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What are the dietary guideline recommendations?

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Elizabeth B. Rahavi, RD
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<font><span>Since she was in high school preparing replicas of her favorite restaurant meals at home, Elizabeth B. Rahavi, RD, has enjoyed eating and learning about food. In college at Texas Woman's University she turned her passion for food into a career by achieving a B.S. in Nutrition and Institutional Administration. Elizabeth moved to Washington, DC and successfully completed a professional dietetic internship with Sodexho. In December of 2004, she became a registered dietitian and is now an active member of the American Dietetic Association and the Institute of Food Technologists. Elizabeth is currently employed at the International Food Information Council (www.ific.org) where she monitors and analyzes nutrition information in the media and tracks trends in coverage.  She also authors and co-develops nutrition materials that are used to educate health professionals, scientists, and others about the barriers and motivators that play a role in helping people achieve more healthful lifestyles. Elizabeth is an accomplished public speaker and presenter, having presented nutrition information to US and International audiences. In her free time, Elizabeth enjoys being outdoors and recently completed her first marathon.
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What are the dietary guideline recommendations?

 

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Host: What are the Dietary Guideline Recommendations?

Elizabeth Rahavi: The Dietary Guideline Recommendations are really defined to the consensus about nutrition and health. And they are the basis that health professionals use when talking to consumers about what types of nutrients should be in your diet. For dietary fats they used to say that low fat diets are best, but really the scientific consensus has moved on that and a moderate fat diet is what is recommended. This means that your diet should contain anywhere between 20% to 35% of calories from fat. Along with the amount of fat it also distinguishes between the types of fats in your diet. You have probably heard a lot about saturated and trans fat, but you probably haven't heard a lot about unsaturated which are the ones you should be consuming more of.

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