It’s time now for our monthly feature called Smart Nutrition. Today, we’ll take a look at the latest Dietary Guidelines recommended by the federal government. Last February, a group of 14 food, nutrition and medical experts on the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee sent a report to the Department of Health and Human Services and the Agriculture Department, with advice about what the final guidelines should be. Well, those final guidelines were released last month, and we thought it would be interesting to examine how many, or how few of those recommendations made its way into the report.
When the advisory committee issued its recommendations last year, Tom talked about it with our Nutrition Diva, Monica Reinagel. She’s back this morning to update us on what is known as the DGA, or Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Monica is a licensed nutritionist who blogs at Nutrition Over Easy, and whose weekly podcasts appear on Quick and Dirty Tips.Com
