Carmel, CA Healthy Eating Guidelines By The Agriculture Department To Go Green

An advisory panel for the Agriculture Department is recommending not only that you be told which foods are better for your health, but how good they are for the environment.  This would be a first effort for the Agriculture Department to truly go green.  When new guidelines are released, they are expected to push harder than ever for more fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains and other plant based food.  The beef and some agriculture industries are up in arms about the potential recommendation as they are likely to have an extremely negative impact on their businesses.  A dietary pattern higher in plant-based foods and lower in animal-based foods is “,more health promoting and is associated with lesser environmental impact than is the current average U.S. diet,” says a draft of an Agriculture Department report which was leaked to the press.  There’s likely to be quite a bit of controversy surrounding this report prior to its release.  However, it’s unlikely that the beef business will be able to get the report buried.