Updated once every five years, the Obama administration released the latest version of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The latest recommendations promote a diet rich in a variety of vegetables, fruits, grains and protein sources. The guidelines were formed by recommendations from the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee—composed of prestigious researchers in the fields of nutrition, health, and medicine, and by consideration of public and federal agency comments.
Though meats were feared to be in committee’s crosshairs, the 2015-20120 Dietary Guidelines for Americans say eating lean meat is still OK and Americans do not have to cut back on eggs and sodium as it was earlier suggested. Sugar, particularly added sugars, received the rougher treatment from the committee. A new recommendation suggests a healthy diet limits added sugars to less than 10 percent of daily calories, or about 200 calories a day.