US dietary guidelines first suggest how much coffee is appropriate for Taiwan's National Health Administration to assess?

Last month, the United States released its latest dietary guidelines, updated every five years, for the first time to make clear recommendations for daily caffeine intake: healthy adults can drink three to five cups of coffee a day, but no more than 400 milligrams of caffeine. Will the domestic dietary guidelines follow up? The Department of Health said that relevant empirical studies need to be collected to evaluate the eating habits of Chinese people. (reporting by Huang Zhongqiu)

On the 7th of last month, the United States released the latest Dietary guidelines 2015 to 2020, which made recommendations for the first time on daily caffeine intake and pointed out that the average healthy adult can drink three to five cups of coffee (per cup of 240C.C) a day, limited to 400mg. Black coffee is recommended, or only low-fat milk is added to the coffee, but extra sugar or cream is not recommended, and people who do not drink coffee are not advised to start drinking coffee.

Lin Liru, head of the Community Health Section of the Department of Health, says that since caffeine is prone to palpitations and has a diuretic effect, it still needs to be evaluated whether domestic dietary guidelines should be followed up. In the part of Taiwan's dietary guidelines, we will probably refer to the scientific evidence and international practices of countries such as WHO, and will also make a comprehensive consideration according to the eating habits of our countrymen. "

The latest dietary guidelines in the United States also advocate that the intake of sugar, sodium, saturated fat and trans fat must be limited. It is recommended that the daily calorie intake of added sugar should be less than 10% of the total calories; the daily sodium intake of adults and children over the age of 14 must also be limited to less than 2300 mg (about 6 grams of salt), and that of children under the age of 14 should be reduced; the intake of saturated fat should be less than 10% of the total daily calorie intake, and unsaturated fat should be replaced by unsaturated fat. Reduce obesity and prevent the occurrence of chronic diseases such as hypertension, heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

In addition, the US dietary guidelines have also lifted the daily cholesterol intake limit, and the National Health Agency says it is also collecting relevant international scientific empirical data and will revise the new domestic dietary guidelines if necessary. However, it is warned that foods with high cholesterol usually contain more saturated fat, and people are urged to reduce their intake of high-cholesterol foods as much as possible.

From the Food Science and Technology Network