USDA's Dietary Guidelines are quite educational. (Link)

LisaLouisiana

I'm finding the USDA's Dietary Guidelines to be quite educational.

This is the long version....a PDF, not the little pyramid or short list, but it's interesting reading. I've kind of skipped around, but it tells you specifically what you should be eating and some things to completely avoid and why. Then it explains why ....studies.... etc.

In example: "Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding7
• Consume 8 to 12 ounces of seafood per week from a variety of seafood types.
• Due to their high methyl mercury content, limit white (albacore) tuna to 6 ounces per week and do not eat the following four types of fish: tilefish, shark, swordfish, and king mackerel."
We need to know this kind of stuff! There's information for various age groups, too.

http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/DietaryGuidelines/2010/PolicyDoc/PolicyDoc.pdf