Food and Nutrition

Understanding What's on MyPlate

ChooseMyPlate.gov includes dietary guidelines from the United States Department of Agriculture. Learn more here.

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• Diet and nutrition
• Vitamins, minerals, and supplements
• Heart healthy diet
• Weight loss
• Special foods and special occasions
• Conditions and treatments
• Food safety
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Recipes

• Balanced diet
• Calorie-counting diet
• Carbohydrate counting
• Cholesterol-lowering diet
• Heart healthy diet
• High fiber diet

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• Celiac disease
• Coronary artery disease
• Crohn's disease
• Diverticulitis
• Food allergy
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
• Heart attack
• Heartburn
• High cholesterol
• Hypertension
• Iron-deficiency anemia
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Lactose intolerance
• Obesity
• Osteoporosis
• Type 1 diabetes
• Type 2 diabetes