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Nutritional Guidelines
Over the Years
Going for the 3 Increases: Increase in Health, Increase in
Happiness & Increase in Energy
Strategies for
Success in Weight
Management
By: James J. Messina, Ph.D.
1916 - Caroline Hunt Diet
Five Food Groups
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meats & other proteinrich foods (2 to 3
servings + 1 cup milk)
cereals & other starchy
foods (9 servings)
vegetables&fruits (5
servings a day)
fatty foods (9 servingsone tablespoon each)
sugars (10 servings one tablespoon each)
1930s - H.K. Stiebeling Diet
12 food groups
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milk (2 cups a day)
lean meat, poultry
&fish (9 to 10 servings
a week)
beans, peas and nuts
(1 a week)
eggs (1 a day)
flours and cereals (as
desired)
leafy green and yellow
vegetables (11 to 12 a
week)
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potatoes & sweet
potatoes (1 a day)
other vegetables &
fruits (3 a day)
citrus fruits &
tomatoes (1 a day)
butter(no specification)
other fats(no
specification)
sugars(no
specification)
1940s - Basic Seven Foundation
Diet - Seven food groups
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green&yellow
vegetables (1 or
more servings)
citrus fruits &
tomatoes (1 or more
servings)
potatoes & other
vegetables & fruits (2
or more servings)
milk & milk products
(2 or more servings)
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meat, poultry, fish,
eggs, nuts, beans &
dried peas (1 to 2
servings)
bread, flour and
cereals (every day)
butter & fortified
margarine (some
daily)
1956 - Basic Four Foundation Diet
Four food groups
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milk & milk products
(2 or more servings)
meat, fish, poultry,
eggs, dry beans *
nuts (2 or more
servings)
fruits & vegetables (4
or more servings)
breads & cereals (4
or more servings)
1979 - Hassle-Free Diet
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Added another group
to the Basic Four:
fats, sweets &
alcohol (moderate
use)
1980 - 2000 Dietary Guidelines for
Americans
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The basis for the
Food Guide Pyramid,
which was first
unveiled in 1992, the
Dietary Guidelines
for Americans are
revised every five
years by the
U.S.D.A.
Future Dietary Guidelines
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What will it be?
No Fats, Some Fats
Bad Fats, Good Fats
No carbs, All carbs
No proteins, All
protein
Who Knows
Just wait and see
What to remember
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Calories in gives us
the fuel to energize
our day
Calories out are the
calories we burn
each day
It does not help us to
eat more calories to
become a slave to a
nutrition guideline