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Readers, I come to you in a state of dietary chaos.

When I first shared my journey with you last month, I was full of optimism. I had embarked on a new life of plant-based eating and had retooled my diet to mainly include fruits, vegetables, tubers, whole grains and legumes. I eschewed meat, dairy products and highly refined foods like bleached flour and refined sugar.

Revamping your diet is a major undertaking, but my resolve was strong. I wanted to eat healthier, improve my digestion and avoid eating animals for moral reasons.

And it was going great. I hadnt had any meat since Dec. 27. Dairy was mostly out and my greatest hits included regulars such as garbanzo beans, rice, spinach, tomatoes, spaghetti squash, carrots, oatmeal, grapes, mushrooms, whole grain bread and potatoes.

Over time, my digestion improved, my skin glowed, my confidence soared. For the first time, I had changed my diet for health and not because of a desperate attempt to lose weight. I felt empowered. I felt so free that I actually went to True Blue Tattoo and bragged about my new life to artist Jason Garcia while he gave me that fabulous feather and inkwell tattoo that Id wanted for decades.

Food was no longer my enemy. Life was sweet. I was so swept up in my victory that I decided to take on my biggest nemesis yet: Diet Coke.

For decades, Diet Coke has been a big part of my life. I generally drank six to eight cans a day. When I went plant-based, I knew Id eventually have to tackle my addiction, no matter how hideous the detox. So I finally went cold turkey.

It was horrendous. Sometimes the headaches woke me out of a deep sleep, but I had anticipated that and wasnt surprised. What I hadnt expected was the massive sweetness void left behind by the lack of soda.

Suddenly, all I wanted to do was eat. Not eat something eat everything. The sweeter, the better.

Girl Scout cookies called to me, and I answered. Ice cream beckoned and cake soon followed. I dumped SweetN Low in my tea and then ate some more junk.

I gained three pounds. My skin grew dull. I dont even want to talk about how bloated I felt.

Eager to get back on track, I turned to Jessica Pearson and Beth Barnett-Boebel with Path Nutrition. The best thing to do was drink lots of water, get enough protein and fats, ditch the SweetN Low and stop beating myself up.

Youre absolutely not a loser, Pearson answered after I labeled myself as such. Please be kind to yourself. This is a lifestyle change.

People switch their eating habits for lots of reasons. Asking yourself why youre embarking on a new diet helps people figure out whats important to them, Barnett-Boebel said. The sooner people start making healthier choices, the better, she added.

I know not every 25- or 30-year-old wants to think about what theyll be like at 60, but its important, she said.

These days, Im actually feeling great. About two weeks after I quit Diet Coke, my energy skyrocketed. I wake up earlier and am more alert. Im more focused, and its not such a struggle to concentrate later in the afternoon. Im on the other side of my post-soda cravings.

But Im a skeptical person. I hadnt expected this setback, and while Ive clawed my way back, Im feeling less confident in my long-term resolve. All I can do is keep plugging along, stick to my convictions and thank God that Girl Scout cookie season is finally over.

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Just like the varied dishes you might find at restaurants and in dining rooms across the country, the choices that make up the diet of Americans are wide.

According to surveys by market research firm Harris Interactive, about 8 million Americans eat a vegetarian or vegan diet, opting to eat no meat, fish and other animal products. Millions more have cut out red meat, opting for chicken or fish as sources of protein.

The majority of eateries at Duke offer vegetarian or vegan meal options or dishes that can be easily adapted. Favorites include The Commons, The Divinity Caf, Sprout or Tandoor at West Union and Earth Fare at The Marketplace.

Consuming a plant based or vegetarian diet may help lower risks of developing certain diseases, since this type of eating emphasizes foods that are rich in fiber, vitamins and other nutrients, said Toni Ann Apadula, a dietitian with Student Health Nutrition Services. Just eating less meat can offer protection against disease.

Whether trying a Meatless Monday or exploring new dietary options, use these insights from Duke staff to see how vegetarian choices might work for you.

Eating vegetarian turned into a realization that I could grow my own food, so after college I started a home garden and went from vegetarian eating to also focusing on sustainable eating. Along with the benefits of saving money and eating healthier, I was feeling better. I realized I was eating real food for the first time in my life.

Doing it in a tiered system by taking small steps to eating less meat can be an easy transition. Two of my favorite recipes are for eggplant meatballs, which uses eggs and eggplant as the meat, and zucchini boats, where you cut a zucchini in half and fill it with lasagna filling.

Becky Hoeffler Program coordinator, Sustainable Duke Vegetarian for 7 years

I think the single biggest thing you can do to help the environment is to not eat meat. It can be an amazing benefit to the world because meat is a big contributor to putting carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

There are lots of meat substitutes. You dont need to stick to the idea of taking the standard American diet and put in exact substitutes to make something taste good. Its normal with Indian, Mexican and Chinese food to have different vegetarian dishes. Most restaurants now make their own veggie burgers. Pick some vegetables you like and some peanuts and make a stir-fry with tofu. There are so many choices, youd be surprised how little time is spent missing meat.

Marc Maximov Continuing education coordinator, Center for Documentary Studies Vegetarian for 20 years

Where I grew up in North Carolina, vegetarianism meant a lot of baked potatoes or some salads with cheese in them, but when I came to Durham to go to college at Duke, I was in paradise. The first time I ate a Cosmic Cantina burrito, I think I wept with joy.

The key to finding new vegetarian foods you like is practice. Go out and try different things and then look up how to try it yourself. You dont always have to follow recipes to the letter. Theres a whole world of delicious foods you could eat instead of the same old, tired piece of chicken. Try vegetarian curry with sweet potatoes or a stew with lentils.

Your life is richer in experiences when you expand your diet. Why not just try it?

Sarah Rogers Program coordinator, Franklin Humanities Institute Vegetarian for 19 years

Want to learn more about balancing your diet and how to cut down consumption of meat? Visit ChooseMyPlate.gov, which offers a variety of information to support a healthy diet.

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Food entrepreneur Neil Grimmer wants Americans to stop bingeing on fad diets.

Instead of pulling a New York Times bestseller diet book off the shelf and giving it a go, people need to understand there may be an answer locked inside of them, Grimmer says. Weve just lost the ability to listen.

With the help of a $32 million investment from Campbell Soup , Grimmer founded Habit, a San Francisco nutrition startup selling a $299 at-home test kit, which crunches a persons unique biological data to produce individually tailored food recommendations. I believe the future of food is highly personalized, Grimmer says.

The Habit test aims to discover how the body handles carbs, fats, and proteins by asking users to fast for 10 hours and then consume a dense, nutrient-rich shake. Habit then uses blood samples and DNA from a cheek swab to glean details on glucose levels and obesity-related genes, among other factors that could affect metabolism. Resultsstored on a secure, cloud-based serverare emailed after a few weeks, and a customer gets one of seven different habit recommendations.

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Grimmer is a protein seeker, meaning he needs to eat more protein and consume fewer carbs, according to Habit. The test said he is also lactose intolerant and has issues processing caffeine.

Meanwhile, I lucked out genetically. Habit says Im a range seeker. Roughly 50% of my daily intake should come from carbs, 30% from fat, and 20% from proteina fairly balanced diet. I have no issues with lactose or caffeine.

On top of the revenue generated from the test, Habit also sells nutritional coaching sessions and a meal-kit service tailored to an individuals biology. My meals would be filled with ingredients like lentils, salmon, raspberries, and almondsall recommendations based on what my gut can process effectively. Thats a different approach from trying a trendy diet like South Beach or Paleo in the hope of shedding some pounds.

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Grimmer has been on a personal foodie quest since going vegan as a teen. He later leaned on carbs to fuel training as an Ironman triathlete, but his diet veered toward extremes. In 2007 he cofounded Plum Organics, a fast-growing childrens food brand that was later sold to Campbell Soup for $249 million.

While running Plum to make healthy foods for kids, including his two daughters, Grimmer gained 50 pounds. After seeking out a personal nutrition assessment, he followed a food plan based on his own biology and shed 25 pounds within six months.

Habit, he says, is a way to democratize that process: When we look back on this period of time when we thought we should all eat the same things, we will view that as the dark ages of nutrition.

A version of this article appears in the March 15, 2017 issue of Fortune with the headline "Digital Diet."

In the magazine version of this article, we misspelled Neil Grimmer's name. We have corrected the spelling in the online version. We regret the error.

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In late February, Dr. Salim Yusuf, a prominent cardiologist, gave a talk at the Zurich Heart House, circulated on YouTube before it was pulled. Citing observational data of his own, Yusuf asserted, after noting that he has no expertise in nutrition, that in effect, everything we know about diet and cardiovascular disease is wrong.

He told the world that eating fish is neutral, eating vegetables useless, and that heart disease rates go down as meat-eating goes up. If only he had recommended smoking cigarettes, the bizarre, surreality of it would have been complete enough to rival that famous scene in Sleeper.

Of course, this is wrong and strangely, for a researcher who has written many times on matters of epidemiologic methodology, wrong at the level of Epi 101.

Yusuf was citing observational data across many countries. The sine qua non of interpreting such data reasonably is the avoidance of the ecological fallacy, in which A and B both happen but are true, true, and unrelated.

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For instance, there is much less Ebola where there is more 4G LTE cell phone service, and more Ebola where cell phone service is poor, patchy, or absent. This, of course, is not because 4G LTE cell towers protect against the Ebola virus, but because Ebola is endemic in poor, rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa that lack such towers. There are innumerable examples of similarly nonsensical associations.

Sticking with only the most obvious of rebuttals: meat is a very small part of the diets in poor countries. As countries become more affluent, they can afford, and sadly for the health of people and planet alike generally choose to eat more meat. But affluence doesnt just procure meat. It also procures medicine, and technology. Countries that eat more meat have more cardiologists to prescribe drugs, and perform angioplasties; they have more cardiothoracic surgeons doing coronary bypass procedures.

One obvious way to confirm or refute the merit of cross-sectional data is to look for change over time in those very behaviors in a given population, and then ask if the results were as predicted.

Cultural transitions in both India and China have shifted traditional, plant-based diets to more meat-centric, Western type diets, and rates of chronic disease in general, diabetes and heart disease in particular, have skyrocketed. These massive examples, alarmingly on display for all the world to see, belie Dr. Yusufs conclusions.

So does a study, just published in JAMA, which looked at dietary components associated with mortality in the U.S.

Controlling carefully for other relevant variables, this study reaffirms the associations long backed by the weight of scientific evidence and sense alike: increased risk with highly processed foods, and reduced risk with vegetables, fruit, nuts, seeds, and fish.

We actually know some things about diet and health. These days, that view is often attacked as defense of dogma. But truth is not dogma; its just true. Its not dogma to defend heliocentrism against excessive scriptural literalism; it is irrefutable fact. And though many fewer accept it as such, so is evolution by natural selection. So is climate change. Scientists throughout history have at times died defending truth objectionable in their day, and the forces that burned them at the stake were the forces of dogma.

I presume we can agree that when zoos give meat to the lions and eucalyptus leaves to the koalas, it is not in the service of dogma.

Rather, it actually is possible to know some things based on consistent observation and sensible interpretation in context. We know what to feed dogs and dolphins, porcupines and penguins and tropical fish accordingly. We have the same bounty of observational information about Homo sapiens.

We have data from randomized trials, too, showing again, and again, and again much the same thing. Across populations and places around the world, decades and generations and research methods; diets rich in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, lentils, nuts, and seeds and plain water for thirst lower rates of chronic disease and premature death, and diets lower in these and higher in meat, soda, and processed foods do the opposite.

The defense of this contention, which enjoys the support of a global whos who in public health, owes nothing whatsoever to dogma but rather is richly informed by data. It is a defense against dogma, a defense of both science and sense where they converge in a veritable sea of supporting sources.

Those of us defending what we truly do know about diet and health generally need not fear being burned at the stake these days for our pains. But since diet and lifestyle are the leading determinants of years added to or taken from lives, and life added to or taken from years there certainly are lives at stake in this debate. For that very reason, science and sense must prevail.

Dr. David L. Katz;www.davidkatzmd.com; founder, True Health Initiative

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What, if anything, can we do in our own personal lives to possibly hold cancer at bay? Martha Teichner has some food for thought:

Chef Eric Levines Eureka! moment about healthy food came with his fifth cancer. Yes, hes beaten cancer five times.

That moment came on the best and worst day of his life. Hours after chemotherapy and radiation, barely able even to stand up, he competed on the Food Network show, Chopped.

In the middle of it I had that, like, moment of clarity where I thought, You know what? I could win this competition, and I could beat cancer, he told Teichner.

He did win. But his doctor told him, change the way you eat -- or die. So far hes lost 65 pounds.

So the relationship of food to health and wellness, its massive. I didnt get it, he said.

Now he wants everybody to get it. He sneaks healthy dishes like a stuffed acorn squash onto the menu at his N.J. restaurant.

When things are jammed down your throat, people resist, Levine said.

What you eat has tremendous bearing upon preventing or treating cancer and other diseases.

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What cancer patients eat matters. Mary-Eve Brown, an oncology dietician at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, told Teichner, Its been reported that two out of three people, when they show up for that very first oncology appointment for treatment, are already suffering nutritionally -- theyre undernourished or malnourished.

One patient, Jack Appelfeld, had about a quarter of a cup of chicken noodle soup. It went, as he put it, terrible. Because he was so malnourished, Appelfelds chemotherapy session had to be cancelled.

Any time that we hold treatment, that has impact on survival, said Brown. Thats how powerful nutrition is during your cancer treatment.Badly enough that Appelfelds scheduled chemotherapy had to be cancelled.

So, is there evidence that food can actually cause cancer?

Theres a relationship between high-fat meats and certain types of gut cancers, said Brown. Theres even a bigger body of evidence about obesity and cancer, female cancers, pancreas cancer.

Dr. Margaret Cuomo has produced a documentary and a companion book, both called A World Without Cancer.

Teichner took a spin around Dr. Cuomos local supermarket on Long Island. Her advice: Eat the rainbow. We want to eat a variety of colorful vegetables and fruits, Dr. Cuomo said. The anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatory qualities of the vegetables and fruits were seeing here today are those elements that are going to help us reduce the risk for cancer, diabetes and other diseases.

Dr. Margaret Cuomo (with correspondent Martha Teichner).

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So says Cuomo, but there is some debate about the role of specific foods in cancer prevention, even organics. Still, shes a believer and says consider organic. But if you gasp at the price, buy as much as you can afford. Its important that you eat the vegetable, so if you cannot get them organic, youre gonna eat the vegetables regardless.

And heres something you may not have thought about: We want to keep to the periphery of a supermarket, she said.

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Why? Because the healthier foods are going to be located there.

She says fill your cart with fruits and veggies, like tomatoes, peppers, oranges, broccoli, kale, collards, cabbage.

And try green tea. Green tea is known to have catechins, and that has a powerful anti-cancer effect, she said.

And what does all that look like on your dinner plate?

You want two-thirds of that plate to be consisting of vegetables, whole grains and fruits, with one-third of it protein, Dr. Cuomo said. That protein can be a bean -- black beans, chick peas, lentils. It can be a lean protein, like fish or poultry.

Teichner asked, And what do you say to people who say, I hate all that stuff?

Learn to like it, Dr. Cuomo laughed. Its good for you!

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Though the care for and concern about teeth has a long history, the modern practice of dentistry has its roots in the 18th century, and quickly developed the century after that. No Neanderthal had a dental plan, and we should be thankful. Thats because a recent study of Neanderthal teeth gives us a glimpse of what life was like tens of thousands of years ago. The results, published in the journal Nature, give us unique insights into, as the authors put it, our closed known, extinct hominin relatives.

UK archaeologist Keith Dobney, at the University of Liverpool, and palaeomicrobiologist Laura Weyrich, at the University of Adelaide in Australia, co-led the study. They examined the plaque from jawbones taken from three separate Neanderthals who lived in Europe around 50,000 years ago.

Though we have some indications of how Neanderthals and our ancestors interacted, including interbreeding, we know very little about the Neanderthals themselves. Testing was performed on three specimens. One was found in Spy Cave in Belgium and the two in El Sidrn Cave in Spain. Researchers performed genetic testing on calcified plaque or calculus, found on the teeth. What they discovered was that Neanderthals were highly adaptable. Their diet varied considerably, depending upon where they lived.

The Belgian Neanderthal ate a meat-heavy diet, likened to that of polar bears and wolves. Researchers found traces of mouflon or wild sheep and wooly rhinoceros. Besides these animals, the bones of mammoths, reindeer, and horses were found inside the cave. This jives with previous research, which has shown that Neanderthals were highly carnivorous. However, it wasnt strictly meat. There is some evidence that they may have eaten wild mushrooms, and other plants too.

Spy cave. The Belgian excavation site. Getting Images.

Those found in Spain ate not a trace of meat. A diet of pine nuts, mosses, tree bark, and mushrooms, suggest that they gathered vittles from the forest for their supper. While this might sound like a placid existence to some, its important to note that evidence of cannibalism was found at the Spanish cave site. Whether this was due to some sort of religious ritual, a case of dogged survival during a time of famine, absorbing the warrior spirit of a rival, or for some other reason, remains a mystery.

Belgian Neanderthals occupied a large grassland, filled with grazing animals, while the Spanish group lived in a heavily forested region. Performing genomic testing on the remnants of microbiota or oral bacteria, that once inhabited these hominids mouths, indicated their diet. Over 200 species were identified, which means this study may garner results for bacteriology as well.

Micro-wear analysis on the teeth also gives us clues as to what they ate. The diet consumed depended on food availability. An analysis of starch granules found in the dental calculus suggests that plants may have been an important part of the Neanderthal diet, no matter where they lived. Previous research of Neanderthal fossils near Gibraltar, finds the eating of seals and even the baking of mollusks.

Seems Neanderthals appreciated a good clam bake. But the takeaway is, it was their adaptability that made them survive and thrive in a variety of different environments, across Europe and Asia. This trait may have been passed on to early humans when they began invading these continents, after migrating out of Africa.

The researchers' approach not only tells us what Neanderthals ate, but also quite a bit about their health, including the conditions they experienced and their medicinal practices. Evidence of ancient aspirin was found, in the form of poplar bark, which contains the painkillers active ingredient, salicylic acid. They also found a rudimentary form of penicillin, a mold from which the antibiotic derives.

"It's pretty phenomenal that these guys were so in tune with their environment and to know what was going on and how to treat things," said Weyrich. It was a boy, found in the Spanish cave, who was eating the mold and poplar bark, in order to get better.

A jaw bone found at the Belgian cave site. Getting Images.

He suffered from a tooth abscess that must have been painful. The young Neanderthal also had a terrible stomach ache, because they found traces of a stomach bug, a bacteria known as Microsporidia. He was probably nauseas and experienced intermittent bouts of vomiting and diarrhea. Since he was found around a group of females, researchers believe they were caring for him. It really paints a different picture, almost of their personalities, of really who they were, Weyrich said.

There is some evidence to reveal something interesting about these ancient hominids love lives. Enter the ever-controversial interspecies dating. We know homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred. At least 20% of modern human DNA is Neanderthal. Weyrich says that before this study, it was thought to be a rough, primitive, violent encounter.

However, the presence of a certain bacteria which causes gum disease in modern humans, tells a different story. Since Neanderthals and humans branched off about 100,000 years ago, researchers believed it must have been passed somehow, from humans to the Neanderthals, whose fossils were then discovered.

Weyrich said, If youre swapping spit between species, theres kissing going on, or at least food sharing, which would suggest that these interactions were much friendlier and much more intimate than anybody ever possibly imagined. You know this is going to breed some type of movie, either Romeo and Juliet caveman style or perhaps a Disney-esque prehistoric love story, bringing us our very first Neanderthal Disney princess.

More importantly, learning more about interactions between early humans and Neanderthals, and the genetic implications, may help in the fight against certain medical conditions. As one Harvard study found, Remnants of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans are associated with genes affecting type 2 diabetes, Crohn's disease, lupus, biliary cirrhosis, and smoking behavior.

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The latest fad diet riding on the coat tails of the low-carb trend is the ketogenic diet. This nutrition planhas been around for ages, and has been effectively used in the treatment of epilepsy, but its also become popular to help folks shed pounds. Heres what you need to know about this diet plan before you hop on another fad diet bandwagon.

About the Diet

This diet promotes low carb, moderate protein, and high fat intake touting health benefits such as weight loss and improved overall health. It promotes an extremely low intake of carbs: about 30 grams per day. For the average American on a 2,000 calorie diet, this would be 120 calories of any type of carb per day. You can find carbohydrates in fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy, and legumes which, when minimized in the diet, limits food choices dramatically. The distribution of macronutrients recommended is 5% carbohydrates, 25% protein, and 70% fat.

The fats recommended include both unsaturated like avocado and fatty fish along with saturated like whole milk, sour cream, and mayonnaise. Flour, sugar, and other such carbs are not recommended on the plan. Fruits are eaten in very small amount, low carb vegetables are recommended, and nuts in moderation.

The purpose of taking in so few carbs is to put your body in a state called ketosis. As carbs (AKA glucose) is the bodys primary source of energy, 30 grams of carbs runs out quickly forcing the body to utilize fat and some protein (or ketones made from fat) as a source of energy. When excess fat and protein is used for fuel, it creates an acidic environment in the blood, known as acidosis. Long-term acidosis can cause damage to your organs and is potentially deadly. While in this state, the body acts as if it is in starvation mode and other side effects include headaches, fatigue, irritability, and loss of muscle mass.

The Costs

Although this diet eliminates added sugars, the plethora of protein and fats can cost you a pretty penny (avocados and meat arent cheap!). Further, its very tough to follow a diet with a maximum limit of 30 grams of carbs, which is equivalent to 2 slices of bread.

This plan also eliminates many food groups, especially fruits and vegetables which have been shown to help lower the risk of chronic diseases like heart disease. The 2015 dietary guidelines found that 90% of Americans dont eat the recommended amount of vegetables, while about 85% dont eat the recommended amount of fruit. Eliminating most fruit and vegetables also takes away many important vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients that can help keep you healthy in the long run.

Other huge costs include taste and sustainability of the diet. Eating loads of meat, cheese, and avocado can get boring without fruits, vegetables, grains, and nuts. Go ahead and try it for a few days, or even a week or two, and youll miss out on those other food groups in no time.

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Between the lack of nutrition, health consequences and lack of flavor, this is one diet plan that just isnt healthy (or tasty!) to follow.

Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN, is a registered dietitian and consultant who specializes in food safety and culinary nutrition. She is the author ofThe Greek Yogurt Kitchen: More Than 130 Delicious, Healthy Recipes for Every Meal of the Day.

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For the seventh year in a row, U.S. News and World Report has ranked the DASH diet developed by the National Institutes for Health the best overall diet, according to a Jan. 4 NIH news release.

With its focus on vegetables, fruits, whole grains, low-fat dairy and lean proteins, the diet also ranked as the best for diabetes and healthy eating, and tied as the best for heart disease prevention.

Researchers funded by NIHs National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute developed the diet, which stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, to prevent and treat high blood pressure, but the diet also has been highly effective in lowering blood cholesterol, according to reports.

DASH is a healthy eating plan that supports long-term lifestyle changes, NIH said. It is low in saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol. It emphasizes fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy foods, and includes whole grains, poultry, fish, lean meats, beans and nuts.

It is rich in potassium, calcium and magnesium, as well as protein and fiber. It also calls for a reduction in high-fat red meat, sweets and sugar-containing beverages.

The DASH diet was one of 38 diets reviewed and scored by the U.S. News and World Reports panel of health experts. To receive top ratings a diet has to be relatively easy to follow, nutritious, safe, effective for weight loss and protective against diabetes and heart disease.

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