Low Carb Diet is the Only Way to Meet New 10% Sugar Intake Recommendation

Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended people reduce their overall sugar intake to 10% of their diet.  This is supposed to help lower the risk for certain diseases, such as heart/stroke risks, Type 2 diabetes, etc.

However, they didn't mention carbohydrates are processed in your body as sugar (glucose).  For those who have never had to carb count, this recommendation probably doesn't seem that extreme.  It is. 

A healthy diet should include a variety of grains, fruits and vegetables, dairy products and protein.  I'll give you a food list for one day, along with the grams of carbs:

Breakfast
1 cup 1% milk = 12 gm
1 slice whole wheat bread = 15 gm
1 tbsp. light peanut butter = 6 gm

Lunch
Ham and cheese sandwich on whole wheat bread = 30 gm
Greek Yogurt, Vanilla = 12 gm
Apple, medium = 15 gm

Supper
Shepherd's Pie = 30 gm
Croissant = 24 gm

Seems pretty "healthy" overall, right?  Except there should be about three more servings of fruits and vegetables, and two more grains.  Total carbs (sugar) for this day is 144 gm -- or 35% of my diet.  For one day.  Add a few more pieces of fruits/vegetables in and some grains, and I would be exorbitantly over the recommended daily sugar intake of 10%.

In my estimation, a person would have to eliminate grains, most fruits (sticking to lower carb vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, cucumber) and most dairy products.  Milk has no added sugar, unlike the yogurt, yet it's carb count isn't exactly low at 12 gm/cup.

What WHO is suggesting is virtually impossible without following a low carb/high protein (eg. Atkins Diet) or a Paleo diet.  However, most health experts also say these types of diets aren't "healthy" enough because they may not include enough variety for our bodies to obtain the correct nutrients and that the fat content of the proteins are too high to be healthy.

I think researchers should have to offer proper, healthy solutions before they release these kinds of blanket, impossible-to-follow statements, such as an example of a daily food plan to meet these recommendations.