The 2015 Dietary Guidelines Are Intended to Confuse the Public and the Press

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) jointly publish the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) every five years (since 1980). The guidelines affect food labels; medical research grants; school lunch menus, which feed more than 30 million children each school day; the Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), which informs the diets of eight million people; and most other public nutrition programs and nutritional decisions. Thus the Guidelines play a major role in determining the foods America produces, buys, and eats, as well as influences the rest of the world.

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VICKI BRETT-GACH is a Certified Vegan Lifestyle Coach and Educator through Main Street Vegan Academy, and a Certified Personal Chef through Wellness Forum Health. Vicki completed training in Nutrition for a Healthy Heart, and earned a Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition through the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies. Vicki is Forks Over Knives Plant-Based Certified, and is a chef with the Plant Based Nutrition Support Group team.

Vicki coaches individual clients, and teaches a variety of heart-healthy vegan cooking classes to groups of all sizes. Connect with Vicki's Ann Arbor Vegan Kitchen blog and on Facebook.

• SLOW COOKER BAKED APPLES
• SALAD WRAPS WITH BEANS AND GREENS
• EASY BUDDHA BOWL
• SHORTCUT BROWN RICE RISOTTO WITH CARMELIZED ONIONS, BUTTERNUT SQUASH, AND BROCCOLI

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