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If you’re a regular visitor to this site, you generally know what you should be eating. Our team of doctors recommends eating plenty of vegetables, fruits, lean protein, and whole grains. We also recommend some low-fat dairy, and this is pretty much in line with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommendations, too.
When it comes to nutrition, there is very little gray area in what separates a healthy diet from an unhealthy diet.
What Americans Are Bringing to the Checkouts
But it’s clear that very few Americans actually follow this advice. How do I know? Because I wake up every day, walk down the street to go shopping, and find myself in the public arena. I see countless people who are overweight or obese. I see jam-packed fast food restaurants and I see people lining up at the checkout counter of the grocery store with frozen pizzas, chips, donuts, pastries, sauces spiked with sugar, and soda.