The Canadian Food Guide under attack.

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    http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/health-canada-food-guide-1.3501318
    Health Canada reviewing food guide, critics demand drastic changes now
    Government says review results coming later this year

    Critics are calling on Health Canada to immediately overhaul the country's food guide to help improve the health of Canadians and address the growing obesity crisis.

    Canada Food Guide — a guide they charge is too deferential to the food industry and fails in its mission to promote healthy eating.

    Fruit juice, for instance, is presented as a healthy item when it is little more than a soft drink without the bubbles," declared the report.

    "Ultimately, this is a guide that is very friendly to wheat and the refining of wheat," he says.

    So what do we eat now?

    It advises making natural and minimally processed foods, mainly plant-based, the basis of one's diet.

    http://www.fao.org/nutrition/education/food-dietary-guidelines/regions/brazil/en/ Food-based dietary guidelines - Brazil
     

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