Eat real food 2

 (cont'd from yesterday's post)

Johns Hopkins University says that most of the foods we eat--75% of the US food supply and over half the average adult's calories--are ultra-processed. That includes common foods like lunch meats, chips, boxed meals, instant oatmeal, energy drinks. “Many of these ultra-processed foods are intentionally designed by the food industry to be irresistible to consumers . . ." And they succeed. (How hard is it to eat just one chip?)

For the sake of our health, federal nutrition standards have been updated under the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The message they want us to hear is simple: "Eat real food." There's a new food pyramid in town:

It looks different from the old one. In short, we are encouraged to make protein, dairy, health fats, vegetables, fruits the biggest part of our diet, with grains a lesser part: "Prioritize fiber-rich whole grains and significantly reduce the consumption of highly processed, refined carbohydrates that displace real nutrition."

The colorful, bold new website? Built by National Design Studio, of course.

from Eat Real Food