Several doctors and organizations are encouraging the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to update its 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) to include more seafood.
The USDA accepted public comments ahead of its public meeting on 16-17 September in Washington, D.C. This is the fifth and final public meeting before the USDA releases the final draft guidelines in early 2015.
Commenters in support of Americans eating more seafood are urging the USDA to recommend that the public eat two to three seafood meals weekly, while some individuals and organizations say the USDA should caution Americans to eat only eat sustainable seafood and seafood low in methylmercury.
Despite numerous health experts and organizations such as the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association recommending that Americans eat more seafood, they are not eating enough, according to Linda Cornish, executive director of the Seafood Nutrition Partnership. According to the USDA, the average American ate 198 pounds of red meat and poultry in 2013, compared to 14.4 pounds of seafood, Cornish wrote in public comments to the USDA…
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