Healthy Plates
How the Dietary Guidelines for America come to be and how they stand to impact Americans’ health Fact checked by Ros Lederman Americans have their work cut out for them when it comes to health. The statistics paint a concerning picture, from weight to chronic disease. Diet plays a key role in these patterns, and […]
The Scoop on the New Dietary Guidelines for Americans
For good health, the emphasis is on establishing healthy eating patterns rather than focusing on individual nutrients, according to the new 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs), the federal government’s evidence-based nutritional and dietary recommendations. The guidelines, released in early January, emphasize the fact that your food choices can affect your risk for chronic diseases […]
Breaking up with salt
By Densie Webb, Ph.D., R.D., Environmental Nutrition Newsletter “I love you, salt, but you’re breaking my heart.” This is the plea from the American Heart Association for Americans to pledge to “break up” with salt. Almost 81,000 people have done just that. But, it seems breaking up is hard to do. That’s because salt is […]
