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It’s official, MyPyramid is now MyPlate.  I was on hand today for the big unveiling of the nation’s new food icon by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Surgeon General  Regina Benjamin and First Lady Michelle Obama.
For many of us, we knew a plate was coming.

Here is an in-depth guide to the world of nutrition. We cover new developments in both the worlds of traditional and alternative medicine, break them down and help you make sense of your health in general. We focus especially on the impact food has on the body and how that relates to disease.

Sounds like the food pyramid is crumbling — or at least taking a back seat to a new symbol that will help Americans eat right.  On June 2,  the U.S. Department of Agriculture will unveil a new food icon that will replace the current MyPyramid.
If everything

Bad dietary habits are the major causes of chronic diseases today. The good news is that the disease and death caused by it can be prevented. But what is dietary habits and how can nutritions save us? Here, we gather infos to explain the importance of nutrients for good health, how it works in our body, suggestions of foods and supplements to take.Every five years the government assigns a group of experts to scour the latest scientific evidence to help form the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. These experts convened in Washington , DC last week and the meeting was made public via a webinar.  This was the fourth meeting of