“Let’s be very honest here, the dietary guidelines are not for people”.
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The Texas Cattle Feeders Association (TCFA) had a beef with the proposed dietary guidelines that did not include lean meat as a healthy protein option like years past.
In the “maybe good, maybe bad category”: Though government officials recommend lean meats without saturated fats, red meat is no longer in the doghouse. These guidelines act as a helpful reminder in achieving a balanced diet and a healthier lifestyle that will be far from disease.
They inform everything from food package labels to subsidized school lunches to your doctor’s advice.
Your parents were right to tell you to eat your fruits, especially whole fruits, vegetables and grains, at least half of which are whole grains. Whole grains and seafood, too.
The emphasis on a healthy eating plan is meant to be more consumer-friendly, making it easier for people to use the guidelines, experts said.
“Small changes can add up to big differences”, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
For the first time, the government put a limit on sugar-no more than 10 percent of your daily calories.
The latest guidelines are encouraging the nation’s nutritional policy towards a traditional Mediterranean diet, which focuses more on consumption of fruits and vegetables, nuts and legumes in the taste of olive, nut, canola and soybean oils.
The Guidelines define a standard drink – or a one drink-equivalent – as 1.5 ounces of 80-proof distilled spirits, 5 ounces of wine and 12 ounces of regular beer.
The natural sugar in foods such as raisins, apples, and milk are not considered added sugar.
For a woman eating 2,000 calories a day, that would translate into 200 calories of added sugar – or about the same amount as a can of regular soda.
Although some researchers and health organizations have advocated for even lower sodium limits, others have argued that lower limits could hurt some Americans, including those with heart failure.
Sugar-sweetened beverages make up a large portion of those empty calories.
But critics said the recommendations fall short, and alleged that the USA government had bowed to pressure from meat and dairy interests. The average person eats 3,400 milligrams of sodium a day, and the guidelines say everyone should lower that to 2,300, or about a teaspoon. The guidelines single out men and boys for eating too much protein. The new guidelines delete that lower amount as part of the top recommendations.
But they’ve dropped longstanding advice to limit cholesterol from eggs and other foods in its “key recommendations”. That scientific advisory committee, the suit alleges, relied heavily on egg-industry-funded research findings when it recommended removing cholesterol as a “nutrient of concern” in February.
Saturated fat: Keep to less than 10 percent of daily calories. It’s not just bacon and bologna, but also eggs and poultry. The guidelines aim to reduce obesity and prevent chronic diseases such as hypertension, heart diseases, and diabetes.
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