New Dietary Guidelines

Have you heard about the new dietary guidelines released this week? Here's a link to the NPR story. And here's a link to the official government guidelines website. 

Differences from previous guidelines:

• Decrease sugar to less than 12 teaspoons a day
• Make "small shifts"
• Water not soda
• Here's a summary of the guidelines...

Other parts I found interesting: 

• That it highlights meeting people where they are
• Good food sources for Vitamin D (many of us are deficient) 
• Good food sources for Calcium (especially love that MUSTARD GREENS made the list - one of the few non-dairy, non-fortified sources that did)
• A link to the physical activity guidelines
• The Q & A Page
• The recommendation to focus on "nutrient density"
• The Social-Ecological Model

I encourage you to take a few moments and check it out! A huge amount of work has obviously gone into the creation of these resources. Overall, they seem really solid!