Canada's taking its sweet time overhauling the food guide, nutritionist says
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CBC News
Source: CBC News
As you crash down from your weekend sugar high don't bother trying to check where all that chocolate fits in to Canada's Food Guide — it'll be harder to find than anything the Easter Bunny hid.
The fact that "these little indulgences" are missing from the guide is just one of the reasons why many nutrition experts and consumers are calling for its overhaul, something the Senate recommended in a report released earlier this month.
It's also equally important that the food guide and nutritional labels are updated to explain how much sugar people should eat — and the difference between the less healthy added sugars and those that naturally occur in food, the chair of the University of Toronto's nutritional sciences program said.
