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Beef has fallen by more than a third. American’s are drinking 42 percent less milk then they did in 1970. Their diets include less sugar than in prior decades but a lot more corn derived sweeteners , while butter consumption is about the same as it was in 1970.
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The first publication of the dietary guidelines for America was released. Since then , the dietary guidelines have become the cornerstone of Federal food and nutrition guidance.
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Over weight business man Horace Fletcher slimmed down and made dieting a pop culture phenomenon with his chewing diet
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America’s sweet tooth peaked.
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Most of the fats we consume are in the form of vegetable oil : soya bean, corn, canola and other oils used as ingredients or in which foods are cooked. Such oils contributed 402 calories on their own to our daily diet in 2010.
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American’s ate an average of 47.9 pounds of chicken a year (2.1 ounces a day), versus 39.4 pounds (1.7 ounces a day) of beef.