Raw Veggies vs. Cooked for Heart Disease
Fruit and vegetable consumption is associated with a lower risk of heart disease. But which is more protective—raw or cooked?
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Dietary Guidelines: It’s All Greek to the USDA
Unlike the United States, where the agriculture department is the lead agency on formulating dietary recommendations, other countries such as Greece rely on their health department. What do their dietary guidelines look like?
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Dietary Guidelines: The First 25 Years
How have the Dietary Guidelines for Americans evolved over the years since they were first issued in 1980?
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Dietary Guidelines: Just Say No
What happens when the twin mandates of the USDA—to both promote agribusiness, and protect our nation’s health—come into conflict?
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Dietary Guidelines: USDA Conflicts of Interest
The mission of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is to promote agribusiness. At the same time, the USDA is the agency primarily tasked with developing the nutrition guidelines.
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Dietary Guidelines: Corporate Guidance
Nearly 2,000 comments were submitted to the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Watch what the Sugar Association, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, and the chewing gum company, Wrigley’s, had to say.
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Calculate Your Healthy Eating Score
Rate your diet on a scale of 0 to 100 using the phytochemical index, and compare your score to the Standard American Diet.
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Mercury in Corn Syrup?
Fifty different brands of high-fructose corn syrup-containing foods were tested for mercury.
