Today’s the day the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans are released. The release of the Dietary Guidelines are like the State of the Union, setting the stage for nutrition education and policy for the next five years. Because nutrition research is an ever-changing field, a group of esteemed researchers from various areas of expertise (comprising the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee) review the evidence and prepare recommendations for updating the Dietary Guidelines, which is under a Congressional mandate to be updated every five years. Check back for a summary of recommendations for the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans!