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QUICK LABEL LESSON FOR THE DAY:

USDA Organic seal = the product and ingredients are “non GMO.” (Amongst other
requirements).

It’s redundant marketing when manufactures or sales people say a product is “USDA Organic” AND non-GMO.

If you want to avoid GMO’s (not suggesting you should or shouldn’t) then eat USDA Organic and you’ll be good!

Keep in mind “made with organic ingredients” does not mean the same thing as the USDA Organic seal but does mean the manufacture did not use GMO’s. **

** Made with organic** products can’t use the USDA organic seal, but must identify the USDA-accredited certifying agent.
This category must contain at least 70 percent certified organic ingredients (not including salt or water). These products may contain up to 30 percent of allowed non-organic ingredients. All ingredients – including the 30 percent non-organic ingredients – must be produced without GMOs.

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Canada's New Food Guide Nails It. The US is Still in the Dark Ages

Thanks Fooducate for this update!

The Canadian government recently released its 2019 Food Guide, which plays a similar role to the USDA's Dietary Guidelines. In the US, the Dietary Guidelines are updated every 5 years, with the last one published in late 2015. In Canada, it took 12 years since the previous version was released. In the decade plus since, somebody did a great job.

Here are the main points:
Eat plenty of vegetables and fruits, whole grain foods and protein foods. Choose protein foods that come from plants more often.
Choose foods with healthy fats instead of saturated fat
Limit highly processed foods. If you choose these foods, eat them less often and in small amounts.
Prepare meals and snacks using ingredients that have little to no added sodium, sugars or saturated fat
Choose healthier menu options when eating out
Make water your drink of choice.
Replace sugary drinks with water
Use food labels
Be aware that food marketing can influence your choices
Compared to the USDA's guidelines, which are dictated by the interests of food and agriculture lobbies, this is a revolutionary document. For starters, it's short and sweet. The USDA Dietary Guidelines is pages upon pages of drudgery and obfuscation.

Canada's Food Guide explicitly says to replace saturated fats with healthy fats; it tells people to opt for plant based protein sources. The USDA guidelines, shaped in part by the beef industry that it supports, merely says to limit saturated fats.

The USDA guidelines push milk down people's throats, due to the dairy industry's powerful lobby. 3 cups of milk a day? Not it the Canadian food guide. Furthermore, the Canadian guide explicitly says to reduce sugary milk beverages.

In Canada, they figured out that fruit juice is NOT equivalent to fruit, and recommend drinking water instead. In the US, the beverage lobbies are too powerful to let such a recommendation pass.

Last but not least, the Canadian guideline warns consumers about the perils of food marketing and how it can lead to bad food choices.

With the USDA's 2020 Dietary Guidelines set to be published next year, we dearly hope the folks at the USDA are paying attention to our friends from the North.