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>JUST EAT PLANS AND NUTS [AND INSECTS]
nationalpost.com
Got milk? Not so much. Health Canada's new food guide drops 'milk and alternatives' and favours plant-based protein
Canada's new food guide, the first update in more than a decade, recommends fruits and vegetables make up half our plates at any meal
Drink water. Go light on the animal products. Fill half your plate with fruits and vegetables. Fruit juice is liquid sugar, not fruit. Avoid processed foods. Limit booze.
>DRINK WATER
>GO LIGHT ON THE ANIMAL PRODUCTS
>FILL HALF YOUR PLATE WITH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
>LIMIT BOOZE (Canada is becoming Sharia compliant)
Canada’s new food guide is being praised for its simplicity, for doing away with confusing, “idiotic and ridiculous” recommended portions and serving sizes and for promoting a plant-heavy eating plan that’s more in line with dietary guidance from other countries, where the smallest section in the grocery store is the dairy aisle.
>IDIOTIC AND RIDICULOUS [to have any expectations of caloric intake]
Health Canada released its new food guide. Health Canada
But the guide is also being criticized for being too simple and fuzzy, for including “healthy eating” tips that sometimes border on the mildly patronizing, and for demoting dairy and beef — foods that, until now, enjoyed almost miracle food status in one of the country’s most venerable documents.
>DAIRY AND BEEF ARE OUT
The new guide, the first rewrite in more than a decade, recommends Canadians choose proteins that come from plants— not animals — more often.
>JUST EAT PLANTS FOR PROTEIN