Op-Ed in the Hill by Representative Andy Harris – The Mandate Is Clear: Flawed Dietary Guidelines Process Must Be Reformed

BY REP. ANDY HARRIS, M.D. (R-MD.), OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 10/02/17 03:25 PM EDT

The nation’s senior scientific body recently released a new report raising serious questions about the “scientific rigor” of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. This report confirms what many in government have suspected for years and is the reason why Congress mandated this report in the first place: our nation’s top nutrition policy is not based on sound science.

In order to “develop a trustworthy DGA [guidelines],” states the report by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM), “the process needs to be redesigned.”

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