• Dairy's Role in a Healthy Lifestyle
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• Calcium Recommendations Fact Sheet
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• Potassium Recommendations Fact Sheet
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• Guidelines: Then and Now (PDF: 124k)

• Healthier Eating: Getting Where You Need to Be (PDF: 1.4MB)

• Healthier Eating: Getting Where You Need to Be - Spanish (PDF: 1.96 MB)

• Dietary Guidelines Meal Plan (PDF: 805k)

• MyPyramid for Kids Worksheet (PDF: 3.2MB)

• Super Foods Checklist (PDF: 796k)

• Improve Diet Quality With Dairy Foods (PDF: 362K)
  
  
• A Simple Nutrition Prescription Advertorial (PDF: 576k) 

Dairy Council Digests

• The New Food Guidance System
  Volume 76, Number 4 July/August 2005 
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• Highlights of the 6th Edition of the Dietary Guidelines For Americans
  Volume 76, Number 3 May/June 2005 
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Supportive Science

• Study: 3 Servings of Dairy Foods Needed Daily to Meet Optimum Calcium Intake (Journal of the American College of Nutrition: January 2005)
  
  
• Dairy Research Dateline
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Additional Resources

• Free brochure and downloadable program from the Department of Health and Human Services and Food & Drug Administration about nutrition labeling.
  
  
• View the NDC's public comments submitted to government committees over the past several years.
  
  
• View NDC's Nutrition News Archives, a compilation of press releases on the health benefits of dairy foods.

News Releases

• Low-fat Dairy Products Linked to Better Blood Pressure (Press Release: 2006)
  
  
• American Heart Association Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations Recognize Dairy’s Role in a Heart-Healthy Diet (Press Release: 2006)
  
  
• New FDA Report Calls for More Milk on Menus (Press Release: 2006)
  
  
• 3 Servings of Dairy Each Day Recommended in New Food Guide (Press Release: 2005)
  
  
• Nation's Leading Clinical Nutrition Science Organization Cheers the Refined Food Guidance System (Third Party Press Release: 2005)
  
  
• Statement by the President of the American Dietetic Association on the Release of the New "MyPyramid" (Third Party Press Release: 2005)
  
  
• New Dietary Guidelines Will Help Americans Make Better Food Choices, Live Healthier Lives (Third Party Press Release: 2005)