GUIDELINES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO POSITIVELY INFLUENCE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS BUT OUR FOOD DECISIONS ARE NOT MADE IN A VACUUM, PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE HEALTHURE OFURE PLANET ARE CLOSELY LINKED SO THAT'S WHY INCORPORATING SUSTAINABILITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GUIDELINES PRESENTS A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH IMPROVED SECURITY AND RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF OUR NATION'S NATURAL RESOURCES. WE FIRMLY SUPPORT THE DIETARY GUIDELINES ADVIERSRY COMMITTEES CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF SUSTAINABILITY IN THEIR 2015 REPORT. THE DIETARY PATTERNS ASSOCIATE WIDE LOWER IMPACTS AND IMPROVED HEALTH COULD YOU TELL COMES INCORPORATE A HIGHER INTAKE OF PLANT BASED FOODS THAN THE U.S. DIET. THESE DIETARY PAT EVERYONES SUPPORT HEALTHIER PEOPLE LIVING ON A HEALTHIER PLANET. HHS AND USDA PUBLISH THE DIETARY GUIDELINES TO PROVIDE AMERICANS WITH SOUND ADVICE FOR MAKING FOOD CHOICES TO PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH. THE GUIDELINES ALSO FORM THE BASE ESTIMATE THAD FOR THE--BASIS FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S EDUCATION AND NUTRITION ACTIVITIES AND IT'S VITAL IMPORTANT THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONSIDER SUSTAINABILITY IN THE WIDE REACHING PROGRAM. THE ECONOMIC ASSOCIATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST OF THE CURRENT U.S. DIET ARE TOO HIGH AND THE SCIENCE BASED RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REPORT WOULD HELP LOWER THESE COSTS ON AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL AND ON A NATIONAL LEVEL. THE PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS ARE COMPELLING AND BY CONTINUING TO CONSIDER SUSTAINABILITY IN THE FORMATION OF THE FINAL GUIDELINES HHS AND USDA WILL HELP INSURE THAT INDIVIDUAL AND FEDERAL FOOD CHOICES PROMOTE ACCESS TO SUFFICIENT STATES AND NUTRITION FOOD FOR ALL AMERICANS NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT WE WE LOOK FORWARD TO PROVIDING EXTENSIVE WRITTEN COMMENTS. >> SPEAKER NUMBER 37, MICHAEL GREGOR, NUTRITION FACTS.ORG. NO, SIR A PHYSICIAN DEALING WITH SOME OF THE CHRONIC DISEASE CONESQUENCES, I TRULY APPRECIATE THE TREMENDOUS WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING BUT ONE MATTER THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE REASSESS IN THE TOTALITY OF EVIDENCE IS THE DIETARY CHOLESTEROL, YOU HEARD ABOUT THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE REPORT, THEY CONCLUDE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD MAINTAIN AND AS LOW AS POSSIBLE UNQUOTE, TOLERABLE UPPER INTAKE WAS NOT SET FOR CHOLESTEROL BECAUSE ANY INTAKE INCREASES HEART RISK, OUR NUMBER ONE KILLER SAYING THE ONLY SAFE INTAKE IS ZERO. AND YOU KNOW MANY OF THOSE STUDIES WERE DONE ON FASTING CHOLESTEROL LEVELS WHICH ARE APPROPRIATE FOR DRUG TRIALS, SEE WHAT THE LIVER'S DOING BUT UNDER ESTIMATE DIETARY EFFECTS ONE OF THE REASONS THE PHYSICIANS DO LIPID LEVELS IN THE MORNING BECAUSE OF BA CONAND EGGS, THE FAT IN THE CHOLESTEROL BLOOD STREAM WILL GO UP SO THAT'S WHERE WE LIVE MOST OF OUR LIVES IN OUR FED STATE SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE LOOKING INTO THE LITERATUREOT POST MEAL EFFECTS OF DIETARY CHOLESTEROL AS WELL. AS WELL AS LOOKING AT THE NONCARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS OF DIETARY CHOLESTEROL. SPEAKER BEFORE MENTIONED THE CONNECTION BETWEEN EGG COMSUMPTION AND INCIDENT DIABETES, AND ALSO ABOUT LIVER HEALTH, NHANES DATA FOUND A STRONG ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DIETARY CHOLESTEROL AND CIRRHOSIS AND LIVER CANCER AS WELL AS PROGRESSION OF LIVER DISEASE AMONG THOSE WITH HEPATITIS E C AS WELL AS NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE IN CHILDREN WITH CANCER. SOME STUDIES SHOWING SEVEN FOLD, EIGHT FOLD INCREASES IN RISK, A RECENT STUDY FOUND HIGH DIETARY CHOLESTEROL INTAKE WITH RISK OF STOMACH CANCER, COLON CANCER, RECTAL CANCER, LUNG CANCER, KID ME CANCER, AND NONHODGKINS LYMPHOMA, THIS MONTH A NEW META-ANALYSIS ON DIETARY CHOLESTEROL AND PANCREATIC CANCER, SAME THING. YEAH, BUT, COME ON, DIETARY CHOLESTEROL IS SO CLOSELY CORRELATED WITH OTHER DISEASE PROMOTING COMPONENTS IN THE SAME FOODS HOW CAN YOU TEASE OUT THE CONFOUNDING AND MY RESPONSE IS EXACTLY. BY THE COMMITTEE GUIDELINES SUGGESTING WE SHOULD REMOVE CHOLESTEROL AS A NUTRIENT OF CONCERN IT CAN BE MISCONSTRUED AS GIVING A GREEN LIGHT TO THE COMSUMPTION OF FOODS THAT REALLY SHOULD OTHERWISE BE MINIMIZED IN LIEU OF HEALTHIER FOOD CHOICES. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER NUMBER 38. >> ADD SOMETHING SPICE TO YOUR LIFE, MIGHT ADD GID TO YOUR LIFE. HI, I'M FROM THE MCCORMICK'S INSTITUTE AND TAKEN--THEY'S THE WAY I BEGAN MY TESTIMONY TO THE DIETARY GUIDELINES EXITEE AND GUESS WHAT, THEY AGREE. THE REPORT STATES FOR EXAMPLE, FOR SODIUM, EMPHASIS SHOULD BE PLACED ON EXPANDING INDUSTRY EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE SODIUM CONTENT OF FOODS IN HELPING AMERICANS ON HOW TO FLAVOR FOOD WITHOUT SPICES OR HERBS AND FURTHER MORE DIETARY BEHAVIOR CHANGES SHOULD INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, THAT TEACH ADULTS SIMPLE RECIPES THAT EMPHASIZE FLAVORING, UNSALTED FOODS WITH SPICES, AND HERBS, THE MCCORMICK SCIENCE INSTITUTE WHOLE HEARTEDLY AGREES WITH THESE INSIGHTFUL RECOMMENDATIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE RECOMMENDATIONINGS FOCUS ON SODIUM AND THERE'S A CONTROLLED STUDY THAT SHOWS THAT COOKING SPICES AND HERBS HELPED CONSUMERS LOWER SODIUM BY ABOUT A THOUSAND MILLIGRAMS PER DAY, FREE LIVING PEOPLE AFTER FIVE MONTHS BUT WHY STOP THERE. THERE'S ALSO CONTROL STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT SPICES AND HERBS INCREASE THE ACCEPTABLE OF LOWER SATURATED FAT, FOODS AND LOWER ENERGY DENSE TIT FOODS. THERE ARE CONTROLLED STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT HERBS, SPICES INCREASE THE ACCEPTABILITY AND/OR INTAKE OF VEGETABLES AMONG PRESCHOOL KIDS AND ADULTS AND IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH THE MCCORMICK'S SCIENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN THE PIPELINE TO SEE IF SPICES AND HERBS CAN INCREASE THE ACCEPTABLE OF FOODS WITH LOWER ADADDED SUGAR LEVELS AND ALSO THREE REAL WORLD STUDIES TO SEE IF ADDING SPICES AND HERBS CAN INCREASE THE SALES AND COMSUMPTION OF VEGETABLES IN SCHOOLS. MIDDLE SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS, YOU CAN GET THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, YOU CAN GET TO ANYBODY AND ALSO COMMERCIAL CAFETERIAS AND THESE ARE IMPORTANT STUDIES SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ACCUMULATING EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT SPICES AND HERBS HEALTH CONSUMERS EAT HEALTHIER NOT BECAUSE THEY HAVE SORE SUPPORT TO, AND EMPHASIZE STRONGLY REQ MENDS THE NEW DIETARY GUIDELINES, PEPPER CONSUMERS WITH PRACTICAL INFORMATION ON SPICES AND HERBS CAN HELP THEM IMPLEMENT THE NEW GUIDELINES THROUGH HEALTHY FLAVORFUL EATING, LET'S SPICE UP THE GUIDELINES IN 2015. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [LAUGHTER] >> SPEAKER NUMBER 39, FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BOTTLED WATER ASSOCIATION. PLEASE BEGIN. >> THANK YOU. I'M DR. SIMS, DIRECTOR OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOTTLED WATER ASSOCIATION, THE INTERNATIONAL BOTTLED WATER ASSOCIATION ALEWDS THE DIETARY GUIDELINES AND ADVISORY COMMITTEES RECOGNITION FOR A HEALTHY DIET, WATER INCLUDING BOTTLED WATER HELPS PEOPLE PURSUE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND AVOID SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGE COMSUMPTION, WATER PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING NUTRITIONAL HEALTH. 47% OF ADDED SUGARS IN OUR DIET COME FROM BEVERAGES IN 20% OF OUR DAILY CALORIC INTAKE. SO IT'S CLEAR THAT AMERICANS NEED GUIDANCE ON BEING MORE AWARE OF WHAT THEY DRING AND TO REDUCE CALORIE COMSUMPTION FROM BEVERAGES, HERE'S RATIONAL. WATER IS ESSENTIAL, STUDY VS SHOWN THAT DRINKING PLAIN WATER INSTEAD OF SUGAR SWEETENED BEST RAN SUGGESTS DECREASE WITH THE OBESITY TYPE TWO DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. PEOPLE OF ALL AGES MAINTAIN PROPER HYDRATION TO FUNCTION OPTIMALLY BUT HEALTHY HYDRATION INSURES THE PREVENTION OF NUTRITION RELATED NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES. THE KEY TO COMSUMPTION IS CONVENIENCE. THE U.S. IS AN ONGOING SOCIETY THAT DEPENDS ON THE CONVENIENCE OF MAKING FOOD AND PREVENTIVEERAGE CHOICES. IRK DEALLY FREE WATER SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE EVERY WHERE AND OUR INDUSTRY SUPPORTS OUR RELIABLE PUBLIC DRINKING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE BUT THE REALITY IS, THAT ALMOST EVERYTHING PEOPLE DRINK COMES IN A PACKAGE. THUS COMSUMPTION OF FREE WATER IS NOT ALWAYS A PRACTICAL CHOICE FOR CONSUMERS. TODAY, ALMOST HALF OF THE WATER PEOPLE DRINK COMES IN A BOTTLE. IN CASES WHERE FREE TAP WATER IS NOT AVAILABLE, CONSUMER HEAT SHOCK SYSTEM BE ENCOURAGED TO REACH FOR BOTTLED WATER INSTEAD OF LESS HEALTHY PACKAGED BEVERAGES, THE 2015 GID LINES NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CONVENIENCE AND AVAILABILITY ARE KEY IN GETTING PEOPLE TO CHANGE HABITS LIKE DRINKING MORE WATER. IF THE GUIDELINES TELL PEOPLE POETIC ONLY DRINK FREE WATER AND COULD SUGGIEST THAT BATTLED WATER IS A POOR CHOICE AND CAUSE THEM TO TURN TO LESS HEALTHY BEVERAGES AND IF THE GOAL IS TO REPLACE SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGES WITH WATER, WE WILL NOT MEET THAT WITH FREELILY EXCESSIBLE TO WATER ALONE. IT IMPORTANT TO GET PEOPLE TO WATER, ALTHOUGH BOTTLED WATER COMSUMPTION IS EXPECTED TO SUPPRESS THAT OF CARBONATED SOFT DRINKS IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, STUDIES SHOW THAT AMERICANS ARE NOT CONSUMING ENOUGH WATER, AND THEY'RE CONSUMING LOTS OF SUGAR BEVERAGES AND PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGES WHEN NO WATER IS AVAILABLE. WATER IS SUSTAINABLE AND ENVIRONMENT AT STANDPOINT AND PEOPLE CHEWS IT INSTEAD OF ANY OTHER CANNED OR BOTTLE BEVERAGE, THEY'RE CHOOSING LESS PACKAGES, LESS ENERGY COMSUMPTION AND LESS USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND BOTTLED WATER FOOTPRINT IS VERY SMALL AND IS THE LOW EVALUATION PROCESS OF ANY PACKAGE BEVERAGE. IN CONCLUSION, WE RECOMMEND ENHANCED MESSAGING ON WATER CONSUMPLEGZ IN THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES INCLUDING LANGUAGE THAT PROMOTES DRINKING WATER IN ALL FORMS. IN ADDITION RELATED INFORMATION DOCUMENTS SUCH AS THE MY PLATE-- >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER NUMBER 40 MARY PAT FROM THE ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETICS. >> THE GUIDELINES PROVIDE NUTRITIONAL BASIS FOR NUTRITION, EDUCATION AND IDENTIFYING RESEARCH NEEDS. THEY PROVIDE CONSISTENT MESSAGES TO HELP CONSUMERS MAKE HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES, WE COMMEND THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GUIDELINES AND WE WORK WITH POLICY MAKERS IN DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE QUALITY MUSEUM POLICY AND GIDDING REGULATIONULATIONS THESE WILL HELP DIRECT THIS COURSE, YOU'RE ALSO IMPORTANT FOR CONSUMERS TO HELP MAKE HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES FOR THEIR FAMILIES. WE COMMEND THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND IN OUR REVIEW WE FOUND THE GUIDELINES ARE GROUND INDEED CURRENT AND CERTAINLY--CERTAINLY MERGING SCIENCE, WE'RE FOCUSING ON FOOD PATTERNS HOW AND WHAT ACTUAL FOODS WE EAT MORE THAN INDIVIDUAL NUTRIENTS. FOCUS ON FOOD JUST BEYOND WHAT'S JUST ON THE PLATE FROM HOW IT PRODUCED TO WHERE IT'S CONSOLED, CONSUMED IN MORE AND IN OTHER WORDS HOW DO PEOPLE REALLY EAT. WE THINK THESE GUIDELINES WILL HELP CONSUMERS BE ABLE TO CHOOSE HEALTHY SAFE FOOD WHICH IS IS THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF THE GUIDELINES AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO HAVING AMERICANS HAVE ACCESS TO THESE FOODS. WE WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT TO IMPLEMENT THE FINAL GUIDELINE AND HELP CONSUMERS MAKE WAY TO HELP THE INFORMATION BE RELEVANT. WE COMMEND THE COMMITTEE ON THE USE OF THE SOCIOLOGICAL ECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK TO GID ITS WORK. THIS MODEL HAS BEEN USED SUCCESSFULLY IN MANY NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS AND NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAMS. WE ALSO COMMEND THE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDING A DISCUSSIONOT SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AS THESE INFLUENCE HEALTHY EATING. THIS DISCUSSION CAN ALSO HELP COORDINATE FEDERAL PROGRAM EFFORTS IN IN AREA INCLUDING HEALTHY PEOPLE 2020. THE ACADEMY RECOGNIZES FOOD AND, AND RESILIENCE TO DIETETICS, WE DEVELOPED THE STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL APERFORMANCE AS A TOOL FOR OUR MEMBERS AND WORK NOTHING SUSTAINABLE AND FOOD SCIENCES HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE CONSUMERS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING SUPPORTIVE PARTNERS AND WE WILL GO DEEPER IN OUR WRITTEN COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR THE EXTENSION. >> SPEAKER NUMBER 41 WITH OSHANE SPRAY CAN BERRIES. >> GOOD MORNING OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES APPLAUD THE DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR RECOGNIZING THAT MULTIPLE DIETARY PATTERN CANS HELP ACHIEVE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND AADDRESS NUTRITIONAL INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. WE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE COMMITEE LACK OF RECOGNITION THAT SWEET MERS CAN BE USED TO ENHANCE THE PALATABILITY OF FOODS AND BEVERAGES EVEN THOUGH THE 2010 REPORT AND EXPERT PANEL VS UPDATED POLICIES TO REFLECT THAT. UNSWEETENED CRAN BERRY HAS THE ACID SUGAR PROFILE OF LEMON JOYCE WITH ADDITIONAL STRINCHENCY IMPARTED BY THE ABUNDANCE OF POLYPHENOL, CRAN BERRY PRODUCTS ARE SWEETENED FOR THE PALATABILITY OF THESE COMPOUNDS, THE IMPORTANT URINARY TRACT HEALTH BENEFITS BY COMPOUNDS MAY HELP ADDRESS A SERIOUS GLOBAL HEALTH ISSUE OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AS REPORTED RECENTLY BY THE W. H. O. CDC AND PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE TASK FORCE. THE TRACT INFECTIONS OF THE SECOND MOST COMMON BACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH A RECURRENT RATE OF UP TO 30%. CONTRIBUTING SIGNIFICANTLY TO ANTIBI THE OOTIC RESISTANCE. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT CAN BERRY TRODUCTS CAN BE AN IMPORTANT NUTRITIONAL APPROACH MAINTAINING URINARY TRACT HEALTH. USDA RECOGNIZED THIS IN PROVIDING A LIMITED EXEMPTION WITH RESPECT TO ADDED SUGAR FOR DRIED CRAN BERRIES IN THE COMPETITIVE FOODS REGULATIONS. THE 2010 COMMITTEE STATED THAT SMALL AMOUNTS OF ADDED SUGAR AND SAW THAT FAT CANS BE USEFUL TO MAKE NUTRIENT DENSE FOOD MORE PALATABLE. IN ADDITION THE RECOMMENDED INCREASE OF THE FLAVINNOID RICH FOODS FOR HEALTH BENEFITS. FROM THE CLINICAL TRIALS AND NHANES, WE KNOW THAT CONSUMERS DRINK AN AVERAGE OF ONE SERVING A DAY AND HAVE BETTER CARDIO METABOLIC PROFILE THAN NONCONSUMERS SUPPORTING THE ROLE OF CAN BERRY AS PART OF A BALANCED DIET AND TO HELP INCREASE FOOD INTAKE. THEREFORE WE STRONGLY SUPPORT A SIMILAR BALANCE APPROACH TO BE INCLUDED IN THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES ALLOWING FOR RECOGNITION OF THE NEED TO SWEETEN NUTRIENT DENSE FOODS FOR PALATABILITY. CRAN BERRY PRODUCTS WILL BE UNFAIRLY PENNALLIZED AND BENEFICIARIES OF COMSUMPTION INHIBIT THE IF SUCH ACCOMMODATIONS ARE NOT IN THE REPORT. WE ALSO OFFSET THE CRAN BERRY JUS PROVIDES AND THE NEED TO BE SWEETENED WITH SWEETENERS OR OTHER JOURNALISTSES AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE OR LEAVE APPROPRIATE ROOM WITHIN THE GUIDELINES TO ALLOW HEALTHY JUICES LIKE CRAN BERRIES THAT NEED TO BE SWEETENED TO BE ACCEPTEDOT TOTAL NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION AND HEALTH BENEFITS. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER NUMBER 42, SOY FOODS ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA. >> HI. >> I'M NANCY I'M A REGISTERED DIETITIAN, MASTER IN PUB LIGHEALTH LICK HEALTH FOODS ASSOCIATION WHICH IS A TRADE ASSOCIATION OF SOYBEAN FARMERS, SOY FOOD MANUFACTURES AND SOY RESEARCHERS. WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRI CULT NUR ENCOWERRAGING AMERICANS TO CONSUME HEALTHICALLY APPROPRIATE PLANT BASED DIETS INTO ADOPT EATING BEHAVIORS THAT CAN BE SUSTAINED. TODAY YOU FIND THE WIDE VARIETY OF SOY FOODS AND HOMES IN STORES, SCHOOLS, COFFEES, SHOPS, RESTAURANTS WORK CAFETERIAS NATIONWIDE. THE U.S. RETAIL SOY FOODS INDUSTRY TOTALS 4.4--NEW CUSTOMERS SELECT THESE FOODS FOR HEALTH, PHILOSOPHY AND FLAVOR. THE DIETARY GUIDELINES ADVISORY COMMITTEE SET A HIGH GUIDE LINE ON PROPRESERVING CULTURAL AND DIETARY PATTERNS PRESERVING FOODS AT DIFFERENT EATING OCCASIONS WHICH SHOULD BOOST ADOPTION OF THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES. THE SAME AGREES WITH THE REFERENCE TO SOY BASED FOODS AND BEVERAGES THROUGHOUT VARIOUS DISCUSSIONS OF GOOD SOURCES OF NUTRIENTS. HEALTHY DIETARY PATTERNS AND SUSTAINABLE SOURCES OF PROTEIN. BUT WE SUGGEST THAT YOU INCLUDE MORE ASIAN AND LATINO FOODS AND MEAL EXAMPLES. TODAY 31% OF CONSUMERS CONSUMED AMERICANS CONSUMED FOODS OR SOY BEVERAGES ONCE A WEEK OR MORE COMPARED TO 24% BACK IN 2010. INCREASED NUMBER OF ASIANS, VEGETARIANS AND VEG ANS ACCOUNT FOR THE GROWTH. 45% OF CONSUMERS UP FROM 31% IN 2010. TAKE OUT PRODUCTS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF SOY AND APPROXIMATELY 26% ARE AWARE OF THE SPECIFIC HEALTH BENEFITS. THE COMMITTEE FOUND THAT ADOPTING DIETARY PATTERNS WITH PLANT PROTEINS DOES NOT SACRIFICE NUTRIENTS. THE FOR EXAMPLE, THE SOY MILK AND SOY TOFURKS HAVE BEEN ALTERNATIVES TO THE WIC PROGRAM, AND THE NATIONAL SCHOOL AND BREAKFAST PROGRAM. BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN GOOD SOURCES OF HIGH QUALITY PROTEIN POTASSIUM, EXCELLENT SOURCES OF CALCIUM AND VITAMIN D. SOY FOODS HAVE LESS SUGAR, SATURATED FAT AND DAIRY FOODS WHICH ARE OFTEN MENTIONED IN THE DIETARY GUIDELINES ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT AS FOODS TO INCREASE. BESIDES THE NUTRIENT DENSITY OF SOY FOODS THEY DELIVER HEALTH BENEFITS. THEY ARE A PART OF A DIET THAT'S LOWER IN SATURATED FAT, SOY PROTEINS CONSISTENTLY REDUCES LDL CHOLESTEROL AND INCREASES HDL CHOLESTEROL. SINCE THE GUIDE LINES ARE A CORNERSTONE OF NUTRITION POLICY, IT ENCOURAGES-- >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> IF ONE WERE TO ENCRYSTALLIZE THE ESSENCE OF DIETARY GUIDELINES EAT MORE FRUITS VEGETABLES, WHOLE GRAINS AND A LOT LESS OF EVERYTHING ELSE. DOING AWAY WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO LIMIT DIETARY CHOLESTEROL WE DO SIGNIFICANT HARM. DIETARY CHOLESTEROL DOES SIGNIFICANTLY WORSEN BLOOD'S LIPIDS ESPECIALLY IN POPULATIONS WITH LOW BASE LYING CHOLESTEROL COMSUMPTION. THE EFFECTIVE DIETARY CHOLESTEROL IS MASKED WHEN STUDIED IN POPULATIONS THAT CONSUME THE STANDARD AMERICAN DIET, THAT IS WITH HIGH BASELINE CHOLESTEROL COMSUMPTIONS. ACCORDING TO 1992 META-ANALYSIS. THE MAIN POINT IS THAT DIETARY CHOLESTEROL IS A MARKER FOR FOODS, AMERICANS SHOULD LIMIT OR AVOID. PRIMARILY MEAT OR DAIRY WHICH TEND TO DISPLACE HEALTHIER FOODS. LIMITING OR AVOIDING MEAT OR DAIRY MAKES ROOM FOR ADEQUATE FRUITS, VEGETABLES WHOLE GRAINS AND LEGUMES. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF REFINED CARBOHYDRATES, CHOLESTEROL CONTENT TENDS TO DISTINGUISH THE HEALTHIEST FOODS FROM THE LESS HEALTHY MEAT AND DAIRY. MY PATIENTS HAVE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT ADLIBRARY FOUNDATION DIETARY CHOLESTEROL. THEIR UNDERSTANDING OR MISUNDERSTANDING IS THAT FOODS THAT CONTAIN CHOLESTEROL, ALSO NEED NOT BE LIMITED. THEY ASSUME THAT IF CHOLESTEROL IS OKAY, THEN ALL FOODS THAT CONTAIN CHOLESTEROL MUST BE OKAY, TOO; USING NHANES DATA, KREB-SMITH EDAL SHOW THAT 80% OF AMERICANS CONSUME LESS THAN THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT OF FRUITS. 89% CONSUME LESS THAN IT IS MINIMUM RECOMMENDED AMOUNTS OF VEGETABLES, 96% OF AMERICANS CONSUME LESS THAN THE MINIMUM RECOMMENDED AMOUNT OF LEGUMES, ACCORDING TO A RECENT JUNE 2014 ANALYSIS OF THE ADVENTIST HEALTH STUDY, TOO, COMPARED TO OMNIVORES, THE RELATIVE RISK FOR HYPERTENSION WAS LESS THAN HALF FOR VEGETARIANS AND A QUARTER FOR VEGANS, THE RELATIVE RISK FOR DIABETES WAS ABOUT A THIRD FOR REG STARRIANS AND ONE FIGHT FOR VEGANS. HEALTH BENEFITS OF THE HEALTHIEST FOODS CAN BE DRAMATIC THAT, IS WHAT WE NEED IF WE EVER OVERCOME OBESITY IN HEALTH, PLEASE HELP AMERICANS UNDERSTAND WITH WHERE THE HEALTHIEST FOODS ARE. THAT IS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF REFINED CARBOHYDRATES THAT IS FOODS WITHOUT DIETARY CHOLESTEROL. PLEASE CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND A LIMIT FOR DIETARY CHOLESTEROL TO NO MORE THAN 300 MILL GRAMS PER DAY. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER NUMBER 44. UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS. PLEASE BEGIN. >> GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS DOUG, I AM DIRECTOR OF CLIMATE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS AT UNION CONCERNED SCIENTISTS YOU HEARD EARLIER FROM MY COLLEAGUES, I HAVE A Ph.D. IN ECOLOGY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, I'VE DONE RESEARCH ON AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ECOLOGY FROM THE EARLY 1970S AND I PUBLISHED ABOUT HUNDREDS OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS. I'LL BE FOCUSING THIS MORNING ON SUSTAINABILITY. I PARTICULARLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE AMPLE PRECEDENT FOR THE COMMITTEE'S ADMINISTRATION OF SUSTAINABILITY IN ITS REPORT. FOR MANY YEAR INDEED FOR DECADES, DGAC REPORT VS LOOKED AT AMERICAN DIET IN BROAD TERMS NOT JUST MATTER WE DEFINED NUTRITIONAL QUESTIONS, CONTRARY TO THE ARGUMENT MADE BY CRITICS OF THE COMMITTEE, PAST DGACs CONSIDERED A BROAD RANGE OF ISSUES SUCH AS FOOD AFFORDABILITY, ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD, EXERCISE, SEDENTARY LIFESTYLES, SCREEN TIME, FOOD SAFETY, ADVERTISING, LAND USE POLICIES AND MARKETING THE CHILDREN AS WELL AS SUSTAINABILITY. >> I'LL ATTACH TO MY WRITTEN TESTIMONY, THE BACKGROUND REPORT DOCUMENTING THIS IN DETAIL BY JORDAN FERRIS OF UCS, THIS IS QUITE APPROPRIATE FOR THE DGAC TO CONSIDER THE NEW SCIENTIFIC STUDIES SHOWING THE IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FOODS AND BETWEEN DIETARY PATTERNS, IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES SUCH AS LAND USE, WATER POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE. ONE VERY IMPORTANT CONCLUSION OF THE REPORT IS THAT HEALTHY DIETS TEND TO BE SUSTAINABLE DIETS, WHAT'S GOOD FOR OUR BODY SYSTEM GENERALLY WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, AND I HOPE YOU WILL RETAIN THAT RECOMMENDATION. ONE AREA WHERE THE COMMITTEE COULD HAVE BEEN A BIT MORE SPECIFIC IS IN ITS CONSIDERATION OF MEAT. EATING MEAT IS LESS ECOLOGICALLY SUFFICIENT BECAUSE IT MEANS WE'RE CONSUMING HIGHEROT FOOD WEB, BUT RECENT SCIENCE SHOWS LARGE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN KINDS OF MEAT. BEEF IS MUCH MORE DAMAGING TO ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY THAN CHICKEN PORK OR FISH AND THAT'S TRUE WHETHER YOU MEASURE THE DAMAGE TO THE CLIMATES THE WATER CLIEWGZ THAT IS CAUSES OR THE LAND THAT IT REQUIRES PER CALORIE OR PER GRAM OF PROTEIN. AND THESE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ARE NOT REDUCED BY CHOOSING LEAN BEEF. PLEASE MAKE CLEAR THE SUSTAINABILITY DEFICIENCY AMONG MEAT SOURCES AS WELL AS IMPACTS IN THE FINAL GUIDELINES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY TODAY AND FOR THE EXCELLENT WORK OF THE DGAC. THANK YOU. >> --FOR THESE REASONS AND GUIDANCE AS IMPORTANT TO THE DGAs USDA AND HHS, SHOULD CONSIDER THOSE ON THOROUGH INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE USING THE NEL PROCESS. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE INSIGHTS ON HOW HHS AND USDA CAN HELP THE PUBLIC BY OFFERING REALISTIC GUIDANCE ON FAVORITE FOODS LIKE CHOCOLATE, CANDY, GUM AND MINTS. 97% ENJOY CANDO ONCE PER YEAR, BUT THE CANDY TYPICALLY CONTRIBUTES TWO% OF CALORIES AND SIX% OF ADDED SUGARS TO THE AMERICAN DIET, DUE TO THIS MINIMAL MALDIETARY COMSUMPTION THROUGH EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRIALS HAS TO THE BEEN LINKED TO NEGATIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES. CONVERSELY, RESTRICTIVE DIET VS BEEN LINKED SUCH AS PREOCCUPATION WITH RESTRICTED FOOD AS WELL AS POOR WEIGHT CONTROL AND REDUCED DEPRIVATIONMENT OF ING LATTERY SKILLS IN CHILDREN. GIVEN CONSUMERS DESIRE TO ENJOY TREATS IT'S HELPFUL TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON A WAY THAT STILL MEETS DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS AND DIETITIANS AGREE. IN AN INFORMAL SURVEY THEIR RECENT ANNUAL MEETING, 94% AGREE THAD QUANTITATIVE GUIDANCE EXAMPLE AMOUNTS CALORIE AMOUNTS ON WHAT MODERATE COMSUMPTION MEANS CAN BE USEFUL FOR THE PUBLIC. FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO EAT CANDY, NCAA PROPOSED A DEFINITION OF MODERATE CANDY COMSUMPTION OF 50 TO 100-CALORIES PER DAY BASED ON PREVIOUS DGA CONCEPTS OF DECRETIONARY CALORIES AND FURTHER MORE EMERGES SCIENCE MAY SUPPORT OR A WELL BEING, FOR INSTANCE, SUGAR FREE CHEWING GUM HAS BEEN LINKED TO IMPROVE ORAL HEALTH. HHS AND USDA SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THE SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION OF THESE TREATS TO CONTRIBUTION AND FINALLY IT MUST BE RECOGNIZED THAT THE PACKAGING, AND RESPONSIBLE MARKETING PRACTICES. FOR THESE REASONS, NCAA URGES HHS AND USDA TO INCORPORATE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT OFFER REALISTIC AND CONSTRUCT AND I HAVE POSITIVE ADVICE TO CONSUMERS INCLUDING GUIDANCEOT ROLE OF SMALL OCCASIONAL TREATS, FAVORITE TREATS LIKE CHOCOLATE, CANDY, GUM AND MINTS. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 46, FROM THE NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION. >> GOOD MORNING JOAN MCLAUGHLIN VICE PRESIDENT OF WITH THE NATIONAL FOOD RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF DR. JOY, WE HAVE STATEMENTS BASED ON HIGH QUALITY EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH AND TO THAT END HIGHLIGHT THE FOLLOWING FOUR MAJOR POINTS OF THE FIRST THE INDUSTRY SUPPORTS THE COMMITTEES CALL TO PROVIDE HEALTHFUL OPTIONS WITH CONSUMERS AT RESTAURANTINGS. THEY'RE ACTIVELY CONSUMING THE INTEREST IN HEALTHFUL OFFERINGS NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION BY OFFERING ITEMS THAT MORE RECENT VEGETABLES, LEAN PROTEIN, WHOLE GRAINS BY LIMITING SODIUM AND UNHEALTHY FAT. WE'RE COMMITTED TO TAKING A LONG RANGE PROACTIVE APPROACH TO MEET EVOLVING SCIENCE BASED EVIDENCE AS WELL AS CONSUMER ATTITUDES TOWARDS NUTRITION WHILE KIDS LIVE WELL, A RESTAURANT PROGRAM THAT MEETS CRITERIA IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE, PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT POSITIVE HEALTHFUL CHANGES ARE OCCURRING IN RESTAURANT WHICH IS IS NOTE INDEED THE WRITTEN COMMENTS. SECOND RESTAURANT, WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY MANY RESTAURANT CHAINS NATIONWIDE, WHY NOT DIRECT AMERICANS LABELING TO CHOOSE THE MEAL THAT BEST FITS THEIR NEED REGARDLESS OF THE OUTLET, WITH THE LIGHTS OUT TODAY, THEY NEED A POSITIVE CHANGE THEY CAN IMPLEMENT OF WHICH THE LOCATION SEEMED LESS CRITICAL THAN THE CHOICES. USING MENU LABELING TO GUIDE AMERICANS ON NUTRIENT RICH FOODS CHOICES TO MAKE AND VERSES NOT TO MAKE ON PORTIONS PROVIDE HOW-TO PRACTICAL ADVICE CAN MAKE WOOD FOOD CHOICES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THEIR TOTAL DIET. THIRD WE HAVE CONCERNCONCLUSION STATEMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS PUT FOURTH BY THE DGAC, AGAIN THE GUIDELINES SHOULD INFORM AMERICANS OF HOW TO EAT, NOT WHERE TO EAT, RESTAURANTS CONTINUE TO INVOLVE THEIR MENU AND OFFER MANY CHOICES CONSISTENT WITH RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE SCIENTIFIC REPORT. WE CAUTION COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE REGARDING CONCLUSION OF STATEMENTS BASED ON STUDIES REVIEW THAD INDICATE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN QUICK SERVE COMSUMPTION AND OBESITY PARTICULARLY WHEN THE TODAY STUDIES ARE HETEROGENEOUS, NUTRITION IS A EVOLVING SCIENCE MUCH OF OUR AVAILABLE KNOWLEDGE AND DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BASED ON OBSERVATIONAL DATA OR RESEARCH THAT IS OF A WEAKER QUALITY. IT IS A CRITICAL THAT STUDY METHODOLOGIES CONSIDERED AND IMPLIED TO INTERPRETATION OF THE NUTRITION SCIENCE. AS OUTLINED THE COMMENTS RECOMMEND THE COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT EVIDENCE BASED STUDIES WHICH HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED IN THE UNITED STATES. FINALLY THE RECK MONDAYATION TO THE SCIENTIFIC REPORT FAR EXSEAT THE SCOPE AND DELVE INTO MATTERS FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND POLICY RECOMMENDED FOOD MARKS. THE DGAC COMMITTEES DEVELOP POLICY MUST BE COMPRISED OF A WELL ROUNDED SET OF PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERTISE TO INSURE THAT THE ULTIMATE RECOMMENDATIONS ADEQUATELY REFLECT THE ENTIRE FOOD SYSTEM AND FOOD ENVIRONMENT, THE GREATEST IMPACT OF THE GOODBYE POPULATION AND BASED ON DOWN SIZE AND NOT BASED MATHEMATICAL MODELS. SIMPLE AND STRAIGHT FORWARD-- >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 47. WILLIAM WALLACE FROM THE CONSUMERS UNION. PLEASE BEGIN. >> CONSUMERS UNION, PUBLIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY ARM OF CONSUMER REPORTS GENERALLY SUPPORTS THE SCIENTIFIC REPORT OF 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS AN IMPORTANT WORK THAT HELPS INSURE CONSUMERS HAD THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO MAKE HEALTHY DIETARY CHOICES. WE SUPPORT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ADD SUGARS AS A STEP FORWARD FOR PUBLIC HEALTH. THE COMMITTEE STRONGLY BACKS UP ITS CONCLUSION THAT INDIVIDUALS SHOULD KEEP THEIR ADDED SUGARS INTAKE TO NO MORE THAN 10% OF DAILY CALORIES. IN ADDITION IT ENDOSS POLICIES THAT THEY SUPPORTED IN FDA, NAMELY THAT THE NUTRITION FACTS PANEL SHOULD INCLUDE ADD SUGARS IN DO SO IN GRAMS AND TEASPONS AND INCLUDE PERCENT DAILY VALUE. LASTLY IT ENCOURAGES PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF ADDED SUGARS AND TO HELP THEM REDUCE THEIR INTAKE. HOWEVER, WE STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH THE COMMITTEE STATEMENTS ON MERCURY AND FISH IN PARTICULAR, ITS VIEW THAT FDA AND EPA SHOULD REEVALUATE AND REVISE UPWARD THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOMEN OF CHILD BEARING AGE SHOULD LIMIT THEIR ALBA CORE TUNA IN-TAKE TO SIX HOWNSS PER WEEK. AND WE RECOMMEND THAT MEGINANT WOMEN EAT NO TUNE AND OTHER WOMEN OF CHILD BEARING AGE, YOUNG CHILDREN, AND PEOPLE WHO CONSUME LARGE AMOUNTS OF FISH, SHOULD LIMIT THE TYPES AND QUANTITIES OF TUNA THEY CONSUME. THIS IS DISCUSS INDEED MORE DETAIL IN THE OCTOBER TWENTIES 14 CONSUMER REPORTS ARTICLE, THE GREAT FISH DEBATE AND IN OUR WRITTEN COMMENTS TO THE AGENCY. WE ARE DISAPPOINTED THAT WOMEN IN OTHER VULNERABLE GROUPS NEED WHICH IS WHAT FISH TO EAT TO GET THE BENEFITS OF EATING FISH WHILE MINIMIZING IT IS KNOWN NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF MERCURY COMSUMPTION. IT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR ANYONE TO EAT HIGHER MERCURY FISH TO GET THE BENEFITS OF EATING FISH RATHER SOME FISH OFFER BENEFITS WITH HIGH MERCURY RISK WHILE OTHERS OFFER BENEFITS WITH THE MERCURY RISK, AND OFFER THE LOWEST AMERICARY RISK, SALMON, TILAPIA, CAT FISH AND OTHER AND AWAY FROM ALBO CORE AND INSURE CURRENT AND LONG-TERM FOOD SECURITY. WE AGREE. WE URGE HHS AND USDA ALSO TO RECONSIDER THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION ON ALBA CORE IN LIGHT OF THIS CONCLUSION. ALBA CORE IS A KILLED OCCASION FISH WHICH IS FISHED UNDER A REBUILDING PLAN FOR DEPLETED STOCKS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC, IT IS CURRENTLY OVERFISHED AND A HIGHER COMSUMPTION RECOMMENDATION IS ONLY LIKELY TO MAKE THIS WORSE. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 48. >> GOOD MORNING MICHAEL KELLIE, SENIOR PRINCIPLE SCIENTIST AT THE WILLIAM JUNIOR COMPANY. I THANK THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MUSEUM MAN SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ORALLY. FOR DECKALLY THE PROGRAM HELPS PROFESSIONALS AND PATIENTS IMPROVE ORAL CARE ROUTINE. GIVEN OUR STRONG INTEREST IN ORAL HEALTH, WE WERE DISAPPOINT THAD THE 2015 SCIENTIFIC REPORT DID NOT MEANINGFULLY ADDRESS ORAL HEALTH WITH THE 2005 AND 20 DEN DIETARY GUIDELINES DID SO. IN FACT, THE PREVIOUS DGAs AS WELL AS FDA AND IOM HAVE POINTED TO THE COMSUMPTION OF FERMENTABLE CARBOHYDRATES AS BEING A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR OF TOOTH DECAY. ADDITIONALLY, THE DGA FOCUSED ON ORAL HYGIENE, RECOMMENDING THAT IT BLINKS FLUORIDE WATER AND CONTAINING DENTAL HIGH GENE PRODUCT AND/OR REDUCED THE FREQUENCY AND DURATION OF EXPOSURE TO FERMENTABLE CARBOHYDRATE TO REDUCE THE RISK OF DENTAL CARRIES. THE ABSENCE OF ORAL HEALTH AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITY IN THE SCIENTIFIC REPORT IS CONCERNING. BECAUSE IT IS A STEP BACKWARD IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S LONG STANDING EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE CHRONIC YET PREVENTIBLE DISEASE OF TOOTH DECAY WHILE THE SURGEON GENERAL AND HEALTHY PEOPLE 2020 AMONG OTHERS HAVE RECOGNIZED ORAL HEALTH AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITY: BY NOT MAKING ORAL HEALTH A PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITY, WE UNDERSTAND THE DGAC DID NOT CONDUCT SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE 50 SUBMITTED SCIENTIFIC STUDIES AND LITERATURE AND ORAL BENEFITS OF CHEWING SUGAR FREE GUM AFTER MEALS. THE EVIDENCE INCLUDING SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS INCLUDE 40 YEARS OF RESEARCH AND HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED IN APPROVED HEALTH CLAIMS IN E. U. AND CANADA AND RECOGNITION STATEMENTS BY DENTAL ASSOCIATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. THEREFORE, WE REQUEST THAT THAT HHS AND USDA CONDUCT THE SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF OUR SUBMITTED SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, HOWEVER IF HHS AND USDA--FOR TWEBT MINUTE FOLLOWING MEALS CAN HELP PREVENT TOOTH DECAY, THIS QUOTATION WAS TAKEN FROM THE INTERIM FINAL RULE PUBLISHED IN JUNE 2013 IN WHICH USDA PROVIDED A SCIENTIFIC RATIONAL FOR ALLOWING SUGAR FREE GUM PRODUCTS IN SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF THEIR ORAL HEALTH BENEFITS. I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT TODAY. >> SPEAKER 49, HUMAN SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES. PLEASE BEGIN. >> HI, I'M A REGISTERED NURSE WITH SPECIALIZED IN PEDIATRICS INTENSIVE CARE AND DIABETES EDUCATION AND ALSO FOOD AND NUTRITION MANAGER FOR THE HUMAN SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES, WHICH SEEKS TO ESTABLISH A MORE HUMAN ROLE FOR PEOPLE AND ANIMALS ALIKE. AS EXPECTED, INDUSTRY PROMOTING THE COMSUMPTION OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS, THOSE THAT ARE UNSUSTAINABLE AND LEAD TO UNSUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE COSTS FROM CHRONIC DIET RELATED DISEASE WILL SAY WE SHOULDN'T CONSIDER SUSTAINABILITY BUT WE ALEWD THE DIETARY GUIDELINES INCLUSION OF SUSTAINABILITY IN THEIR MOST RECENT REPORT AND ENCOURAGE THE USDA TO INCLUDE IT AS PART OF THE FINAL DIETARY GUIDELINES. SECOND WE ENCOURAGE TED USDA AND HHS TO INCLUDE RECOMMENDATION TO LIMIT DIETARY CHOLESTEROL IN FOODS THAT CONTAIN SUCH. YOU MAY RECALL THAT JUST THIS PAST YEAR 2014, THE FDA REEXAMINED CHOLESTEROL AND CONCLUDED THAT THERE ARE STRONG INCONSISTENT DATA THAT SUPPORT THE SATURATED FAT IN CHOLESTEROL HAS INDEPENDENT EFFECTS ON THE RISK OF HEART DISEASE AND THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS THAT BENEFIT FROM A RECOMMENDATION TO DECREASE CHOLESTEROL INTAKE, LUCKILY MOVING PEOPLE TOWARD A MORE PLANT-BASED DIET ADDRESSES BOTH OF MY FIRST TWO POINTS OF NEEDING A MORE SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM AND DECREASE IN CHOLESTEROL COMSUMPTION. IT'S A MOVE THAT COUNTSLESS PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS CALLED FOR FOR DECADES, TO PREVENT AND REVERSE SOME OF OUR LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH AND DISEASE. THE MOVE THAT GIVES CLEAR GUIDANCE NOT ONLY TO INDIVIDUALS BUT ALSO TO THE LARGEST INSTITUTIONAL FOOD SERVICE PROVIDERS AS WE HEARD FROM THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE NUTRITION ASSOCIATION, INCLUDES UNIVERSITIES, HOSPITALS AND OUR MILITARY. FOR THE SAKE OF DECREASING OUR ENORMOUS AND GROWING GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HEALTHCARE COSTS NOT TO MENTION THE ESTIMATED 1 TRILLION PLUS DOLLARS WITH THE CHRONIC DISEASE, WE ENCOURAGE THE USDA AND HHS TO FOLLOW THE DIETARY GUIDELINES ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S REPORT OF RECOMMENDING A MORE PLANT BASED DIET AND LEANING NEEDS AS A FOOT NOTE. WE WILL PROVIDE WRITTEN COMMENTS ONLINE TO FURTHER ELABORATE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> SPEAKER NUMBER 50. DANIEL, NATIONAL PRODUCERS COUNCIL. PLEASE BEGIN. >> I AM DR. DAN, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE CORN PRODUCERS COUNCIL AND STATE ASSOCIATIONS WHO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF AMERICA'S PORK PRODUCERS, THE U.S. PORK INDUSTRY PROVIDES A DEMONSTRABLY SAFE PRODUCT THAT IS APPRECIATED ON A AND INTERNATIONAL TABLES WHILE AT THE SAME TIME SUPPORTING OVER 550,000 MOSTLY WORLD JOBS. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE REPORT OF THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE. PORK IS MAJOR COMPONENT AND THE SOURCE OF PROTEIN IN THE AMERICAN DIET. THERE'S AMPLE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS THE NUCLEOTIDES TRITIVE VALUE OF MEATS AND AM CONSUMERS. AND AND ALL ITERATIONS OF THE DIETARY GUIDELINES AND SUPPORTED THE CRITICAL ROLE OF ANIMAL PROD TEENS PLAY IN THE AMERICAN DIET. THE REPORT OF THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE REACHED A DIFFERENT CONCLUSION. THE FOOD PATTERNS AND DELIBERATIONS TESTED GENERALIZE THE CATEGORIES AND LED TO MISOPPORTUNITIES TO REVIEW THE FULL BREDTH OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTS THE CONCLUSION OF NEED AND THE VOLUNTARY PROFILES. THE ADVISOR COMMITTEES PART OF A LACK OF CONSISTENT DEFINITION OF LEAN MEAT IN THE LITERATURE REVIEW AS A RATIONAL FOR REMOVING IT FROM THE DIETARY PATTERN THAT CHARACTERIZES THE HEALTHY DIETS. YET DID NOT SEEM TO APPLY THE SAME CRITERIA, WHEN IT CITED A RECOMMENDATION FOR LOWER COMSUMPTION OF RED AND PROCESSED MEATS. THESE CONCLUSIONS IF ADOPTED IN THE 2015 ADVISORY GUIDELINES WILL LEAD TO CONFUSION AND POTENTIALLY THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF AMERICANS CONSUMING LESS, A NUTRIENT OF CONCERN FOR MANY IN AMERICA. IN FACT, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A MEAT PRODUCT CAN BE LEAN, RED AND PROKED PROKED--PROCESSED AT THE SAME TIME. THE PORK INDUSTRY OFFERS MANY VARIETIES OF OF HIM THAT WOULD FIT ALL DESCRIPTORS. RESEARCH DOES NOT SUPPORT THAT RED MEAT AS A BROAD CATEGOR SEINHERRENTLY HEALTHY AND IT DOES NOT SUPPORT THAT PROCESSED MEAT AS A BROAD CATEGORY IS INHERENTLY HEALTHY. THE COMMITTEE SEEMS TO CONCLUDE OTHERWISE BASED ON DIETARY PATTERN ANALYSIS THAT CERTAIN FOODS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS. BUT DID NOT PROVIDE AN ANSWER AS TO WHY. WITHOUT THE WHY, WE WOULD BE GIVING NUTRITION GUIDANCE BASED ON ASSUMPTION NOT SCIENTIFIC FACT. WE STRONGLY URGE THE USDA AND HHS CO CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE FULL BREDTH OF RESEARCH REGARDING ANIMAL PROACTIVE TEEN AND THE RELATIONSHIP FOR THE AMERICAN DIETS AS THEY JOINTLY DRAFT THE 2015 GUIDELINES. WE WOULD BE STARTING THE STUDIES SUPPORTING THE NUTRIATIVE VALUE AND ME GENERALLY IN OUR WRITTEN COMMENTS. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER NUMBER 51, FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS. PLEASE BEGIN. >> HI, ELI BRIGS, THE SENIOR GOVERNMENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COULD YOU WANT SCHECITY HEALTH OFFICIALS, I REPRESENT NEARLY 3000 LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF AMERICANS EVERY DAY. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. THE DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR AMERICANS PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO GIVE PEOPLE THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH. PREVENTIBLE RISK FACTORS SUCH AS PHYSICAL INACTIVITY AND POOR DIET HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBESITY EFDEMMIC IN THE UNITED STATES. MANY SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCE THE BEHAVIORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE INCREASED PREVALENCE OF OBESITY. FOOD HAS BECOME DENSER IN CALORIES AND AMERICANS ARE CONSUMING MORE. SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGES ARE THE LARGEST SOURCE OF ADDED SUGARS IN THE DIET OF U.S. USE. THE OBESITY LEADS TO CHRONIC DISEASES, LIKE DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE, THAT LEAD TO SKY ROCKETING HEALTHCARE COSTS. AND AS REFLECTED IN THE SCIENTIFIC REPORT OF THE DIETARY GUIDELINES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, RACIAL, ETHNIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC DISPARITIES AND OBESITY AND CHRONIC DISEASE CONTINUE. PEOPLE NEED ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT NUTRITION AND ACCESSIBLE PLACES TO PURCHASE HEALTHY FOODS WHETHER IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY STORES OR DINING OUT AT A RESTAURANT. WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE DIETARY GUIDELINES ADVISORY COMMITTEES FOCUS OAT BROAD RANGE OF FACTORS INCLUDING POLICY AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACHES THAT IBT--INTEGRATE FLU ENSEL PEOPLE'S DIET AND WEIGHT RELATED BEHAVIORS. THE FINAL REPORT SHOULD CONTINUE TO REFLECT THESE SENSIBLE AND SCIENCE BASED CHANGES TO OUR FOOD ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC POLICIES. WE SUPPORT THE COMMITTEES RECOMMENDATION TO REDUCE COMSUMPTION OF ADDED SUGARS, INCLUDING THE NEED FOR A LIEN ON ADDED SUGARS ON THE NUTRITION FACTS LABEL THAT INCLUDES A PERCENTAGE OF DAILY VALUE BASED ON 10% OF CALORIES AREULOSIS IN A 2000-CALORIE DIET AND FOR AMOUNTS IMPRESES INDEED TEASPOONs AS WELL AS GRANTS. THE COMMITTEE SOME RECOMMEND REDUCING DAILY SODIUM INTAKE TO 2300-MILLIGRAMS PER DAY FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION AND 1500-MILLIGRAMS FORAT-RISK GROUPS. WE SUPPORT THE REPORTS EMPHASIZE ON WHOLE GRAINS AS PART OF A HEALTHY DIET AND USDA AND HHS TO PROVIDE CLEAR ECMENDATIONS TO HELP PEOPLE TRANSLATE THIS ADVICE. WE SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES, TO PROMOTE WATER AS THE PRIMARY BEVERAGE OF CHOICE AND SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION AND POLICY CHANGES TO ENCOURAGE ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER. WE ALSO APPLAUD THE INCLUSION IN THE REPORT OF FIZZICAL ACTIVITY AS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF HEALTH. TWO MANY AMERICANS DO NOT HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN RECOMMENDED LEVELS OF EXERCISE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK TO PROVIDE THIS IMPORTANT TOOL FOR PEOPLE TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH THEIR HEALTH CROSS THE COUNTRY. >> SPEAKER 52. >> ASM IS A SCIENTIFIC PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY WITH MORE THAN 5000 MEMBERS TO ONE DUCT NUTRITION RESEARCH TO HELP ALL INDIVIDUALS LIVE HEALTHIER LIVES. WE NOTE THE IMPORTANT CROSS-EXAMINATIONS OF MANY MEMBERS THAT LED TO THIS REPORT. AND ASM IS STILL REVIEWING THE COMPLEX TECHNICAL REPORT BUT I WILL PROTHE SOCIETIES INITIAL IMPRESSIONS HERE. ASM APPRECIATES THE WORK OF THIS COMMITTEE TO HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANT AREAS WHERE THE RESEARCH IS STILL ADVANCING. AND COMMENCE THE COMMITTEE FOR THE RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED IN THIS TECHNICAL REPORT. ASN SUPPORTS DIETARY GUIDANCE THAT HELPS CONSUMERS TO SELECT NUTRIENT RICH FOODS AND BEVERAGES AS PART OF A HEALTHFUL DIET AND LEADS TO POSITIVE BEHAVIOR CHANGES. ASN SUPPORTS THE DIETARY GUIDANCE THAT IT SHOULD ACCOUNT FOR CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT EFFECT DIETARY PATTERNS SUCH AS SNACKING. ASN RECOMMENDS TO CREATE CLEAR CONSISTENT MESSAGES THAT MOST EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE DIETARY GUIDANCE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. AND ARE BASED ON THE STRONGEST EVIDENCE. FROM OUR INITIAL REVIEW OF THE REPORT, IT APPEARS THAT SOME STATEMENTS WOULD BE CONFUSING IF TRANSLATED DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS WITHOUT PROVIDING CONTEXT OR IF TAKEN IN ISOLATION. FOR EXAMPLE, CHAPTER FIVE AMOUNTS CURRENTLY CONSUMED AS SAFE AND POSES MINIMAL HEALTH RISK WHILE CHAPTER SIX STATES THAT LOW CALORIE SWEETENERS SHOULD NOT BE USED AT THE PRIMARY REPLACEMENT FOR ADDED SUGARS IN THE DIET. THE FIRST STATEMENT ADDRESSES A SAFETY ISSUE, AND THE SECOND PROVIDES A HEALTH RECOMMENDATION THAT THESE COULD BE MISCONSTRUED. THUS, ASN URGES THE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT PROVIDE CLARITY FOR CONSUMERS AS WELL AS FOOD, NUTRITION AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR AMERICANS. ASN ALSO ASSUMES THAT A FOCUS ON CALORIE REDUCTION AND OBESITY PREVENTION WILL CONTINUED TO BE EMPHASIZED. WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT. ASN WILL PROVIDE A MORE DETAILED COMMENT IN OUR WRITTEN COMMENTS. >> SPEAKER 53, NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH, MEAS BEGIN. >> I AM A SENIOR FELLOW AT THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH. OUR RESEARCH CENTER SCRUTINIZES SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL DATA AND PROVIDES OBJECTIVE HEALTH INFORMATION TO PATIENT PROSVIEDERS AND POLICY MAKERS. WE TO STRONGLY AGREE WITH THE REPORT OF A HEALTHY DIET THAT IS ONE THAT IS HIGHER IN FRUITS VEGITABLES, LOW GRAINS LEGUMES, NUTS AND LOWENER RED AND PROCESSED MEATS AND LOW IN SUGAR SWEETENED FOOD FOODS AND DRINKS AND LOWER IN SODIUM. WE URGE USDA AND HHS TO ENCOURAGE ALL AMERICANS TO MAKE HALF THEIR PLATES, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AT EVERY MEAL, PROMOTE POLICIES AND INCREASE CHILDREN'S ACCESS TO VEGETABLES AND SCHOOL MEALS, INCREASE ACCESS TO MORE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN ALL FEDERAL NUTRITION PROGRAMS. WE SUPPORT THE DGAC'S PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE REGARDING MEAT FROM CHOOSING LEAN MEAT AND POULTRY TO LIMIT RED MEAT AND PROCESSED MEAT. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CHANGE BASED ON CLEAR AND CONSISTORRENT EVERYDAYS OF THE LINK BETWEEN COMSUMPTION OF RED AND PROCESSED MEATS AND COLORECTAL CANCER. THIS RECOMMENDATION HAS SIGNIFICANT POETIC ATTENTIAL TO IMPROVE THE COUNTRIES HEALTH AND ALREADY SUPPORTED BY EXPERTS IN THE FIELD. WE SUPPORT THE DGAC'S RECOMMENDATION TO REDUCE COMSUMPTION OF ADDED SUGARS AND CREATE POLICIES THAT ADDRESS THAT OVERCOMSUMPTION. THERE SHOULD BE A LINE THAT INCLUDES THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ADDED SUGARS AND THE TOLLAL AMOUNT OF GRAMS IN SUGARS AND AT A --TEASPOONS. THOSE WHO CONSUMED BETWEEN 10 AND 25% OF THEIR CALORIES FROM ADDED SUGAR HAD A 30% HIGHER RISK OF DYING OF HEART ATTACK OR CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT. THE RISK OF THREE TIMES HIGHER FOR THOSE WHO CONSUMED MORE THAN 20% OF THE CALORIE FROM ADDED SUGAURS. ADDED SUGARS SHOULD BE REPLACE INDEED THE DIET AND NOT JUST REPLACE WIDE CALORIE SWEETENERS AND REPLACED WITH WATER IN THE PLACE OF SOCIETIA OR JUICE. WE SUPPORT REDUCING SODIUM INTAKE TO TARPGET OF 2300-MILLIGRAMS FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION BECAUSE NEARLY 80% OF THE SODIUM WE EAT COMES FROM PACKAGED AND FOODS, AMERICANING WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY REDUCING SODIUM INTAKE UNLESS THERE ARE CHANGES TO THE FOOD AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE. HHS AND USDA SHOULD WORK WITH THE FOOD INDUSTRY TO LOWER AMOUNTS OF SODIUM AND FOOD BY MODIFYING THE CABBED SODIUM LIMITS FOR FOOD. WE SUPPORT THE RECK MONDAYATION THAT AMERICANS SHOULD RELY ON HEALTHY DIETS--RECOMMENDATION THAT AMERICAN HEAT SHOCK SYSTEM RELY ON HEALTHY DIETS, AND NOT SUPPLEMENTS TO LOWER HEART DISEASE AND RISKS. THESE CHANGES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO MAKE AND THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO MAKE IT EASIER BY WORKING WITH REF RANTS AND FOOD MANUFACTURES TO REDUCE SALT AND SUGAR AND INCREASE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN-- >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 54. >> I AM REPLACING SUSAN COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY. I AM A REGISTERED DIETITIAN FROM BALTIMORE. I HAVE NOT HAD MEAT AND DAIRY FROM 30 YEARS, MY PRESENCE HERE MUST BY DEFINITION MEAS A MIRAGE. I COMMEND THE COMMITTEEOT ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE DIETARY PATTERNS ON PLANT-BASED FOODS. I AGREE WITH THE CONCLUSION THAT THE NATION MUST ACCELERATE PROGRESS, YOUR WORDS TOWARD REDUCING PREVALENCE OF CHRONIC DISEASE. I WILL GO ONE STEP FURTHER AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO IT WITH TOPICS IN THE 2002, HUMAN VITAMIN AND MINERAL REQUIREMENTS, THE AUTHORS CLEARLY STATE THAT WESTERN CALCIUM RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GROCERY INFLATED TO COUNT FOR EXCESS LOSSES. THE SUGAR APPROACH SHOULD ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY THAT HEALTHY BONE CAN BE ESTABLISHED AT INTAKES SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS. INDEED THE GUIDELINES REFLECT THAT THE FACT THAT MANY DIVERSE ETHNIC GROUPS WITHIN THEIR POPULATION ORIGINAL FROM HEALTHY NON-DAIRY FOOD CULTURES CONTINUING TO EMPHASIZE DARE NEUROECTODERMAL THE FACE OF SUCH DIVERSITY IS THE AT VERY LEAST DISMISSIVE OF THE DIVERSITY AND FOOD CULTURE ITS REPRESENTS THUS I REITERATE MY PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATION THAT THE DAIRY GROUP BE RENAME THE CALCIUM GROUP. SECONDLY THE SCIENTIFIC REPORT REFRENCHESS THAT LEAN MEET CAN BE PART OF A PATTERN, HOWEVER THE MERE FACT THAT LEAN MEETS CONTAIN FEWER OBJECTIONABLE DIETARY RISK FACTOR SYSTEM NOT SCIENTIFIC CRITERIA TO HEALTHY IT MEANS THAT LEAN MEETS ARE THE BEST OF OF A BAD SELECTION. I REFER TO LEAN MEATS AS DO NOTHING FOODS BAY THAWS DO NOTHING ABOUT THE CHRONIC DISEASES THAT UNDERLIE YOUR SCIENTIFIC REPORT. THEY CONTAIN NO PROTECTIVE FACTORS WHATSOEVER WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF OMEGA THREE FATS. NO FIBBER AND NO PREVENTION OR TREATMENT FOR OBESITY, DIABETES, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, HYPERTENSION AND RENAL ISSUES AND IF MEATS ARE, THERE THEN'S NO COMSUMPTION THAT CAN HELP. GIVEN THE CHRONIC DISEASE STATE OF THE POPULATION, THE GUIDELINES CONTINUE TO SHIFT FROM ATTEMPTING TO RATIONALIZE INCLUSION OF FOODS WHICH ARE SYMPTLY THE BEST OF A BAD SELECTION TO FOODS WHICH ACTUALLY TREAT DISEASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> SPEAKER 55. >> GOOD MORNING, I'M WITH THE SCHOOL OF NUTRITION AND HEALTH PROPROMOTION FOR ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. ON BEHALF OF THE GRAINS COALITION AND THE GRAIN CHAIN WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I FULLY AGREE WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES CONTINUED CALL FOR HALF OF ALL GRAIN INTAKE, COME FROM HOLE GRAINS, ALLOWS AMERICAN TO REAP MULTIPLE HEALTH BENEFITS LEAVING THE OTHER HALF OF DAILY GRAIN INTAKE FOR ENRICHED GRAIN PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE THE UNIQUE BENEFITS, AS A CATEGORY THEY CONTRIBUTE VITAL AND UNDERCONSUMED NUTRIENTS IN THE AMERICAN DIET INCLUDING 44 PORES OF ALL FIBER, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED DISTINCTIVE BENEFITS COMPARED TO FIBER FROM FRUITS VEGETABLES, I THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR THE RECOGNITION THAT WHOLE GRAIN VS A KEY PLACE IN THE HELPFUL DIETARY PATTERN AND LIKE TO CLARIFY POINTS ON TERMINOLOGY. IN THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE ENRICHED GRAIN PRODUCTS SUCH AS WHITE BREAD, POSTA AND TORTILLAS ARE CLASSIFIED REAS FINED GRAINS, THESE ARE PLACE INDEED THE SAME CATEGORY AS REFINED OPTIONS SUCH AS [INDISCERNIBLE] THROUGHOUT THE REPORT, EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON TARGETED REDUCTION OF REFINED GRAINS. BI RATHER THAN REFINED, ENRICHED IS A MORE APPROPRIATE TERM TO DESCRIBE THE GRAIN PRODUCTS THAT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN SEES IN THE GROCERY AISLE. THESE CONTAIN FIBBER AND ARE ENRICHED WITH NUTRIENTS LIKE THYMEIN,NIA SIN, RIBOFLAVIN AND THEY'RE ALSO ESSENTIAL FOR WOMEN OF CHILD BEARING AGE TO HELP PREVENT NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE COMMITTEE CONCLUSIONS THAT HIGHER COMSUMPTION OF REFINED GRAIN SYSTEM LINKED TO HIGHER RISK OF SEVERAL CHRONIC DISEASES. ANDOR NOT CONSIST WENT THE LARGE BODY OF SCIENTIFIC EXPEFDZ REFLECT THE DISCONNECTS IN HOW STAPPLED GRAIN PRODUCTS ARE CLASSIFIED. A NUMBER OF STUDIES NOT CITED BY THE COMMITTEE SHOW NO ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ENRICHED GRAIN INTAKE AND DIABETES OR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. A WEAK RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY MASS INDEX AND ENRICHED BRAIN INTAKE AND COMPARABLE EFFECTS OF WHOLE AND ENRICHED GRAINS AND FACILITATING WEIGHT LOSS. THE REPORT NOTE THAD CONSUMING ALL GRAINS AS WHOLE GRAIN PRODUCTS WITHOUT ANY FORTIFIED WHOLE GRAIN PRODUCTS WILL LOWER THE FOALATE AND IRON INTAKE TO LEVELS LESS THAN ADEQUATE AMOUNTS FOR INDIVIDUAL WHO IS MAY BE AT HIGH RISK FOR INADEQUATE INTAKES OF THESE NUTRIENTS. BECAUSE CURRENT REGULATIONS PROHIBIT THE WHOLE GRAIN FOODS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A BALANCE OF WHOLE GRAIN AND ENRICHED GRAINS IN A DIET. RESEARCH STRONGLY SUGGESTS THAT AMERICANS HEALTH WILL BE IMPROVED FAR MORE BY INCREASING COMSUMPTION OF HOLE GRAINS THEY BY REDUCING COMSUMPTION OF ENRICHED GRAINS. SUCH AS BREAD, CEREAL, POSTA AND RICE ARE AFFORDABLE STABLES OF THE AMERICAN DIET. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. >> SPEAKER 56, MY PLATE, MY PLANET. PLEASE BEGIN. >> I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TASK FORCE, I AM REMETABOLISM RESENTING MY PLATE, MY PLANET FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SCIENTIFIC REPORT OF THE DGAC CALLING FOR LESS MEAT AND MORE PLANTS IN OUR DIETS FOR THE SAKE OF OUR HEALTH AND FOR THE PLANET. THESE ARE GROUPS LIKE CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL GREEN PEACE, LEGAL CONSERVATION, THE NRDC, THE CR, CLUB, HIGHLY CREDIBLE AND IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS WITH MILLIONS OF MEMBERS BETWEEN THEM. THAT'S A POWERFUL SHOW OF FORCE AT WHAT IS A HISTORIC AND POTENTIALLY TRANSFORMATIVE MOMENT. AND IT'S GOING VIRAL WITH #MYPLATEMYPLANET. IT'S BEEN OFF THE SCALE. ALMOST EVERY HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION HAS SIGNED ON TO THE MIGHT PLATE, MY PLANET MESSAGE. THIS LETTER PUBLISHED TODAY IN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST AND PICKED UP ACROSS THE NATION IS BEING SHARED BY MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND THAT'S JUST THE START. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU CLEARLY, THAT AND FORCEFULLY THAT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE INTERESTED AND CONCERNS AND MOTIVATED. IT'S NOT NOW INFORMATION THAT'S EATING A DIET MORE IN PLANTS AND LESS ANIMAL SOURCE FOODS. THE, SCIENCE IS CLEAR THEOOSE NOT NEW INFORMATION THAT AGRICULTURE CREATES ENORM AUSDAMAGE TO OUR ENVIRONMENT. IT'S A MAJOR SOURCE OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, WATER GUZZLER, WATER POLLUTER THIS IS NOT NEW INFORMATION. WHAT'S NEW IS THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME OUR GOVERNMENT ADVISORS, OUR SCIENCE EXPERTS ARE ACT NOTHING GOOD CONSCIENCE AND IT FORMALLY MADE THE LINK BETWEEN ONE IS GOOD FOR OUR HEALTH AND WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. WHO IS GOOD IS THAT ORGANIZATIONS ARE STANDING UP TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. PEOPLE WANT INFORMED CHOICES. AS AMERICANS WE E LIE ON SCIENCE BASED GUIDELINES TO CHOOSE WHO TO EAT AND FEED OUR CHILDREN. THIS WILL HAVE TREMENDOUS CO-BENEFITS TO SOCIETY. TO RECOMMENDATION LESS WITH WHAT IS KNOWN WOULD BE FAILING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SO WE'RE ORGANIZING, AND REACHING OUT TO ALL NETWORKING AND THE MESSAGE BY THE HOUR ONLY WITH THE WEAK OF OUTREACH. IMAGINE THE GROUND SWELL OF VOICES YOU WILL HEAR BY MAY EIGHTH. ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATIONS YOU URGE YOU TO INSURE THAT SUSTAINABILITY LANGUAGE REMAINS IN THE 2015 GUIDELINES. CHOOSE WISELY FOR MY PLATE AND MY PLANET. >> SPEAKER 57, NANCY BECKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND PUBLIC INTEREST. >> PLEASE BEGIN. >> HI, I'M DELIVERING THE FOLLOWING TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF THE NUTRITION POLICY INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CENTER FOR DISCONTINUES IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. A GROWING NUMBER OF STUDIES ESTABLISHED FIRST THAT AMERICAN SINGLE LARGEST DOSE OF ADDED SUGARRA SYSTEM BEVERAGES OR SSBs. SECOND THAT SSBs ARE A TOP SOURCE OF CALORIES FOR CHILDREN TEENS AND THIRD THAT ADDED SUGARS LINKED TO MYRIAD ADVERSE OUTCOMES SO SHOULD WE DISCOURAGE SSB COMSUMPTION. YES? BUT WHAT SHOULD WE TELL PEOPLE TO DRINK, THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE, PLAIN POTABLE WATER. THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES CAN AND SHOULD GIVE REAL PROMULGATEINENCE TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROMOTE DRINKING WATER. FIRST WE RECOMMEND THAT HH& IS USDA EMPLOY STRONG LANGUAGE IN THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES TO PROMOTE PLAIN DRINKING WATERS AS THE PRIMARY BEVERAGE OF CHOICE. SECOND THE INSTITUTE RECOMMENDS THAT A SYMBOL FOR WATER BE ADDED. MY PLATE, THE POWER UFUL AND UCIBOLLOUS TEACHING TOOL IS THE PLATFORM IN WHICH TO ENCOURAGE WATER COMSUMPTION OF THE THE ADDITION OF A WATER SYMBOL WILL ENABLE MY PLATE TO PROMOTE WATER AS FIRST FOR THIRST ALONG WITH OTHER STRONG MESSAGEA HEALTHY DIET. EMPLOY NEXT I WANT TO AUGMENT EARLIER TESTIMONY, BY PUTTING A FEW WORDS ON SAFETY ADDITIVES BY THE COMMITTEE. WE COMMEND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION, THE CHILDREN IS ADOLESCENCE NOT CONSUME ENERGY DRIRVEG ITS HAS REAL COMMITTEES ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON REGINANCE SCHECAFFEINE. THE DATA ON THE RISK OF CAFFEINE AND PREGNANCY COUNTER THE NOTION THAT LOWER MODERATE LEVELS OF COFFEE AND CAFFEINE COMSUMPTION BY REGINANT WOMEN IS SAFE. INSTEAD DURING PREGNANCY IS SOCIETIED WITH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND OTHER ADVERSE PREGNANCY OUTCOMES AND NO IDIDN'TIFIABLE THRESHOLD BELOW WHICH THE ASSOCIATIONS ARE NOT APPARENT. THE COMMITTEE FAILED TO CONSIDER ONE OF THE RELEVANT REVIEWS, 2014 META-ANALYSIS BY CHEN WHICH MAKE THIS IS CLEAR. THIS ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT THE COMSUMPTION DURING PREGNANCY MAY INCREASE LIFIC OF CHILD LEUKEMIA, IT FAILED TO RECEIVE REAL CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE SUBMITTED BY EXPERTS THE FINAL GUIDELINE SHOULD RECOMMEND THAT WOMEN AVOID COFFEE AND CAFFEINE BY THE FDA. THE COMMITTEE IS TROUBLED BY THE COMMITTEE RISK OF ASPER TAME. IT'S THE WIDELY USED SWEATENER, A WELL RESPEC TED LAB IN ITALY ALL FOUND THAT ASPARTAME CAUSED CANCER. THE GUIDE LINES SHOULD NOT REPRECATE THE ERROR OF THE COMMITTEE BUT IT SHOULD DROP THE CONCLUSIONS OF ASPARTAME UNTIL THE INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER CONCLUDE THEY'RE THEY'RE ONGOING WORK. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> SPEAKER 58. >> THE PHYSICIAN'S COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE PLEASE BEGIN. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS DR. ROMANNIAN. I AM A COMMUNITY FAMILY PHYSICIAN FROM MARYLAND AS WELL AS CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF MEDICAL STUDENTS THROUGH GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EMPLOY AS A FAMILY PHYSICIAN I WRESTLE WITH THE BURDEN OF CHRONIC DISEASE, DAY AFTER DAY. PATIENTS COME INTO MY OFFICE AND DOCTORS OFFICES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WITH REVENTABLE DIET RELACES DISEASES SUCH AS OBESITY, DIABETES, HEART DISEASE AND MANY FORMS OF CANCER. I HELP THESE PATIENTS ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASES, BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT SYSTEMIC CHANGE IS NECESSARY. AS RECOGNIZED WITH THE DGAC'S REPORT, A PLANT BASED DIET IS A TOOL FOR COMBATING HEALTH PROBLEMS. HOWEVER I BELIEVE THE DIET AND VEGETABLES WITH NO ANIMAL PRODUCT SYSTEM MORE COMPELLING THAN ANIMAL BASED DIET. A PLANT BASED DIET HAS BEEN MORE STANDARD THIS THE ADA DIET OF C-LEVELS AND WITHOUT THE NEED FOR CALORIE RESTRICTION OR COUNTING. WITH A VEGETARIAN DIET THEY LOTAL CHOLESTEROL BY 11% AND BLOOP BY SIX% RESPECTIVELY. FURTHER MORE ACCORDING TO A VERY RECENTLY RELEASED META-ANALYSIS PUBLISHED BY THE ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETICS, ADOPTING LEADS TO WEIGHT LOSS WITHOUT CALORIE COUNTS OR EXERCISE. THE BENEFITS OF A PLANT-BASED DIET ARE COMPOLING NOT ONLY IN THE CONTEXT OF OUR OBESITY EPIDEMIC BUT ALSO FOR DISEASE PREVENTION, ULTIMATELY DECREASING HEALTH CARE COSTS AND IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF OUR NATION. HOWEVER, THE DGAC LIFTING RESTRICTIONS ON DIETARY CHOLESTEROL RISK DEFINES A PATTERN. I FIND PATIENTS ASKING ME IF THEY CAN EAT AS MUCH CHOLESTEROL LADEN FOOD AS MUCH AS THEY WANT SINCE THE MEDIA HAS TAKEN THIS MESSAGE TO THE MASSES. A PHYSICIANS LIKE ME STRUGGLE TO HEAL OUR PATIENTS AND THE EVIDENT BASED RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE USUAL IN ARMING CURRENT AND FUTURE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS AND INFORMATION. >> IN COLLECTING EVIDENCE FOR THIS REPORT, THEY DEFINED A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIETARY CHOLESTEROL AND BLOOD CHOLESTEROL. TOGETHER THESE ACCOUNT FOR RESUMMITS OF OVER600 INDIVIDUAL STUDIES. SINCE ALL HIGH CHOLESTEROL FOODS ARE ANIMAL DERIVED. THEY CONTAINED MORE THAN CHOLESTEROL, THEY ALSO CONTAIN BEARING AMOUNTS OF SATURATED FAT, FIBER VITAMIN C AND PHYTOCHEMICALS. THE FURTHER INCLUSION OF ANIMAL FOODS INTO THE DIET BY DISREGARDING CONCERN FOR CHOLESTEROL AND POSES A RISK OF-- >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTEDS. >> THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 59. MARRIAN SMITH EDGE, INTERNATIONAL FOOD INFORMATION COUNCIL FOUNDATION. PLEASE BEGIN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M MARRIAN, REGISTERED DIETITIAN IS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR NUTRITION AND FOOD SAFETY AT THE INTERNATIONAL FOOD INFORMATION COUNCIL FOUNDATION. A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH THE MISSION TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE SCIENCE BASED INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTH, NUTRITION AND FOOD SAFETY FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. WE APPLAUD THE DGAC RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE FOOD BASED TOTAL DIET APPROACH, TO HELP MEET RECOMMENDED BIETARY GOALS WHICH TOO MUCH EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE FOOD NUTRIENT, THE IMPORTANCE OF EATING AN OVERALL BALANCED DIET WITH THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF CALORIES ALONG WITH PROPER LEVELS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GET OVERLOOKED. WE BELIEVE THE YEARS OF CONSUMER RESEARCH WILL HELP THE AGENCIES AS THEY DEVELOP AND PUBLISH THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES. THE FOUNDATIONS, 2012 FOOD AND HEALTH SURVEYS VEY FOUND THAT CONSUMERS BELIEVED IT'S EASIER TO DO THEIR AXES THAN TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO EAT HEALTHY. >> PROOF THAT CONFUSION THAT EXISTS. EVIDENCE BASED EDSICATIONAL RESOURCES THAT CONSIDER CONSUMER PERCEPTIONS, MOTIVATIONS AND CHALLENGES ARE NEEDED RATHER THAN LIST OF DIETARY LIMITATION. >> POSITIVE AND ACTIONABLE MESSAGES ABOUT WEIGHT MANAGEMENT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THAT RELATE TO REAL LOAF EXPERIENCES WILL EMPOWER CONSUMERS, TO MAKE HEALTHFUL DECISIONS. THE FLEXIBILITY APPROACH TAKEN WITH THE THREE HEATING PATTERNS TO PROMOTE A HEALTHFUL DIET SHOULD BE EXPENDED TO ALL FORMS OF FOOD WHETHER WHOLE, FROZEN, PAGGAAGED OR CANS. A COMPETITION SORE FREQUENCY AND AMOUNT EATEN SHOULD BE STRESSED RATHER THAN THE LEVEL OF PROCESSING. THE DGAC REPORTS STATES THAT ADDED SUGAR SHOULD BE REDUCE INDEED THE DISCIPLINARY EXPET NOT REPLACE WIDE LOW CALORIE SWEETENERS, THE ALSO REALSO STATES THAT THE GUIDELINES GENERALLY OCCUR THAT ASPER TAME IN AMOUNTS MACHINELY CONSUMED IS SAFE. THESE CONFLICTING RECOMMENDATIONS POSE A COMMUNICATION CHALLENGE. WE HAVE CONDUCTED TWO SIGNIFICANT CONSUMER RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT PERTAIN TO RECOMMENDAISES MADE IN THE 2015 DGAC REPORT, ONE IN FRONT EVER PACK LABELING AND THE OTHER IS LISTING SUGARS ON THE PANEL AND 2010 OUR PACK LABELING FOUND THAT VISIBLE CLEAR ICONS HIGHLIGHTING SPECIFIC NUTRIENTS TO INCREASE IN LIMIT MADE THE INFORMATION SIGNIFICANTLY EASIER FOR ALL TO COMPREHEND AND UNDERSTAND. IN 2014 NFP AND SUGARING RESEARCH ILTRAITED THE ADDED SUGARS AND NUTRITION FACTS. THE DGAC TO DISPLAY THIS ON FOOD LEVELS FAILS TO CONSIDER THE RESEARCH AND SHOWING THE HIGH POTENTIAL FROM THIS INTERPRETATION AMONG CONSUMERS, THE FOBBEDITION PROUD OF THE ROLE ACROSS ALL SECTORS AND STAKEHOLDERS WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR INFORMATION AND WE ENCOURAGE THE AGENCIES TO MAKE THAT THE GID POST OF THEIR ENDEAVORS. >> SPEAKER NUMBER 60. >> COMPASSION AND FARM SUGGEST A INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS MYSELFATION WORKING TO MAINTAIN HUMAN FAIR AND FARMING SYSTEMS. HEADQUARTERED WITH THE UK. THEY HAVE OFFICE IN 10 COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE U.S. WE WELCOME THE DIETARY GUIDELINES PUBLISHED BY THE DGAC, IN PARTICULAR WE WOULD LIKE TO CERTAINTY THE RECOGNITION THAT DIETS LOWER IN ANIMAL PRODUCTS NOT ONLY SUPPORT BETTER HEALTH BUT ALSO CARE BENEFIT FOR GLOBAL RESOURCE USE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. 33% OF THE WORLD HARVEST AND 97% OF THE WORLD SOY MALE IS USED AS ANIMAL FEED. RESEARCH SHOWS FOR EVERY 100-CALORIES WE NEED TO ANIMALS IN THE FORM OF CROPS WE RECEIVE ON AVERAGE JUST 30-CALORIES ON THE FORM OF MEAT AND MILK. A REPORT COLCULATE FIST THE CEREAL FED TO LIVESTOCK WERE USED TO FEED PEOPLE DIRECTLY IT WOULD PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FOOD ENERGY FOR MORE THAN 5.5 BILLION PEOPLE. THE U. K. GOVERNMENT CONCLUDE THE DEMANDS MUST BE CONTAINED ADDING THEY THINKER INCREASE IN THE COMSUMPTION OF MEAT, GRAIN-FED MEAT WOULD HAVE SERIOUS IMPLICATION FOR LAND, WATER AND OTHER INPUT. TWO OF THE LEADING CEREBELLUMS PETTERS AND BY IVEULENT MOUNT OF PRODUCTS, SUCH AS PULSES AND NUT THIS IS WILL RESULT IN A 30% REDUCTION OF THE FOOD RELATED WATER FOOTPRINT OF THE AVERAGE AMERICAN CITIZEN. THE FAO HAS EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT 14.5% OF PROGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS COME FROM LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION. A 2014 PAPER FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, STUDIED THE AVERAGE GHG, MISSIONS WITH THE STANDARD 2000-CALORIE DIET, IT CONCLUDED THE ADJUSTED MEAN GHG EMISSIONS IN KILOGRAMS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENT PER DAY WAS 7.119 FOR HIGH EATERS AND 5.63 FOR MEAT EATERS AND 4.67 FOR LOW MEAT EAT ORS AND 3.1 FOR VEGETARIANS AND 2.89 FOR VEGANS. THEREFORE DIETARY GHG EMISSIONS AND MEAT EATERS ARE APPROXIMATELY TWICE AS HIGH HAS THOSE IN VEGANS. THE AUTHORS CONCLUDE THAD LIKELY REDUCTIONS IN MEAT COMSUMPTION WILL LEAD TO REDUCTIONS IN DIETARY GHD EMISSIONS. COMPASSION BELIEVE THERE IS' AN OVERWHELMING CASE FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT THE GUIDELINES OUTLINED BY THE DGAC, NOT ONLY WILL THIS LIKELY IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF U.S. CITIZEN BUT PROVIDE A TEMPLATE FOR OTHER NATIONS GLOBALLY WHOSE GOVERNMENTS ARE ALSO CONCERNED TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THEIR CITIZEN. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 61. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY I AM REPRESENTING FOR PRODUCERS ACROSS THE WORLD AND THE THIRD GENERATION FAMILY FARMER FROM IOWA I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT I PLAY THE ROLE I PLAY IN FEEDING AMERICA AND INDEED OUR WORLD. AS A PORK PRODUCER I'M PROUD OF THE EFFORTS THAT MY INDUSTRY HAS MADE TO PRODUCE A MORE WHOLESOME NUTRITIOUS AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT. I DO TAKE ISSUE WITH THE BROAD STATEMENTS IN SUSTAIN ACT OF ANIMAL AGRICULTURE. I HAVE SERVED ON A NUMBER OF NATIONAL COMMITTEES, TASK FORCE AND WORKING GROUPS THAT HAVE EXPLORED THE ISSUES RELATING TO THE SUSTAINABILITY. I'VE SPENT YEARS REVIEWING RESEARCH BY A DIVERSE BODY OF--DIVERSE BODY OF EXPERTS IN THE AREA AND I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT TO HAVE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THAT BROAD STATEMENT BUT I SWITCHED TO PREDOMINANTLY PLANT BASED DIET WOULD BE MORE SUSTAINABLE ESPECIAL HEWHEN IT'S NUTRIENT DENNITY IN A FACTOR IN AMERICAN'S DIET. PLEASE NOTE I AM NOT SAYING WE SHOULDN'T HAVE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, IN OUR FOOD SUPPLY. I AM VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE AS PORK PRODUCER VS FUNDED SOME OF THE LATEST RESEARCH INTO THIS WITH OUR OWN DOLLARS AND THAT MY INDUSTRY CAN DEMONSTRATE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR PRODUCTS VENLT BUT I AM SAYING THAT MY KNOWLEDGE IS EXPERIENCE TELL ME THIS COMMITTEE DID NOT HAVE THE EXPERTISE IN THAT AREA OF SUSTAINABILITY AND DID NOT KNOW THE QUESTIONS THAT WE NEEDED TO ASK OR HOW TO ANALYZE THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED. I BELIEVE THAT'S WHY PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE OF OUR FOOD OR PRODUCTION AG AS WE CALL IT HAS NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE PART OF A NUTRITION GUIDANCE. WE SHOULD HAVE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT, AMONG A BROAD SET OF EXPERS IN THOSE FIELDS AND FINALLY AS A WORKING MOM OF THREE, I KNOW FIRST HAND THE CHALLENGES INVOLVED IN FEEDING A FAMILY. I WORK HARD TO PROVIDE MY FAMILY WITH HEALTHY NUTRITIOUS AND AFFORDABLE MALES. LEAN MEAT HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE AS IT DOES FOR MOST FAMILIES. I FEEL CONFIDENCE IN THIS, THE RESEARCH IS EXTENSIVE AND THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF PORK AND WELL'S MANY AMPLE STUDIES THAT ARE FUBBEDDED BY MY INDUSTRY AND THERE ARE MANY THAT ARE NOT FUNDED BY MY INDUSTRY THAT WILL SHOW THAT AS L. MY CHILDREN ARE THE FOURTH GENERATION TO BE INVOLVED IN OUR FAMILIES FARM AND SOON THERE WILL BE A FIFTH. I AM PROUD OF THE LEGACY THEY ARE INHERITING WHICH IS STRENGTHSENNED BY THE WORK WE'VE DONE TO INSURE OUR PRODUCT IS SAFE, HEALTHY AND HIGH QUALITY AND THAT IS APPRECIATED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. I AM PROUD AND I FULLY REALIZE HOW MUCH I HAVE USED THAT WORD TODAY TO BE AN AMERICAN FARMER AND PROUD YOU OF THE PRODUCTS I PRODUCE, THANK YOU FOR MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> SPEAKER 62,. >> AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, CANCER ACTION NETWORK. >> ON BEHALF OF BOTH THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND THE CANCER ACTION NETWORK, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS. THE SOCIETY IS A NATIONWIDE COMMUNITY BASED VOLUNTARY HEALTH ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ELIMINATING CANCER AS A MAJOR PROBLEM, ACS IS A NONPROFIT, NONPARTISAN ADVOCATE OF THE SOCIETY. ONE FOURTH TO ONE-THIRD OF CANCER CASES ARE DUE TO POOR NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND EXCESS [INDISCERNIBLE]. WE'RE PLEASED THE DGAC CONSIDERED SEVERAL COMMON TYPES OF CANCER AT SPECIFIC CHRONIC DEC OUTCOMES. WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE DGAC'S FOCUS ON THE BROAD RANGE OF FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE PEOPLE'S DISCIPLINARY EXPET WEIGHT RELATED BEHAVIOR. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE POLICY REPORT INCLUDE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL AND SYSTEMS CHANGES. AMERICANS WILL THUS BE ABLE TO MEET THE GUIDELINE WHEN IS THEY HAVE THE NECESSARY RESOURCES AND INFORMATION ON TO DO SO AND THE ENVIRONMENT PROMOTE AND FACILITATE HEALTHY ABOUTIVE HAIR ARE PLEASE THAD THEY MAID RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PATTERNS. THERE ARE SEVERAL HEALTHY DIETARY PATTERNS THAT SHARE MANY OF THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDING HIGH IRB INTAKE OF FRUITS VEGETABLES, LEGUMES WHOLE GRAINS AND HEALTHY OILS AND LOWER INTAKES OF ADD SUGAR, SODIUM AND RED AND PROCESSED MEET. WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE COMSUMPTION OF REDUCED PROCESS MEET. THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE DGA WHICH RECOMMENDED CHOOSING LEAN CUTS OF THE INFILTRATE. REGULAR COMSUMPTION OF MEAT AND RED AND PROCESSED MEAT AND INCREASES LONG-TERM RISK FOR COLORECTAL CANCER AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT ALTASD TERNATIVE PROSEEN TOWERSS THAT SHOULD BE EATEN INSTEAD INCLUDING BEANS, NOT SOY, LEAN POULTRY AND FISH. THIS RECOMMENDATION WOULD ALSO PRODUCE RATIONAL FOR HOT DOGS, PEP RONNIE AND PIZZA AND THROUGH THE MALES PROGRAMS AND CART. REGULAR COMSUMPTION OF THESE FOODS IN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN'S LONG-TERM CANCER RISK OF THE GIVEN THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION IS OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE, THEY SHOULD ALSO EMPICIZE THE MAINTENANCE AND HEALTHY WEIGHT GAIN, WE SHOULD REGULATE THE PORTION SIZES WHILE GETTING NUTRIENT NEEDS, GETTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND PROPROLONGED INACTIVITY. AND AND SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGES SHOULD BE SHOWN TO LEAD TO WEIGHT GAIN DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE, IN CLOSING THE DGA POLICY REPORT WILL BE MOST USEFUL IF IT INCLUDES CLEAR ACTIONABLE GUIDANCE IN THREE AREAS. ADVICE TO CONSUMERS AND MEETING UPDATED GUIDELINES ACROSS THE LIFE SPINE, SENSIBLE SCIENCE BASED RECOMMENDATIONS AND CHANGES TO THE FOOD ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC POLICIES THAT SUPPORT AMERICANS MAKING HEALTHIER FOOD AND BEVERAGE CHOICES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SUBMITTING WRITTEN COMMENTS WITH THE DETAILTHE RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. >> PLEASE BEGENERATED. >> THANK YOU, I AM MA RI, I DO NOT REPRESENT POTATOES DAIRY MEET, CORN, SOY OR SUGAR. SIMPLY PASSIONATE ABOUT FOOD, NUTRITION AND OTHER ISSUES IN OUR SOCIETY, I FEEL I NEED TO SPEAK UP. 35 YEAR VS PASSED SINCE THE FIRST GUIDE LINES WERE ISSUED. ASA OF NOW, THINGS DON'T LOOK VERY PROMISING IN THIS YEAR'S COMMITTEES WORDS FEW AND ANY IMPROVEMENT VS BEEN SEEN IN RECENT DECADE. HOW DID WE GET HERE, WHAT ARE WE DOING WRONG AND WHERE AREN'T THINGS GETTING ANY BETTER BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT WE CAN DO BETTER. I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME WE STOP BEATING AROUND THE BUSH AND TALK ABOUT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. THAT'S MAN MATE INDUSTRIAL PROCESSED FOODS OR FOOD-LIKE PRODUCTS. LET US THINK ABOUT SOMETHING, OUR ANSWER HAD TO READ LABELS, WITH MEET, RAW BUTTER AND ANIMALS USED TO LIVING IN DIFFERENT PASTURES THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T HEARD ABOUT THINGS LIKE CALORIES, SODIUM OR SATURATED FAT. NOWADAYS WE HAVE OVERCOMPLICATED SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS FOOD. I COME FROM EUROPE AND I CAN SEE AN AMERICAN NATION SO CONSUME WIDE FOOD CHOICES AND CALORIES, OVERLY CONFUSED WITH A PLETHORA OF KOBT RADICTORY INFORMATION GIVEN TO US BY MEDIA, AND THE FOOD MANUFACTURES, WE HAVE BECOME SO DISCONNECT FRIDAY OUR FOODS THAT WE LITERALLY DON'T KNOW ANYMORE WHAT REAL FOOD IS. WE RELY ON ANYONE ELSE'S RECOMMENDATIONS BESIDES OURSELVES. I THINK WE ALL HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE IN OURSELVES TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR OURSELVES. EITHER WAY, I MEAN WE STARTED WITH READY MADE BREAKFAST CEREALS AS THE NUMBER ONE FOOD TO GET THE NUTRIENTS VERY LITTLE COOK SUGGEST DONE IN HOUSES I FIND AND THE SADDEST PART ABOUT THE FOOD-LIKE PRODUCT SYSTEM THAT WE SRO BEEN MADE TO THINK WE'RE CONSUMING THE HEALTHIEST OF ALL FOODS AFTER ALL THAT'S WHAT THE PACKAGE SEEMS TO TELL US. I URGE YOU TODAY, ALL OF US WHO ARE HERE TODAY, GO HOME AND OPEN YOUR PANTRY AND FRIGE AND READ THE INGREDIENT LIST IN YOUR PRODUCTS. NOT THE LABELS, NOT THE FRONT OF THE PACKAGES AND SEE WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY EATING. IT'S DISGRACEFUL AND DISGUSTING AND IT CAN'T GO ON. IT'S NOT ABOUT CALORIES, IT'S ABOUT WHAT'S IN OUR FOOD AND IT'S CRAZY. NONE OF THIS WAS ACTUALLY PART OF MY SPEECH. [LAUGHTER] >> ONE DOES NOT HAVE TO HAVE APh.D. IN NUTRITION TO KNOW THAT THE CAUSES OF DISEASES ARE RADICAL CHANGES IN OUR LIFESTYLE ABOUT IS THE DISCONNECTEDNESS OF REAL FOOD. FOODS THAT ARE WHOLE, NOTHING ADDED, NOTHING TAKEN AWAY, THE KEY WORDS OF SEEM TO BE ANYTHING NATURE DOES, WE CAN DO BETTER BUT CAN WE AND TO SAY THAT THE DIETARY GUIDELINES MAYBE SO BUT ONLY IF WE FAIL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WATER SHORTAGE OR FOOD SECURITY IN CLIMATE ARE NOT THINGS THAT ARE EFFECTING WHAT WE WILL ABLE TO EAT TOMORROW. >> SPEAKER 65. KELLIE BRYANT INDIVIDUAL. >> HELLO I'M A CERTIFIED DIABETES EDUCATOR FROM OAK OH, WORK IN RURAL AREAS WITH FAMILY WHO IS ARE HAVE LOWER INCOMES AND DEALS WITH HEALTH ISSUES SUCH AS DIABETES AND OBESITY. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK IN THE WIC AND HEAD START PROGRAM AND WITHIN MANY OF OUR NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. THESE FAMILIES ARE NOT UNIQUE TO MY AREA OF OKLAHOMA. THEY NEAR MANY TOWNS AND CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE DIETARY GUIDELINES ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S REPORT FAILED TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THESE FAMILIES AND THE COMMITTEES OVER GENERALIZABLE BROAD RECOMMENDS WILL PUT THE HEALTH AT RISK, THEY WILL ADDRESS CULTURAL SENSITIVITIES AND HERITAGE. I KNOW FIRST HAND PEOPLE WILL NOT SIMPLY GIVE UP A WHOLE CATEGORY OF FOOD THAT IS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF THEIR CULTURE, GUIDANCE MUST ALSO APPRECIATE THE CHALLENGES FACING FAMILIES STRUGGLING TO PURCHASE HEALTHFUL FOOD ON SMALL BUDGETS AND RECOMMENDATIONS MUST RECOGNIZE THAT MANY SPECIAL POPULATIONS LIKE THE ONES I WORK WITH ARE CHALLENGED WITH ISSUES SUCH AS OBESITY AND DIABETES. AND THEY NEED NOTEIVATING REALISTIC RECOMMENDATIONS TO AHELP THEM ACHIEVE HEALTH. ONE EXAMPLE OF THE GENERALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE COMMITTEES REPORT IS ITS GUIDANCE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD LOWER RED MEAT INVITE--MARILYN TAKE WHEN THIS IS NOT SUPPORTED BY SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AND IS NOT CONSIST WENT THE WAY PEOPLE REALLY EAT. THE FAMILIES I WORK WITH WOULD DISMISS LIKE THIS TO LIMIT RED MEAT WHICH IS A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THEIR DIET FOR GENERATIONS. IT'S NOT REALISTIC. INSTEAD GUIDANCE SHOULD HELP THEM CHOOSE LEAN MEAT MOREAIN WHEN A EAT MEAT. IN ADDITION SOUND SCIENCE AND DECADES OF NUTRITION ADVICE SUPPORT THE ROLE OF LEAN MEAT IN A HEALTHY DIET. RECOMMENDATION HEAT SHOCK SYSTEM HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW TO CHOOSE PREPARE AND ENJOY LEAN MEAT INSTEAD OF TELLING THEM TO ELIMINATE MEAT ALTOGETHER. WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH BAM FAMILIES WHO ARE UNDERNEURINCREASE IN BODIED ESPECIALLY WITH IRON DEFICIENCIES WE NEED TO ENKOIRAGE THEM TO EAT LEAN MEAT AND PROTEIN ALONG WITH WHOLE GRAINS, FRUITS VEGETABLES AND DAIRY SO THEY CAN GET MORE NUTRITION AND EVERY CALORIE. GUIDELINE HEAT SHOCK SYSTEM INCLUDE THOSE IN SPECIAL POPULATION WITH A FRAMEWORK FOR HOW TO BUILD A HEALTHY DIET. THE RECOMMENDATIONS GO TOO FOR IN ASEWELLING ALL PEOPLE ACCEPT AND FOLLOW THIS GADANCE. ESPECIAL WHEN IT'S COUNT TORE THE CULTURAL BELIEFS AND LONG STANDING HABITS AND PUTTING THEM AT INCREASED SHODER FAIL. WE SHOULD HELP PEOPLE INJOE A VARIETY OF NUTRIENT FOODS INCLUDING MEAT TO ACHIEVE HEALTH. I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THE NEEDS OFA FAMILIES IN COUNTRY AND DEVELOP GUIDANCE THAT PEOPLE CAN FOLLOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TAME. >> SPEAKER 66. >> I'M KURT, CONSUMER SCIENTIST AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP, NANOG PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT USES SCIENCE AND DATA TO COLLECT MUSEUM MAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT. PUBLIC POLICIES ARE RELL VAPT AT THE AIM ESTABLISHING A CULTURE OF HEALTH AND ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US AT EWG. WITH THIS IN MIND WE HAVE THREE POINTS WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. EWGSTRONGLYB JECTS TO THE COMMITTEE CONCLUSION THAT THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF SEAFOOD COMSUMPTION OUTWEIGH THE RISK OF MERCURY AS WELL AS EPA AND FDA RE, VALUATE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REGNANT OR BREAST FEEDING MOTHERS TO LIMIT ALBA CORE WHITER TUNA INTAKE. METHIC MERCURY AND EXPOSURE AND KAGNITIVE FUNCTION IN CHILDREN. ANOTHER STUDY MADE OBSERVATIONS: ONE THAT MERCURY LEVELS SORRY GULE THAT THE BENEFITS FISH INTAKE IF MERCURY LEVELS WERE LOWER. TWO, THE STUDY FOUND NO SUGGESTION OF A LOWER BOUND SAFE LEVEL THRESHOLD FOR THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF PRENATAL MERCURY EXPOSURE. PRENATAL POINTS ARE CRITICAL AND IN BREAST FEEDING MOTHERS TO CONSUME FISH THAT ARE HIGH IN FATTY ACIDS AND LOW IN MERCURY AND WOULD HELP IN COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT. OUR SECOND POINTS IS THAT THE EWG SUPPORTS THE EMPHASIZE ON LABELING SUGARS, AND A RECENT ANALYSIS OF MORE THAN 80,000 FOODS, FOUND THAT ALMOST 60 % OF THEM CONTAINED ADDED SUGARS. IN 2011 EEWG FOUND THE CEREAL WAS 29% SUGAR BY WEIGHT. THREE YEARS LATER THAT AVERAGE IS NOT MOVING. THE FIRST TEMIN HAPPENING CONSUMERS AND SUGARS IN THE DIET SYSTEM PROPROMOTING IN TABLE D.110. THE COMMITTEES RECOMMENDATION ALONE IS AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD IN QUANTIFYING HOW MUCH IS TOO. THE SECOND STEP IS TO FINALIZE FDAs PROPOSED RULE LISTING SUGARS CONTENTOT NUTRIENT FACT LABELS GIVING CONSUMERS TOOLS THEY NEED, THE CONCLUSION OF FOOD SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS REPORT AND THE STRONGEST SUPPORT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONOT TOPIC. MOVING FORWARDS THE DIET IN HIGH PLANT BASED FOOD SYSTEM A GREAT WOI TO CUT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. HOWEVER ANOTHER IMPORTANT ISSUE IN SUSTAINABILITY, NOT ADDRESSED BY THE COMMITTEE IS THE HUGE ISSUE OF FOOD WASTE. ROUGHLY 20% OF WINDS UP IN THE TRASH, AND EASIEST WAYS CONSUMER CANS REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE FOOD THEY BUY, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> SPEAKER 67, PLEASE BEGIN. >> I'M DR. MARILYN, REGISTERED DIETITIAN WITH OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE AND A CONSULTANT TO THE AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION. A BA REPRESENTS THE NONWHOLIC BEVERAGE INDUSTRY. WE SHARE THE PUBLIC HEALTH'SA OBJECTIVE STRIVING FOR CALORIE BALANCE IN THE AMERICAN DIET. WORKING TOGETHER THEY HAVE INTRODUCED SEVERAL PROACTIVE VOLUNTARY AND ADDRESSIVE INITIATIVES THAT PROVIDE CONSUMERS WITH CHOICE, INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND MOTIVATION TO HELP THEM BALANCE THEIR CALORIES HOWEVER ABA BELIEVES THE AGENCIES MUST INSURE THAT THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES REFLECT THE ORIGINAL CHARTERED PURPOSE TO PROVIDE SCIENCE BASED NUTRITION ADVICE NOT RESTRICTIVE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS SUCH AS SNAP RESTRICTIONS OR MARKING LIMITS, REFLECT THE NEED FOR BALANCE NOT DEMONIZE ANY PARTICULAR FOOD OR BEVERAGE. THEY SHOULD BE PRACTICAL AND ACHIEVABLE IN THE REAL WORLD ACROSS POPULATION GROUPS, THE ACADEMY OF NUCLEOTIDES TRICIAN AND DIETICS STATED ALL FOODS CAN FIT IN THE BALANCED DIET AND MODERATION IS KEY. WHILE OUR INDUSTRY IS HELPING CONSUMERS THROUGH INNOVATION AND PACKAGE SYSTEMS AND LOWER CALORIE OPTIONS, WE STRONGLY FEEL THAT BASED ON SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, NO AND LOW CALORIE BEVERAGES SHOULD ALSO BE REFERENCED ALONG WITH WATER TO HELP AMERICANS REDUCE CALORIES OR SUGARS. FDA AND NUMEROUS REGULATORY AND SCIENTIFIC AUTHORITIES WORLD WIDE HAVE APPROVED NO AND LOW CALORIE SWEETENERS USE INDEED SUCH BEVERAGES AS [INDISCERNIBLE]. A GROWING BODY OF SCIENCE SUPPORTS NO CALORIE BEVERAGES TO ASSIST IN CONSUMERS WEIGHT MANAGEMENT EFFORTS. THE DGAC'S FAILURE TO RECOMMEND NO ASK LOW CALORIE BEVERAGES CONTRADICT SAID ITS OWN FINDING OF EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT WEIGHT LOSS. MORE OVER THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION NOT ONLY RECOGNIZES THESE BEVERAGES AS ACCEPTABLE LOWER CALORIE OPTIONS BUT ALSO AS CRITICAL TOOLS IN DIABETES MANAGEMENT WHILE THE AGENTS SHOULD CONSIDER MODIFICATIONS TO FDA THEY SHOULD INCLUDE LOW CALORIE BEVERAGES IN ADDITION TO WATER TO ASSIST IN ACHIEVING CALORIE BALANCE. AS A REGUARD TO CAFFEINE THESE HAS BEEN CONSUMED FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS AND THE SAFETY FALLS WITHIN THE AGREEMENT. WHILE THE DGAC SUPPORTED COMSUMPTION OF COFFEE BUT DEEMED ENERGY DRINKS A SOURCE OF HIGH CAFFEINE DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY CONTAIN LESS CAFFEINE THAN A SIMILARLY SIZED COVER COFFEE. THEY MUST CONFER SAFETY TO FDA AND COMSUMPTION OF ANY FOOD AND BEVERAGE MODERATION, IN SUMMARY, AGENCIES MUST INSURE GLIDE LINES FOCUS ON HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, THE MYRIAD BEVERAGE AVAILABLE INCLUDING NO CALORIE OPTIONS AND WATER HELP AMERICANS ACHIEVE-- >> THANK YOU FOR. >> THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 68 WITH THE HUMAN LEAGUE. >> MEAT CONCOUCHINGS IS DECLINE NOTHING THE UNITED STATES, AMERICANS ARATING 10% LESS MEAT TODAY THAN I WERE JUST A FEW YEARS AGO--THEY'VE ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION AND THE FUNDING OF HIGH PROFILE INVESTORS LIKE BILL GATES, EVERYWHERE FROM SCHOOL LUNCH LINES VEGETARIAN FOODS ARE TAKING THE SPOT LINE. TIMES ARE CHANGING AND AMERICANS ARE CHOOSING TO MOVE MEAT AND IN MANY CASES DARE SCHEEGGS OFF THEIR PLATE TO IMPROVE HEALTH, LIGHTEN THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT AND SPARE ANIMALS FROM SUFFERING ON FACTORY FARMS. IN IS A POSITIVE TREND THAT'S DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR AMERICAN HEAT SHOCK SYSTEM UNCONDITIONALLY ENCOURAGE THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND RIGHTLY URGE THAT AMERICANS SHOULD CONSUME FEWER ANIMAL PRODUCTS AND LEAN MEETS THAT WERE EXCLUDE FRIDAY THE LIST OF FOODS WHICH WAS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT THE GUIDELINES IS NOT STOPE THERE. THE WELL ESTABLISHED HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS OF CONSUMING CHICKEN, FISH, EGGS AND DAIRY MUST BE MADE CLEAR AND THESE FOOD HEAT SHOCK SYSTEM NOT BE RECOMMENDED. I WOULD LIKE TO FOLK OIS ON CHICKEN AND FAC, IT'S THE FOURTH LARGEST SOURCE OF SATURATED FAT IN THE AMERICAN DIET AFTER CHEESE, PIZZA AND DESSERT ANTIBIOTIC OVERSUES IN POULTRY IS DRIVING THE GROWTHS OF RESISTANT BACTERIA TAKEN--THEY THREATENS TO MAKE OUR MOST LIFE SAVING DRUGS INEFFECTIVE. FISH ALSO CONTAIN UNSAFE QUANTITIES OF AND GLOBAL COLLAPSE OF STOCKS AND ENTIRE OCCASIONER ECOSYSTEMS JUSTIFY THE EXPLICITY EXCLUSION OF FISH AND SHELLFISH FROM THE LIST OF RECOMMENDED FOODS. I AM SURE YOU WILL HEAR OPPOSING TESTIMONY FROM INDUSTRIES CHOUGH PROFIT, WHOSE PROFITS ARE AT STAKE FOR THE SOUND RESEARCH FROM THOSE WHO HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN BUT A HEALTHIER COMMUNITY AND A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT, LINK FORWARD PLANT BASED DIETS. NUTRITION ISSUES, RESEARCH WILL BE A SUBJECT OF DEBATE BUT ONE THING IS CLEAR, NO STUDY HAS EVER LINKED FRUITS, VEGETABLES, WHOLE GRAINS OR LEGUMES OR THE DIETS BASED ON HELPFUL FOODS TO A SINGLE ONE OF THE MOST CHRONIC DISEASES PLAGUING OUR COUNTRY; HEART DISEASE, TYPE TWO DIABETES, CANCERS OTHERS ALONG WITH ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION CAN BE CONQUER WIDE A SHIFT TOWARD PLANT-BASED DIETS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> SPEAKER 69. , FRIENDS OF THE EARTH. >> ON BEHALF OF FRIENDS OF THE EARTH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT FIGHTS FOR HEALTHIER MORE JUST AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD WE COMMEND THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR VISIONARY LEADERSHIP FOR HELPING INSURE ADEQUATE FOOD SUPPLY FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS WE JOIN WITH RINGINIZE IEGZS AND EXPERTS AND SUPPORTING SUSTAINABILITY IN THE 2015 GUIDELINES IN A FULL PAGE ADD FEATURED TODAY IN THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON POST AND POLIT CO. WE ALSO BRING THE FORCES OF MORE 1140 THIS HAPPENED PATHWAY GIVES TIS PATTERY SUPPORTING THE CEREBELLUMS PETTER PANELS CALL FOR A DIT WITH MORE PLANT BASED FOODS AND FEWER ANIMAL PRODUCTS FOR THE SAKE OF THE ENVIRONMENT. THIS REPRESENTS MILLIONS OF MEMBERS INCLUDING CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, JOHNS HOPKINS FOR LIVEABLE FUTURE, FRIENDS OF THE EARTH, CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY, GREEN AMERICA, ORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION AND MANY MORE. SUSTAINABILITY AND THE HEALTH OF OUR NATION ARE DIPLY INTERWINED AS THE SCIENTIFIC RESPORT STATES, LINKING HEALTH, DIETARY GUIDANCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT WILL PROMOTE HUMAN HEALTH AND INSURE CURRENT AND LONG-TERM FOOD SECURE RITE. THIS IS NOT AN CRITICAL ISSUE, BUT MUCH OF OUR RAPID DECLINING WATER SUPPLY IS GOING TO ANIMALS. IT TAKES SIX TIMES AS MUCH WATER TO PRODUCE A GRAM OF BEEF PROTEIN AS IT DOES TO PRODUCE A GRAM OF LENTIL PROTEIN AND BEEF HAS MORE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, AND GIVEN THE LARGE QUANTITIES OF WATER, THE FUEL AND FERTILIZER THAT GO INTO MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTION, SHIFTING PERIODS PLANT-BASED DIETS MUST PLAY A ROLE TO FEED MORE PEOPLE WITH FEWER RESOURCES AND CURVING THE REDUCING AND AIR AND WATER POLLUTIONS. THE SCIENCE IS CLEAR THAT A MORE PLANT-CENTERED LESS RESOURCE INTENSIVE DIET IS BETTER FOR OUR HEALTH. REDUCING AMERICANS MEET COMSUMPTION WOULD SAVE HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND AVOIDED HEALTHCARE COSTS FROM HEART DISEASE, CANCER DIABETES AND OTHER DIET RELATED DISEASES SOCIETIED WITH HIGH MEAT CONSUCH AS EMPLOY HOW FOOD IS PRODUCED HAS A BIG IRMPACTOT ENVIRONMENT. AS A STESK REPORT POINTED OUT MEETING FUTURE CURRENT AND FOOD NEEDS WILL DEPEND ON AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND IMPACTS AND CONSERVED RESOURCES WHILE NEEDING FOOD AND NUTRITION NEEDS SO AS YOUR AGENCIES DEFINE THE TEAM GUIDELINES IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT MORE SUSTAINABLE AND ORGANIC METHODS THAT DO NOT RELYOT ROUTINE USE OF ANTIBIOTICS HORMONES AND CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS ARE BETTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. --I THANK FUR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR ORGANIZATION'S VIEWS. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER NUMBER 70, WILLIAM FISHER INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS. >> I'M DIRECTOR OF FOOD AND NUTRITION AT THE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SPEAKING IN PLACE OF THE IT, FOBBED INDEED 1939, THE INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM COMMITTED TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCE OF FOOD, OUR NONPROFIT SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY, MORE THAN 17,000 MEMBERS FROM MORE THAN 95 TOWNTRYS BRINGS TOGETHER SCIENTISTS, TECHNOLOGIES AND RELATED PROFESSIONALS FROM ACADEMIA, GOVERNMENT, AND INDUSTRY. FOOD SCIENCE AND DECKNOLOGY WILL PLAY INTEGRAL ROLES IN WHICH THE FOOD CHOICES ARE SAFE, NUTRITIOUS AND AFFORDABLE AND PALATABLE. INTEGRATION AND COLLABORATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR NUTRITION IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO IMPROVE THE AVAILABILITY AND NUTRIATIVE QUALITY OF FOODS. THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES REPORTS HIGHLIGHT FOR FOOD SCIENTIST AND TECHNOLOGYSTS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO A DYNAMIC AND RAPIDLY CHANGING FOOD ENVIRONMENT TO PRODUCT FORMULATION, FORTIFICATION AND ENRICHMENT. AS NOTE INDEED THE DIETARY GUIDELINES AND 2015 ADVISORY COMMITTEES REPORT. THROUGH FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DEHAVE SODIUM SATURATED FATS AND TRANSFAT AND SUGARS, AND ADDRESS MANY OF THE SHORT FALL NUTRIENTS SUCH AS CALCIUM AND DIETARY FIBER IN THE FOOD SUPPLY. THEREBY CONTRIBUTING TO THE FUTURE OF HEALTH. WE APPLAUD THE 2015 ADVISORY COMMITTEE BUT NOTE THAT SODIUM, SATURATED FATS AND ADDED SUGARS ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE PRODUCE INDEED ISOLATION. IFT AGREES THAT AN EMPSCIZZ SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE REPLACEMENT ALONG WITH SHIFTS IN FOOD INTAKE AND DIETARY PATTERNS. THE THEY ARE COMMITTED TO EFFORTS SUPPORTING CONSUMERSHIPS, AND AND DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GUIDELINES AND IMPLEMENTATION FROM FOOD SCIENTISTS AND ECNOLOGYS IS CRITICAL THAT EFFORTS CONDITION TO ADDRESS INNOVATION RELATED TO NUTRITIONAL CHALLENGE, FOOD SAFETY, SENSORY APPEAL AND CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE AND FOOD MANUFACTURING INCLUDING TECHNOLOGICAL LIMITATIONS AND CAUSE CONSTRAINT. COLLABORATIONS NUTRITIONISTS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONS AND THOSE IN MANY OTHER DISCIPLINES WILL LEAD TO DIETARY GUIDANCE THAT IS PRACTICAL AND IMPLEMENTABLE. TO INSURE THE GUIDELINES OF PRACTICAL AND REALISTIC, IFT AND MEMBERS ARE READY TO PROVIDE MEMBERS AND FOOD SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AND I.T. AUTHORS THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO ENGAGE FOOD SCIENTISTS AND TECHNOLOGYST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 2020 DIETARY GUIDELINES. THEY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC PRIVATE PROG EXPECT PROGRAMS FOR SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES TO PROVIDE SAFE, NUTRITIOUS AND AFFORDABLE FOOD CHOICES AND ACHIEVE A CULTURE OF HEALTH. >> THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 71. >> THANK YOU FOR PRIDING COMMENTS TODAY, I REPRESENT THE CENTER FOR BIOLODGE AND I ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO HELP THE HEALTH HUMANS AND PLANET BY THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE DIETARY GUIDELINES ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN THE U.S. DIETARY GUIDELINES. SUSTAINABILITY IS A VITAL CONCERN AT THE DIETARY GUIDELINES BECAUSE ONE, DIETARY GUIDELINES AND FOOD SYSTEMS HAVE THE ENORM AUSIMPACTS ON SHORT-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AS WELL AS THE LONG-TERM HEALTH OF AMERICAN FOOD SECURITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. AFTER REVIEWING THE LATEST SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, THE IT CONCLUDE THAD THE DIETARY GUIDELINE CAN AND SHOULD ALINE THE DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS WITH HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY. CONFIRMING THAT THE DIETARY PATTERN HIGHER HAD PLAYER AND ANIMAL IN LOWER ANIMAL BASED FOODS AND ASSOCIATED WITH LESSER IMPACT. MORE PLANT BASED FOOD SYSTEM BETTER FOR THE HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF THE PLANET. RED AND PROCESSED MEAT ASSOCIATED WITH LAND, WATER AND BIODIVERSITY. OUR CURRENT FOOD SYSTEM AND RESPONSIBLE FOR DIG 95 CANT AMOUNTS OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND LAND DEGRADATION AND THE USE OF SERIOUS HEALTH CONCERNS. THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES ARE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE HEALTH, PROTECTING ENVIRONMENT AND ENSURE LONG-TERM FOOD SECURITY BY DISCUSSING SUSTAINABLE EATING IN A MEANINGFUL WAY AND MAKE BEING SUSTAINABLE PLANT BASED OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR A STAPPLE OF THE AMERICAN DIET. IT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR SIGNIFICANT RESPONSES AND DEGRADATION, WATER USE POLLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY, AND AMERICANS EAT MORE THAN TWO TIMES THE GLOBAL, NEARLY TWO TIMES THE DAILY RECOMMENDED INTAKE BY THE FOOD AND NUTRITION BOARD OF THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE. A STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SHOWS THAT NIGHTEROUSOXIDE AND EMISSIONS FROM RAISING LIVESTOCK MAY DOUBLE BY 27, MEAT PRODUCTION STAYS ON THE CURRENT TROUGH TRAJECTORY. AND MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO MEET THE CLIMATE TARGET WITHOUT REDUCED MEAT COMSUMPTION. THE RESEARCHERS NOTE THAT AGRICULTURE AND MEAT PRODUCTION IS THE MAIN DRIVER OF BIODIVERSITY AND MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO CLIMATE EXPHAINCH POLLUTION. THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ADOPTED IN THE FINAL GUIDELINES WILL HAVE IMPACT ON DIET RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION. THIRD THE INCREASE IN POPULARITY, AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD CHOICES SUCH AS GRANITE PRODUCE SHOW THAT AMERICANS UNDERSTAND THE LINK BETWEEN SUSTAINABILITY AND HEALTH AND ARE EAGER FOR GOOD SCIENCE BASED-- >> THANK YOU FOR COMMENTS. >> SPEAKER 72. >> TODAY I WILL BE ADDRESSING THE RECOMMENDATION TO LIMIT ADDED SUGARS BUT FIRST I WANT TO SAY I'M A REBELLINGSTER TED DIETITIAN ON BEHALF OF MYSELF. SECOND I WANT TO APPLAUD THE USDA FOR THE ONLINE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN APPEARED SINCE THE DGAC'S REPORT, TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT ADDED SUGAR TO A MAXIMUM 10% TOTAL DAILY CALORIC INTAKE BUT IT IS ENOUGH TO GET THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TO EXPHAINCH THATTA WHY THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT STATES THAT IT WILL TAKE ACTIONS ON THE PART OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT TO TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN A DIETARY PATTERNS AND LEVEL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO PROMOTE THE HEALTHY GUIDELINES. IN PUBLIC HEALTH THERE ARE TWO OPPOSING THERAPY AND HES, MINIMAL GOVERNMENT INTERENSEL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE PHILOSOPHY. THIS REFERS TO THE FACT THAT SOCIETY MAY SHARE IN THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR A PERSON'S HEALTH. THE MISSION OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS TO INSURE CONDITIONS IN WHICH PEOPLE CAN BE HEALTHY. TO INSURE THIS REQUIRES PUBLIC POLICIES RESULTING GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION, WHAT INTERVENTION IN NOT JUST RECOMMENDATIONS IS THE USDA GOING TO DO THAT IS BOLD, AND PART D CHAPTER SIX, CROSS CUTTING TOP INCREASE IN BODYS, PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCE, THE COMMITTEE INCLUDES IN THE SUGGESTIONS POLICY CHANGES WITHIN IT IS FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SIMILAR TO POLICY AND PLACES FOR THE PROGRAM SHOULD BE CONSIDERED TO PURCHASE HEALTHIER OPTIONS INCLUDING BEVERAGES. PILOT STUDIES USING INCENTIVES AND RESTRICTION HEAT SHOCK SYSTEM BE TESTED AND EVALUATED. SUCH A PILOT STUDY WAS OFFERED BY MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, FORMER MAY OR OF NEW YORK CITY AND REJECTED BY THE USDA IN TWEBT 11. WHILE SUCH A POLICY WON'T EFFECT ALL AMERICANS IT IS A POSITIVE STEP IN HELPING MANY AMERICANS TO HELP IMPROVE THEIR DIET MUCH HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND WRITTEN ABOUT THE COST OF HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES ARE MUCH GREATER COMPARED TO LESS NUTRITIOUS OPTIONS. I WAS AT THE WAL-MART IN NEW YORK IN SUNDAY. SO HERE'S MY SHOW AND TELL THE CONTAINER OF COOKIES WAS A DOLLAR, THIS CANDY 98%. PACKAGE OF FROZEN BROCCOLI 98% AND THE CAN OF BLACK BEANS WITH THE CHOOSE MY PLATE iCONJUST 92-CENTS AND AS CAN YOU SEE HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES DO NOT NEED TO BE SO COSTLY. NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE U.S. DATO TAKE BOLD STEPS BY REALIGNING SNACKS TO SUPPORT AMERICANS MAKING HEALTHIER FOOD CHOICES IN KEEPING WITH THE DIETARY GUIDELINES OF AMERICANS, THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 73, NAKED NUTRITION LLC. PLEASE BEGIB. >> HI AS NUTRITION RESEARCHER COMMUNICATOR AND EDUCATOR I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENT FORS THE CONSIDERATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES. I BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST STRENGTHS OF THE AUDVISERY COMMITTEE REPORT WAS IN RECOGNIZE THANKSGIVING ARE A VARIETY OF DIETARY PATTERNS THAT SUPPORT OPTIMAL HEALTH. DESPITE THE EMPHASIS ON THE VARIETY, THIS IS DELIVERY INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT WAS CONFUSE AND AT TIMES KOBT RADICTORY AND NOT ALWAYS IN LINE WITH THE MOST RECENT CLINICAL EVIDENCE PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO THE DIETARY PROTEIN. THIS WAS MOST EVIDENCE IN THE SOGRY WHERE THE COMMITTEE CONCLUDE THAD A HEALTHY DIET PATTERN WAS HIGHER IN LOW DARE, SEE FOOD, LEGUMES, NUTS, LOW IN MODERATE ALCOHOL, AND SUGARS, SWEETS REFINED GRAINS. ADDING A FOOT NOTE FOR CONSIDERIFICATION ADDING THIS CAN BE PART OF A DIETARY PATTERN. THIS PRIMEAR PRO TEEN SOURCE OF AMERICAN IS PUZZLING. AS RESEARCH SHOWS THAT LEAN MEATS ARE A COMPONENT OF REDUCING DISEASE, THIS WAS ALSO UNFORTUNATE TO SEE IT CHOSE THE USE OF CATEGORIZATION OF FOODS WHICH IS RED MEAT. IT'S NOT DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE THAT A GRILLED PIECE OF SPAM OR TOP SIRLOIN HAVE DIFFERENT NUTRITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS YET BY TELLING AMERICANS TO AVOID RED MEAT WE'RE TELLING THEM TO AVOID BOTH OF THESE FOODS DESPITE PROVIDING MORE THAN 10% OF LEVELS OF NIT-REGENTS ONE OF WHICH IRON WAS LABELED OF A NUTRIENT OF CONCERN BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE NEED BETTER CHARACTERIZATION FOR THESE TYPES OF FOODS. NUMEROUS CLINICAL STUDIES, SUCH AS STEP, ONE, TWO, DIET AND WHETHER A PERSON NEEDS PORK, POULTRY, FISH, BEEF, COMBINATION OF THE FOUR. AS LONG AS NUTRITIONAL CRITERIA OF THESE DIETS ARE MET SUCH AS SATURATED FAT RESTRICTIONS THEN REDUCTIONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ARE SIMILAR. SO THIS SHOWS THAT A VARIETY OF LEAN PROTEIN CAN HAVE A PLACE IN A HEART HEALTHY DIETARY PATTERN. THIS STUDY COMPARED THE CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE ON AGINGS OF THE INCORPORATION OF LEAN BEEF INTO A DASH DIET. THIS YIELDED CONTROLLED CHOLESTEROL FOR LDL, AND DUE TO A CLERICAL ERROR THIS, WAS EXCLUDE FRIDAY THE 2015 EDUCATION EVIDENT LIBRARY DESPITE MEETING KRISTERRIA. I ENCOURAGE THE SECRETARIES TO LOOK AT LEAN MEAT AS SCIENCE DOES NOT WANT THEM TO BE A FOOT NOTE IN THE DIETARY PATTERNS AND ALSO NOT CAUSING GREATER CONSUMER CONFUSION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> SPEAKER 74. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. SECRETARY AND DISTINGUISH MEMBERS OF THE PANEL. I'M A DIETITIAN AND LAWYER AND TODAY I'M REPRESENTING THE COMPANY NUTRITIONAL AND NATURAL PRODUCTS MNP. AND WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THE SCIENTIFIC REPORT OF THE 20 FEIGN DIETARY GUIDELINES ADVISORY COMMITTEE. NNP COMMENDS THE DIETARY GUIDELINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR ITS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT AMERICANS CONSUME LESS ADDED SUGARS IN FOOD AND SUPPORTS THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT AMERICANS SUGAR TO 10% OF THEIR DIET. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL SPUR THE SWEEP DEVELOPMENT OF NEW NUTRIENT DEANS AND INGREDIENTS THAT FOOD MANUFACTURES CAN USE TO CONTINUALLY REDUCE THE LEVELS OF ADDED SUGAR IN THERE, IN THERE PROCESSED FOODS AND OTHER FOODS. AS WELL AS REDUCED THE CALORIC CONTENT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE QUEENS LANDS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES OTHERWISE KNOWN AS DAF F, HAS DEVELOPED A SAFE NATURAL LOW SUGAR LOW SODIUM HIGH POETIC TESSIAM INGREDIENTS THAT'S FREE FROM CHEMICALS AND ADATIVES THAT CAN REDUCE THE AGREE OF SUGARS IN FOOD PRODUCTS. THE PRODUCT QUEEN AS PLATZAP THAT IS LICENSED BY NNP WITH REDUCE THE SUGAR AND JUICES IN YOGURT, DAIRY PRODUCTS, BAKED GOODS AND OTHER PRODUCTS BY 40-50% AND ADDS VALUABLE NUTRIENT SUCH ASY ELECTROLYTES AND OTHERS WITHOUT EFFECTS THE TASTE OF THE FOOD SO THAT THE FOOD CONTINUES TO TASTE SWEET AND DOESN'T EXACT LIKE IT'S REDUCE MODIFIED CALORIES. THE RESULT IS THAT WE HAVE NUTRIENT DENSE FOODS THAT TASTE GREAT AND HAVE LOWER CALORIES. SO THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE TODAY IS THAT ON THE NEAR HORIZON BECAUSE OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE DIETARY GUIDELINES, WE'RE GOING TO BE SEINE SEEING NEW INGREDIENTS SUCH AS PLANTS THAT CAN HELP THE CONSUMER MAKE BETTER DIETARY CHOICES. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER 75, MARK. >> SINCE I'M THE LAST SPEAKER I'M ASSUMING I CAN SPEAK UNTIL 1:00 O'CLOCK, RIGHT? [LAUGHTER] I AM MARK MITCHELL, I'M PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PHYSICIAN AND I CHAIR THE NNA COUNCIL ON MEDICAL LEGISLATION. THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION IS A PREMIER ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING AFRICAN AMERICANS PHYSICIANS AND THERE PATIENTS. WE SUPPORT RECOMMENDATIONS TO INCREASE COMSUMPTION OF FISH AND SHELLFISH, HOWEVER WE'RE CONCERNED THAT THE DGAC DID NOT RECOMMEND RESTRICTION OF TUNA WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN MERCURY AND IT'S EFFECTS ON LOW INCOME PEOPLE. WE'RE CONCERNED BECAUSE 45% OF THE MERCURY IN THE AMERICAN DIET COMES FROM TUNA, 36% COMES FROM CANNED TUNA. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE HIGHER MERCURY LEVELS, THAT THERE ARE HIGHER MERCURY LEVELS AND LOW INCOME POPULATIONS, IN SEVERAL STUDIES THERE AREAZIAN AMERICANS AND AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE HIGHER RATES OF MERCURY POISONING. LOW INCOME PEOPLE OFTEN RELY ON CANNED TUNA, CANNED TUNA IS LOW IN COST AND IT'S A LOW COST, LOW COST SOURCE OF PROTEIN, IT'S READILY AVAILABLE IN NEIGHBORHOODS, LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS, LONG SHELVE LIFE DISTRIBUTED BY THE FOOD PROGRAMS, REQUIRES NO COOKING AND IS CARRIEDOT WIC PROGRAM. HOWEVER, THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES THAT ALSO MEET THOSE GOALS. WIC PAYS FOR CANNED SALMON, SARDINES AND MACKEREL IN MANY STATES. WE DID A SAMPLE OF 60 STORES IN LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND HARTFORD AND NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ATLANTAA, GEORGIA, DALLAS, TEXAS AND FOUND THAT 52 OUT OF 60 STORES IN THE LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD CARRY TUNA AT ABOUT AN AVERAGE OF 30-CENTS PER OUNCE. 50 OUT OF 60 STORES ALSO CARRY SARDINES, 33 CARRIED SALMON, PINK SALMON, AND 26 STORES CARRY MACKEREL AND THE COST OF MACKEREL IS ABOUT HALF THE PRICE OF TUNA. AND PREVENTIVEULOUSLY BEEN LEVELS NOT PREDICTED BY THE MODELS USED BY THE DGAC. SO, WE, TUNA COMSUMPTION, AND THAT WE--THAT THE RECOMMENDATION SHOULD BE BASED ON RECENT SCIENCE ON WHETHER THERE ARE GOOD ALTERNATIVES AND SAFER HEALTHIER ALTERNATIVES WITH HIGH OMEGA THREE FOR AVAILABLE. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> WELL WITH THEY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THOSE WHO PROVIDED TESTIMONY THIS MORNING AND OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED.