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Eat more fish By Nina P. Schlossman
at more seafood to promote and protect your health. Now that’s good advice, backed by science, that is being built into U.S. nutrition policy. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025, published Dec. 29, 2020, by the departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services www.dietaryguidelines.gov, finally recognize seafood as an essential, nutrient-dense and health-promoting dietary component, starting as early as 6 months of age. As a Ph.D. nutritionist, I have been involved in several cycles of the DGA review and approval process, and these latest guidelines include the most significant advances for the expanded consumption of seafood.The newly released DGA are consistent with the latest evidence and support the consumption of wild Alaska seafood of all varieties. The DGA 2020-25 will serve as the basis of U.S. government food and nutrition policy for the next five years, including seafood dietary recommendations. As a
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nutritionist, I am hopeful USDA will take steps to ensure that all government food, nutrition and safety net programs can reliably provide two to three weekly servings of seafood to all recipients moving forward. The DGA 2020-25 recommends two to three servings of seafood a week as part of all healthy dietary consumption patterns (except vegan) for Americans over 6 months of age. For the first time, the guidelines include infants and toddlers under 24 months of age. Breastmilk and seafood are the two main sources of animal/marine quality omega-3 fatty acids that are essential to early cognitive development and growth. Per the new guidelines, seafood should be introduced with other complementary foods at six months. Seafood consumption is significantly below recommendations, at about 90 percent of Americans NOT eating enough seafood at any life stage (as already noted in the DGA 2015): Seafood consumption should be increased to two to three servings a week from 12 months on, including pregnancy and breastfeeding, to promote brain development and immunity. Seafood is considered a vital, nutrient-dense food that should be consumed to meet dietary needs and caloric requirements as part of any dietary pattern; Seafood is included in the protein food and oil categories, two of the six food groups listed
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