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Healthy Eating Plate on the most recent scientific studies and is not influenced by food industry lobbyists.

Q: What do food industry lobbyists do? A: They try to influence the US Congress to pass laws and regulations favorable to the industries they represent. Sometimes there is a revolving door between former members of Congress and the industries they are supposed to regulate, with industries hiring them after their congressional term is up. Then, when they leave those jobs, they often run for Congress again.

Why Harvard’s Healthy Eating Plate Is a Superior Nutrition Guide In 2011, nutrition experts at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and editors at Harvard Health Publications created the Healthy Eating Plate to address deficiencies in the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) MyPlate. The following paragraphs highlight the advantages of the Harvard Healthy Eating Plate. Whole grains are one-fourth of the plate. Choose whole wheat, barley, wheat berries, quinoa, oats, brown rice, and foods made with them, such as whole wheat pasta. Avoid white bread, white rice, and other refined grains that metabolize quickly, raise blood sugar, and cause spikes in insulin, which can lead to heart disease and diabetes. Healthy proteins are one-fourth of the plate. Choose fish, poultry, beans, or nuts—sources of protein with other beneficial

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