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The release of updated Dietary Guidelines happens every 5 years. This allows improved scientific findings to be folded into the USDA’s healthy eating recommendations. At Guiding Stars, we closely examine updates to these guidelines. We’ll share what’s changed, and how you can fold the new recommendations into your eating patterns.
Last week, we talked about focus foods for nextovers. No matter how good the captain of your culinary starship is, it needs a good team. I took the approach of thinking about your vegetables as your mains, so we’re going to talk about proteins, grains, and seasonings today.
We have many reasons to manage stress, quit smoking and eat a better diet–reducing our blood pressure is just one of them. Unless you are checking your blood pressure regularly, you may not even know that it is rising. Over time, our blood pressure can creep higher and higher–possibly without any symptoms–until it is chronically elevated, which we refer to as hypertension.
Back in the eighties, INXS was a pretty cool band, right in the middle of the MTV explosion; they were right on target, maybe too much so: “Don’t change for you, don’t change a thing for me…” This band’s moniker, looking back, seems to identify the theme of the present also. Maybe the timing of their success can be looked at as a turning point, or maybe a tipping point in the success of the conscious-less profits of over portioning.
These days, many of us spend a staggering amount of time gathered in front of screens – whether it’s the TV, computer, cell phone or iPad – instead of spending quality time with one another, outside or reading a book. As you can imagine, the amount of time spent in front of a screen instead of making healthier choices like exercising or simply spending time with loved ones can take a toll on all of us.