The USDA's (United States Department of Agriculture) Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion released the federal government's official 2010 update to dietary recommendations. It was the first update since 2005. The new guidelines can be found at DietaryGuidelines.gov.
The Executive Summary of the report made the following specific recommendations to help the country deal with it's current obesity and overweight epidemic:
- Prevent and/or reduce overweight and obesity through improved eating and physical activity behaviors.
- Control total calorie intake to manage body weight. A fat reduction review can help you build a clear describe of what you require to focus on to complete your fat burning objective if you're a rookie; or serve as a reminder for those who are at an intermediate or more improve phase of their weightloss plan. Promptly after are seven steps that can serve as instructions for your special weight loss program. The first thing that one must understand is that losing weight and losing fat is not the same. Many weight loss plans have fooled people into thinking that it is the same, but most diets and weight loss programs only work by producing a person's body to eliminate more muscle flesh and water than actual body fat, more help please visit The Fat Loss Factor. For people who are overweight or obese, this will mean consuming fewer calories from foods and beverages.
- Increase physical activity and reduce time spent in sedentary behaviors.
- Maintain appropriate calorie balance during each stage of lifechildhood, adolescence, adulthood, pregnancy and breastfeeding, and older age.
In addition to these "key recommendations," the report also urged Americans to follow these other guidelines:
- Limit sodium (salt) intake to a maximum of 2300 milligrams (mg) if under the age of 50, and to 1500 mg if older than 50 or suffering from hypertension, diabetes, or kidney disease.
- Limit calories from saturated fat to less than 10% of calories consumed.
- Limit dietary cholesterol to less than 300 mg per day.
- Severely limiting or removing dietary trans-fats (such as any sources of hydrogenated oils).
- Recuce sugar intake.
- Limiting foods that contain refined (not whole-grain) flours, making special efforts to avoid foods that combine refined flours, refined sugars, sodium, and hydrogenated oils.
- Limiting alcohol consumption to one drink per day for women and two drinks for men, if alcohol is consumed at all.
- Increase consumption of fruits and vegetables.
- Choose low fat or non-fat options when consuming dairy products.
- Eat a variety of protein sources, and try to increase the amount of seafood portion of protein intake.
- Replace solid fats with oils whenever possible.
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