Small Shifts to the USDA Dietary Guidelines
By Michael DregniThe recent updates to the USDA nutrition guidelines recommend lowering sugar and alcohol intake and opting for breastfeeding over infant formula.
The recent updates to the USDA nutrition guidelines recommend lowering sugar and alcohol intake and opting for breastfeeding over infant formula.
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Research suggests that the USDA's protein recommendations intake may be too low for most active people.
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The Environmental Working Group updated their Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 lists of conventionally grown produce for 2016 — with a new fruit topping the chart.
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The latest update of official government food advice offers new direction on sugar and cholesterol intake.
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Some would like us to believe we’re wasting our money on organics, but the weight of their argument appears a bit . . . skeletal.
British research reignites the debate over the link between dietary sodium and disease.
Here’s what you need to know regarding the food industry’s influence on what we hear about nutrition.
Looking back on the year’s food trends, a food writer names a few that she hopes will quickly fade into history.
We’re all being told to reduce our sodium intake. But some experts argue that we aren’t getting the whole story — about why salt may not be the killer we’ve been told, and where the real dangers may lie.
Believe it or not, the answer is an unequivocal NO! It is well known that studies funded by the industry or conducted by researchers with industry ties tend to favor corporate interests, but it seems to be even worse. In 2005, a researcher argued quite convincingly in a scientific journal, that most published scientific research... Read more »
These days, frankly, if you’re not at least a little concerned about your health, you’re probably not paying attention.
Every five years the government issues an updated version of its guidelines for healthy eating. We asked some clued-in nutritionists to help us evaluate its latest confounding effort.
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