Tuesday 21 January 2014

What we eat and what we are told to eat: Some surprising differences

This chart linked by barrelstrength compares what Americans actually eat (the blue) with what the USDA says they should be chowing down (the yellow).   We seem to get only potatoes right. Are you surprised we drink more fruit juice and eat more cheese than counselled?  And as barrelstrength points out, most veggies don't make the grade.  Are hundreds of millions of free-choice citizens wrong while some thousands of USDA employees are all in the right?  I doubt it.
  (Original story at Mother Jones.)




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