Dietary Guidelines - 2010

The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee is beginning the process of review and revision of food guidance for 2010, and the USDA Web link to see some of the comments about what should be done about the American diet is found here. I can see the dairy folks have already filled up the docket with comments about the benefits of dairy in the diet. Here is a comment from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine which encourages the committee to consider the benefits of a plant-based diet:

In light of recent publications highlighting the benefits of low-fat vegetarian and vegan diets, I think that a critically important question in need of an Evidence-based Review by this esteemed committee is, “What role can low-fat vegetarian and vegan diets play in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases, particularly obesity, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer”?

Here is the USDA Web site for the 2010 Dietary Guidelines. Stay tuned for more on this issue from ongoing coverage in The Packer.