What's the Best Nutrition Advice?
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It's following the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. These are seven guidelines
for a healthful diet - advice for healthy Americans 2 years of age or more.
by following the Dietary Guidelines, you can enjoy better health
and reduce your chances of getting certain diseases. These Guidelines, developed jointly by USDA and HHS, are the best, most up-to-date advice from nutrition scientists and are the basis of Federal nutrition policy.
The Dietary Guidlines
Eat a variety of foods to get the energy, protein, vitamins, minerals, and
fiber you need for good health.
Balance the food you eat with physical activity - maintain or improve your
weight to reduce you chances of having high blood pressure, heart disease,
a stroke, certain cancers, and the most common kind of diabetes.
Choose a diet with plenty of grain products, vegetables, and fruits which
provide needed vitamins, minerals, fiber, and complex carbohydrates, and can
help you lower your intake of fat.
Choose a diet low in fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol to reduce your risk
of heart attack and certain types of cancer and to help you maintain a healthy
weight. Choose a diet moderate in sugars. A diet with lots of sugars has too
many calories and too few nutrients for most people and can contribute to
tooth decay.
Choose a diet moderate in salt and sodium to help reduce your risk of high
blood pressure.
If you drink alcoholic beverages, do so in moderation. Alcoholic beverages
supply calories, but little or no nutrients. Drinking alcohol is also the
cause of many health problems and accidents and can lead to addiction.