"I have considered that and I did write to his predecessor but I am also of the opinion that they would have quite a fair bit of explaining and apologizing to do should they admit that their recommendations, since the food pyramid days, were found to be in error. With the elections coming soon, now would not be a good time to admit to any wrong doings. Furthermore, I believe the messaging is clever. Just like what the Government did with the Covid-19 vaccines where they deferred judgement to the WHO, they can likewise do the same thing with food recommendations. We inherited the food pyramid from the US and our MyHealthyPlate is essentially the US's MyPlate. To decry such recommendations is to openly challenge the US; something I think they are not prepared to do, especially over food.
I am however quite confident that he is aware of the growing popularity of the low-carb movement and possibly will wait till it is in a favourable situation to openly endorse it. There have been, though infrequent, media articles suggesting that low-carb is gaining popularity while carefully cautioning anyone keen to do it with proper medical supervision. The irony is that many of our doctors know almost nothing about the efficacy of low-carb for weight loss, mental health, gut improvement, blood sugar management, etc. Many also depend on and regularly consume carbs themselves and the idea of having to cut down on cakes, pastries, ice cream, nonya kuehs, etc is not something they are ready for."
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