Next dietary guidelines should lead with plant-based foods, scientific advisers say

After nearly two years of review and discussion, scientists charged with advising federal health and agriculture agencies on the next edition of dietary guidelines issued their report Tuesday, clarifying the role of food in health promotion and disease prevention. 

It’s not quite food writer Michael Pollan’s famous “Eat food, not a lot, mostly plants” prescription, but it comes closer than the current guidance. The mantra the advisers want Americans to adopt: “Eat Healthy Your Way.”

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