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5.02 Junk Science and Our Food

5.02 Junk Science and Our Food. Guidelines for selecting food. Long before the discovery of vitamins and minerals, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published its first dietary recommendations in 1894.

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5.02 Junk Science and Our Food

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  1. 5.02 Junk Science and Our Food

  2. Guidelines for selecting food Long before the discovery of vitamins and minerals, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published its first dietary recommendations in 1894. In 1916, the first food guide, called “Food For Young Children” was published. The author, Caroline Hunt, who was also a nutritionist, divided food into 5 groups: milk and meat, cereals, vegetables and fruits, fats and fatty foods, and sugars and sugary foods. Today we have the Internet, where there is a lot of information about foods and diets. Not all of that information on the Internet is good information on which to base what we eat.

  3. Diet Webster says: Diet is the food and drink regularly provided or consumed Diet is the kind and amount of food prescribed for a special reason

  4. Top Fad Diets in 2009 This chart shows the top 10 daily online searches for diets on Google during 2009. Unfortunately there are a lot of misleading claims about diets on the Internet.

  5. provides timely and objective food and nutrition information for consumers, and health professionals. Credible source of information

  6. Red Flagsfor Junk Science • Recommendations that promise a quick fix • Dire warnings of danger from a single product or regiment • Claims that sound too good to be true

  7. Red Flags for Junk Science • Simplistic conclusions drawn from a complex study • Recommendations based on a single study • Dramatic statements that are refuted by reputable scientific organizations

  8. Red Flagsfor Junk Science • Lists of “good” and “bad” foods • Recommendations made to help sell a product • Recommendations based on studies published without peer review • Recommendations from studies that ignore differences among individuals or groups

  9. Use media to find: Food supplement and diet advertisements Determine if the claims raise a red flag Make a copy of the ad What statements raise a red flag for you? Why would you disregard the claim?

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