Dietary Guidelines For Americans

"Healthy diet and lifestyle are the keys to preventing and managing cardiovascular disease," states American Heart Association.

Diabetes: To help you tackle the issue better during the winter season, The American Diabetes Association (ADA) issued new guidelines that included some useful dietary suggestions as well.

The dietary guidelines are issued every five years by the Agriculture Department and the Department of Health and Human Services. Let's take a look at this year's guidelines.

Added sugars in foods should make up less than 10 per cent of daily calories, said US government dietary guidelines issued Thursday that for the first time urged specific limits on sweets.

When an expert federal panel concluded earlier this year that drinking five cups of coffee a day can be part of a "healthy lifestyle," even hinting that coffee is good for you, the announcement prompted a glut of headlines extolling the national habit.

American kids consume an insane amount of sugar - often double or triple the federal recommended dietary guidelines - and these empty calories are often blamed for everything from obesity to hyperactivity in the schools. What happens when we take it away?

U.S. dietary guidelines have long recommended that people steer clear of whole milk, and for decades, Americans have obeyed. But...

"Healthy diet and lifestyle are the keys to preventing and managing cardiovascular disease," states American Heart Association.

Diabetes: To help you tackle the issue better during the winter season, The American Diabetes Association (ADA) issued new guidelines that included some useful dietary suggestions as well.

The dietary guidelines are issued every five years by the Agriculture Department and the Department of Health and Human Services. Let's take a look at this year's guidelines.

Added sugars in foods should make up less than 10 per cent of daily calories, said US government dietary guidelines issued Thursday that for the first time urged specific limits on sweets.

When an expert federal panel concluded earlier this year that drinking five cups of coffee a day can be part of a "healthy lifestyle," even hinting that coffee is good for you, the announcement prompted a glut of headlines extolling the national habit.

American kids consume an insane amount of sugar - often double or triple the federal recommended dietary guidelines - and these empty calories are often blamed for everything from obesity to hyperactivity in the schools. What happens when we take it away?

U.S. dietary guidelines have long recommended that people steer clear of whole milk, and for decades, Americans have obeyed. But...