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Researchers ID The 'Real' 5 Food Groups, Southern Fare Included

2012-03-19T12:04:21Z

Everything you thought you knew about the five food groups may be changing soon, according to researchers from the University of Alabama-Birmingham, w...

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Kristin Wartman: Food Industry Would Prefer to Regulate Itself

2011-08-01T16:20:10Z

Food corporations enjoy carte blanche on what they can say about their foods, how and to whom they advertise, and even (to a large degree) the ingredients they choose to put in their foods.

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Kristin Wartman: Infographic: A Real Food MyPlate

2011-06-30T17:34:05Z

By providing clear and accurate guidelines based on real food, Americans can see what a healthy diet really looks like, rather than what an industry influenced diet looks like.

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Andrea Pennington, M.D.: Where The New U.S. Dietary Guidelines Fall Short

2011-03-16T08:13:35Z

In short, the new USDA Dietary Guidelines say to Americans: don't aim too high, you'll probably fail anyway.

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Stanton Peele: Moral Versus Health Scales: Where Do Sex, Smoking, and Drinking Fall?

2011-02-24T14:08:18Z

The United States has had a long, see-saw moral and public health battle over alcohol.

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Chris Elam: Last Week's Amazon #1 Bestseller

2011-02-07T09:34:35Z

Kathy Freston's new book, Veganist: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, Change the World, details the tremendous physical and environmental benefits of a vegan diet in shocking but ultimately affirming terms.

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Susie Middleton: Eating Less is Good, But How About Eating (and Cooking) at Home?

2011-02-02T16:00:47Z

The government's new dietary guidelines recommend that we fill half our plates with vegetables. I applaud the straightforward advice. But what about cooking your own food?

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David Katz, M.D.: New Dietary Guidelines: A Physician's Perspective

2011-02-01T08:06:38Z

Overall, these Dietary Guidelines are more alike than different from their predecessors. In terms of the content changes, I like the new emphasis on obesity and chronic disease prevention/treatment.

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Neal Barnard, M.D.: New U.S. Dietary Guidelines Emphasize Plant-Based Foods

2011-01-31T13:47:14Z

The new guidelines devote two full pages to vegetarian and vegan nutrition, showing exactly how to pull a healthy diet together.

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Judith J. Wurtman, PhD: New U.S. Dietary Guidelines And Why We Still Eat Deep-Fried Butter

2010-10-25T09:20:00Z

It is unlikely that as a country we will be shifting to a healthier eating style anytime soon unless the country goes into a sort of food-lockdown.

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