Rubber, bottled water, pizza rolls want to be called & # 039; healthy & # 039;
Rubber, bottled water, pizza rolls want to be called & # 039; healthy & # 039;
Pizza rolls, chewing gum and bottled water want to play a new role in our diets: foods that can be called HealthY
The United States Food and Drug Administration is renewing its definition of healthy to reflect our changing understanding of the science of nutrition. The momentum is fueling the debate over eating habits and what the new norm should say.
Frozen food- Manufacturers are looking for special rules for "mini meals", citing small pizza rolls and meatballs as examples that could qualify. The gum and bottled water companies say that they should not stop using the term just because their products do not provide nutrients. Advocacy groups and health professionals are also weighing, raising concerns about ingredients such as sugar.
Some say that the word healthy is intrinsically misleading when applied to a single product instead of a general diet.
"The problem is that healthy is relative," said Bruce Y. Lee, professor of international health at Johns Hopkins. Subsistence with broccoli alone, for example, would not be healthy.
The federal standards for the use of the word "healthy" on labels were established in 1994 and established limits on the total content of fat and cholesterol.
Susan Mayne, who heads the FDA's food labeling division, said the definition reflects a decades-old understanding of nutrition and should be updated.
With the renovation, he said that people can trust that the word "healthy" is based on science, unlike many other terms in the packages.
"This is one that federal agencies will support," he said.
NUTTY HEALTH
The government's dusty health definition was examined in late 2015, when the FDA warned Kind that his bars had too much fat to use the term. Kind backed off, saying that the fat came from the nuts.
Since the standard was established more than two decades ago, nutrition experts have established a greater distinction between "good fats" such as those found in nuts and "bad fats," such as trans fats in oils that are partially hydrogenated. , an industrial process that provides food. Longer lifespan
The link between dietary cholesterol and heart disease is also unclear.
The separate dietary guidelines of the US UU., Which are updated every five years, no longer set limits on the total content of fat or cholesterol. They still recommend avoiding trans fats and limiting saturated fats, such as those found in meat and milk. But the link between saturated fats and heart disease is even questioned.
Now sugar has become more worrisome, as some health experts say that our past fear of fat led people to consume products low in fat and high in sugar.
The changing views reflect the pitfalls of nutrition science. Most food studies are based on links between what people say they eat and their health, which leaves the door open to erroneous conclusions. It is more difficult to determine cause and effect relationships.
That is why the effort to redefine "healthy" invites such a debate. After launching the momentum in late 2016, the FDA received more than 1,140 public comments on the issue.
The next step is for the FDA to propose a new definition, which would be subject to another round of public comment. The agency will not say when it expects to establish a final rule with the new definition.
AS A MOMMA USED TO MAKE
"Healthy" was once just another generic marketing term, like "healthy" or "like mom used to do," said Xaq Frohlich, professor of food history at Auburn University.
After a proliferation of products that make claims about health and disease, the FDA establishes ground rules for the word.
"The reason why 'healthy' is receiving attention is because a large part of the American public really wants their food to be healthy," Frohlich said.
But beyond the regulatory definition, what people consider healthy varies. Among the notable dietary tribes of today: Adherents to paleo, gluten-free, organic and vegan diets. Some of his opinions are reflected in comments to the FDA last year.
The Sierra Club wants "healthy" foods to exclude foods made with genetically modified and artificial ingredients. The National Pasta Association wants the option of calling healthy gluten-free pasta. At this time, he says that some gluten-free pastas are up to the requirements of nutrients.
In addition to limiting fat and cholesterol, the current standard requires the presence of a nutrient such as calcium, fiber, iron or vitamin C. It is partly the reason why bottled water and sugar-free gum companies they say they are unfairly excluded from the use of the term.
Richard Mann, a lawyer with the International Chewing Gum Association, said that sugar-free gum does not have any of the nutrients that people are supposed to limit.
"It has no fat, it has no sugar, it has virtually no calories," he said.
Some question whether an updated definition will make a difference. The American Academy of Pediatrics says that companies will probably only reformulate sandwiches to comply with the new rules.
It is possible that companies have added incentives to do so: the FDA is also considering a symbol that would make it easier for people to identify products that meet the new definition.
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The Associated Press Department of Science and Health receives support from the Department of Science Education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
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