of death in the United States, accounting for $444 billion in healthcare expenditures in 2010.1, 2 Reducing dietary cholesterol has long been part of the American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology (ACC) guidelines on lifestyle management. Current AHA/ ACC guidelines state that insufficient evidence exists to determine whether lowering dietary cholesterol intake reduces ...

Expert scientific advice to the UK Government has been translated into eight general dietary guidelines, which form the core of population-based dietary advice in the UK and are supplemented by a food selection guide showing the types and proportions of foods needed for a balanced and healthy diet. Data from the Dietary and Nutritional Survey of British Adults were used to identify statisticall...

A former food writer for the New York Times recently described his experience testing out (and being tested by) the US Department of Agriculture’s 2005 dietary guidelines. The Dietary Guidelines recommend a ‘balanced eating pattern’ emphasising adequate consumption of a variety of fruits and vegetables, whole-grain products and low-fat milk while limiting intake of fats and sugars and engaging ...

Medical nutrition therapy (MNT) guidelines acknowledge the need to identify deficiencies of antioxidant vitamins. However, the guidelines contain that such identification is difficult. Thus, there is evidence that available clinical laboratory tests for antioxidant vitamins C and E are not in perspective in clinical practice. Coenzyme-Q(10) and glutathione tests are also available in research l...