#dietary-guidelines

#dietary-guidelines

Thanksgiving comes only once a year. So even if you typically aim to eat a well-balanced diet, helping yourself to a scoop of buttery mashed potato casserole or a generous slice of apple crumb pie on the year's biggest food holiday isn't only OK, it's an important part of the celebration. Holiday foods often carry family traditions and memories, and enjoying them is one way we honor those connections.

Krauss's research shows that saturated fat is relatively neutral compared with what scientists have believed in the past. His studies have shown that reducing saturated fat intake is only beneficial if you replace it with the right things. Replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats, like olive oil and polyunsaturated fats from other plant sources can really improve metabolic health and reduce heart disease risk, but that's not saying that saturated fat is necessarily harmful.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent the past six months working fast to embed his Make America Healthy Again creed into American life. Over the summer alone, he has struck deals with some food companies to phase out some petroleum-based food dyes, waged a war against pediatricians over COVID-19 vaccines for young children, seemingly toyed with the idea of shipping fresh food to Americans in " MAHA boxes," and pledged to reboot the nation's dietary guidelines from scratch. I spoke with the Atlantic staff writer Nicholas Florko, who reports on health policy, about how the MAHA-fication of the country is coming along.

Canned jack mackerel contains around 550 milligrams of calcium per 170-gram serving, in addition to being a great source of vitamins D and B, as well as iodine.

Sugar may be satisfying, but it provides empty calories. Its overconsumption is linked to multiple health issues, prompting health authorities to recommend reductions.