10 Things You Need to Know About the New USDA Guidelines

We break down the dietary guidelines update into 10 easy changes you can make right now.
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Dietary Guidelines from the USDA

The USDA just released a document outlining new eating guidelines for Americans. But just what do these guidelines mean and how can we incorporate them in our everyday eating habits?

We break it down for you and provide recipes that will help you eat healthier in 2011.

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athome4kids wrote:

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1/18/2012 09:21:14 AM Report Abuse
Lisasully wrote:

I agree we need to just eat natural healthy foods. NO GMO's, organic or garden grown foods. Not processed, modified or altered. My four kids are considered "thin" but hey are normal sized kids that eat a healthy natral diet and exercise (play) like all coulds should. This low fat, low sugar or sugar substitutes and GMO's are a huge contributor to long term health issues and over 80% of the foods on the shelves have Genetically Modified Organisms. SAD

4/14/2011 01:43:25 AM Report Abuse
teenytinyx1 wrote:

Well seeing that we do not have anywhere near the digestive system of a cow ! My children of which I have 6! Do not drink cows milk (and we raise beef cattle on our farm)! They drink Silk ! None of my children are over weight and hardly ever get sick ! I don't so much think that the weight problem has to do with milk as much as the lack of exercise children get now a days ! Take your kids outside to play and don't feed them processed food ! They will be healthy !

4/14/2011 01:35:58 AM Report Abuse
mattnniksmom wrote:

The problem with the low fat and fat-free dairy us that most product made with them usually have excess amounts of sugar and sodium which I have begun to beleive are worse for you than the fat. We've seen a dramatic increase in developmental delays in children. A recent study OSU show that autistic kids that were given cholesterol showed a dramatic decrease in symptoms. Most kids are not getting the essential good fats that they need. Let's quit messing with nature.

4/12/2011 03:14:36 PM Report Abuse
oehley wrote:

The USDA guidelines are misleading and downright dangerous. See the Weston A. Price Foundation's comments regarding the new guidelines here: http://www.westonaprice.org/abcs-of-nutrition/1950-comments-on-the-usda-dietary-guidelines

4/12/2011 11:52:01 AM Report Abuse
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