Many Americans believe firmly in the notion of better health through better eating. What bothers them is the specifics: Just how much of what foods, for example, are they supposed to be consuming? Last week, in a massive new report by the National Research Council, the public received the best answer yet. The 1,300-page document, titled Diet and Health: Implications for Reducing Chronic Disease Risk, sets forth the most comprehensive and detailed set of dietary guidelines ever.
By following its recommendations, says the report, the American people could cut by at least 20% the risk of developing coronary heart disease, the...
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