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Adhering to the Dutch 'Wheel of Five' dietary guidelines, which prioritize vegetables, fruit, wholegrains, dairy, and fats while limiting high-impact animal products, provides approximately 85% of daily energy requirements and meets all essential nutrient Dietary Reference Values for most adults.
Fill 85% of your daily calories with the 'Wheel of Five' foods: vegetables, fruit, wholegrain bread/cereals/potatoes, dairy, and fats. Eat these daily in the specified serving sizes (e.g., 250g veggies, 200g fruit). Limit 'outside the wheel' foods like processed meat, sugary drinks, and high-sugar snacks to occasional use. This pattern meets your nutrient needs without requiring expensive supplements or exotic foods.
The first principle could be realised when about 85 % of the total energy was provided by foods in the Wheel of Five... The optimised dietary pattern was the pattern closest to the current diet... For most target groups the optimisation model provided dietary patterns that complied with all requirements.
Why this rating
Based on a rigorous mathematical optimization model constrained by systematic reviews and national health council data, though it is a modeling study rather than a clinical trial.
Source
Development of healthy and sustainable food-based dietary guidelines for the Netherlands
Elizabeth J. Brink et al. · Public Health Nutrition · 2019
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