Can We Trust Our Dietary Guidelines? (Part 1: Before the Pyramid)

The U.S. government has been making nutrition recommendations for well over 100 years. More recently, however, people have started questioning these guidelines, with concerns around the influences of big food and big agriculture. Social media is ablaze with cries of corruption and deception. Health professionals are being called into question, as are the real motives behind these health recommendations. So join us, two Registered Dietitians, as we kick off a three part series dedicated to answering the question: Can we actually trust the Dietary Guidelines for Americans?

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Things we talked about and additional reading: 

• Farmer’s Bulletin (1894) – Foods: Nutritive Value and Cost 

• Farmer’s Bulletin (1917) – How To Select Foods

• The Basic 7 Art – Eat The Basic 7 Every Day! 

• The Basic 4 Art – Food For Fitness 

• Mulligan Stew: The Flim Flam Man (1972)

• Hunger in America CBS Documentary (1968) 

• Dietary Goals For The United States (1977) from George McGovern’s Committee 

• First Edition of Dietary Guidelines For Americans (1980)

• The Food Wheel Art (1984) – View on our IG 

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