Informative Essay: The Canadian Food Guide

First and foremost, the Current Canadian Food Guide is greatly outdated; it was last updated in 2007. Throughout the years, food has become unhealthier. As the unhealthiness progressed, the food guide stayed the same. The food guide failed to adhere to the development, in other words, the guide fell behind and failed to sustain the health order. During the years of its obsoleteness, people were susceptible to harmful and unhealthy food in a variety ways. The food guide, at the time, did not delineate these problems, therefore leading to the confusion of consumers of whether or not they should eat something. Another concern about our current food guide is that it requires more specification. The food guide summarizes in the food groups of what is needed …show more content…
The food guide, if followed, ensues a maintainable and healthy life. The recommended diet provides the ideal amount of vitamins, nutrients, and minerals to help sustain our health and vitality. For those capable of understanding, a chart and a few tips moderately explains how to manage a healthful life, for example, male adults over the age of 51 are recommended seven servings of fruits & vegetables and one of the tips encourages you to drink more water. Since the Canada Food Guide is used as a basis for every institutional food program, the recommended diet should meet healthy standards and give us an idea of what we should be eating. Another asset of the food guide is that it is thorough and lenient with the material it provides. A majority of the time, the recommendations are not followed exactly, but they provide a brief concept to how one should eat. Each food group is broken down and further explained. If unsure about age or any conditions, advice is given on the following: children, childbearing women, and men & women over 50. In addition, more general help is added, such as being active, reading labels/nutrition facts, limiting certain nutrients, and