The 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans provides a science-based blueprint for a healthy diet – not to mention a tasty diet. The Guidelines encourage children and adults ages 9 years and older to enjoy three servings of low-fat or fat-free milk and milk products each day, and children ages 2 – 8 to consume 2 cups of milk or equivalent milk products every day.

MyPyramid helps educate Americans on positive diet and lifestyle choices, and National Dairy Council has developed complementary nutrition education materials to help people incorporate the Guidelines in their everyday lives.

See below for meal plans, fact sheets and resources about dairy’s place in the Guidelines, as well as information on MyPyramid and the nutrition science surrounding the recommendations.

Dairy in the Dietary Guidelines

Backgrounders

Role of Dairy Foods
Dairy's Role in Healthy Lifestyle
Calcium Recommendations
Potassium Recommendations
Improve Diet Quality with Dairy
Guidelines: Then & Now

Handouts

Super Foods Checklist
Healthier Eating
Healthier Eating	(Spanish)

MyPyramid: Putting the Pyramid into Practice

Meal Plans

Dietary Guidelines Meal Plan
Meal Plan Nutrition Information

Tip Sheets and Handouts

Food Groups Weekly Tracker
Nutrient-Rich Shopping List
Calcium and More Tip Sheet
Have You Had 3-Every-Day™ of Dairy?