Twice each decade the fed releases updated dietary guidelines for Americans. A lot of science–and unfortunately a lot of politicking–usually goes into this joint effort between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services. But this year’s effort, released Jan. 12, looks pretty good.
Get ready to start packing in the plant food: the new recommendation is nine, count ’em, nine servings of fruits and vegetables daily. That sounds huge but apparently boils down to two cups of fruit (four servings) and two and a half cups of vegetables (five servings) per day.
I haven’t read the entire document but am working my way through now.
If you’re interested, visit the dietary guidelines page, from which you can read the entire document or executive summary or download either document in pdf form.
