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Criticism over Eatwell Plate amid calls for low carb approach - The Diabetes Times
The Eatwell Plate has been slammed in the European Parliament, with the concept of basing diets on starchy foods being branded “misguided”. The guideline says meals should include potatoes, bread, rice, pasta or other starchy carbohydrates, with low or reduced-fat cheese and yoghurt and...
I note thaat this site gets a mention in the article. Alison Tedstone (PHE) puts her oar in too.
Edit to add: Ma;hotrra is behind the Pioppi diet, which is an LC variant of the Mediteranean diet. He has a vested interest in the Low Carb debate. I am following Pioppi myself. The town of Pioppi is where Ancel Keys lived and wrote his treatise on the Low Fat diet.