And these are the new Unified Dietary Guidelines, formed by
the American Cancer Society
the American Heart Association
the American Dietetic Association
the American Academy of Pediatrics
and the National Institutes of Health


Top Health Organizations Issue Unified Dietary Guidelines
(http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Unified_Dietary_Guidelines...)

Eat right and you will live longer. It's a message the nation's top health organizations have each promoted over the years. Until now, however, there have been separate dietary recommendations for the prevention of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension.

"It's what the ACS [American Cancer Society] has been saying all along. The emphasis is on eating a variety of foods, mostly fruits and vegetables, as well as a lot of cereal fibers, with very little simple sugar or high-fat foods, especially animal foods," said Dr. Bloch, who helped lead the effort to publish unified guidelines.

The unified guidelines will likely reduce the risk of many chronic diseases related to diet and physical activity, including heart disease and cancer—the first and second causes of death in the US , Dr. Bloch said.
The guidelines have been approved by the nation's top health organizations: the ACS, the American Heart Association, the American Dietetic Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the National Institutes of Health.


"People want to prevent cancer and heart disease and hypertension and stroke and keep their kids healthy," she said. "People wanted to know, 'What are we supposed to do?'"

According to the guidelines, the easiest ways to accomplish these goals are to:

eat a variety of foods;

choose most of what you eat from plant sources;

eat five or more servings of fruit and vegetables each day;

eat six or more servings of bread, pasta, and cereal grains each day;

eat high-fat foods sparingly, especially those from animal sources;

keep your intake of simple sugars to a minimum.


I found this site online
http://www.theamericandriver.com/driver_services.html and it includes a list of Walmart locations in each state.  A lot of Walmarts now have food sections with produce and healthier foods than might be at food stops.  Some Walmarts even have organic foods.

I'm assuming ordering thru that link will help support the forum?  if so, good to know  

I don't think I could ever become a vegetarian. I love meat too much to give it up. The problem I have with these reports is that they use percentages and not actual numbers which can be misleading. For instance if you compared two groups of 1,000 people and one person had high-blood pressure in the first group and two people had high blood pressure in the second group then you could say that you would be twice as likely to have high-blood pressure if you were in the one group. It's fuzzy math unless they actually state the real numbers.