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If you’ve been diagnosed with hypertension (the medical term for high blood pressure), your healthcare provider may recommend following the DASH diet. DASH stands for dietary approaches to stop hypertension. The DASH diet is an eating pattern that emphasizes heart healthy foods that are known to help reduce blood pressure levels. Your body has many mechanisms in place for regulating blood pressure levels, but factors like genetics, age, diet, and lifestyle choices can also influence your blood pressure. High blood […]
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WASHINGTON — Pragmatism, rigorous science and affordability are among considerations that should be front and center for the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC), according to a range of industry and other groups. Brief comments from dozens of organizations were submitted as video presentations or delivered live virtually for the third public meeting of the DGAC held Sept. 12-13. Directed to a panel of 18 committee members, commenters responded to scientific questions identified by the Department of Health and Human Services […]
WASHINGTON — Roberta Wagner, senior vice president for regulatory and scientific affairs with the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), provided oral testimony today to the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC)—a panel of 20 nutrition and public health experts tasked with providing a scientific report to inform the federal government’s next update to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA). In her testimony, Wagner stressed that 90 percent of Americans do not consume enough dairy to meet dietary recommendations, according to […]
WHO recommends healthy fats, whole-grains in updated food guidelines WHO recommends healthy fats, whole-grains in updated food guidelines 01:12 BOSTON – The World Health Organization has updated its guidance on how much fat and carbs we should be eating with the goal of making people healthier. The new guidance will help to prevent people from gaining weight and reduce the risk of conditions like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and certain types of cancer. The WHO continues to recommend limiting […]
The limit for nutrients is based on the Daily Value (DV), or amount of nutrients to consume each day, and varies depending on the food. The FDA mentioned, for example, that “cereal would need to contain three-quarters of an ounce of whole grains and contain no more than 1 gram of saturated fat, 230 milligrams of sodium and 2.5 grams of added sugars.” Empowering consumers to make better choices The updated definition of “healthy” food by the FDA is a […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a transitional set of guidelines for school meals this month. According to a press release, the guidelines set a path forward from pandemic operations and toward more nutritious meals. Federal regulations set minimum nutrition standards and regulate what schools can and cannot serve for lunch. When the pandemic hit, regulations were waived by the USDA. Primarily because it was near impossible for schools to order food through disrupted supply chains, according to Misty Davis, […]
Adopting a heart-healthy diet isn’t about drastically changing your diet or restricting yourself to “good” foods that you don’t especially like, according to the American Heart Association’s new dietary recommendations. “We recommend that you find a dietary pattern that’s consistent with what you enjoy but is still heart-healthy,” says Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc, chair of the writing group for the AHA statement and senior scientist and director of cardiovascular nutrition team at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging […]
Rather than focusing on individual nutrients or foods, the American Heart Association (AHA) has released guidelines for “overall dietary patterns” to improve heart health. The 2021 Dietary Guidance to Improve Cardiovascular Health has been published in the journal Circulation. It is the first time since 2006 that the guidelines have been updated. “Poor diet quality is strongly associated with an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality. This scientific statement emphasises the importance of dietary patterns beyond individual foods […]
