Americans are consulting dietitians more than ever before, to gain nutritional information and advice about diets.  A survey conducted amongst 500 dietitians highlighted the following food trends for 2014, likely to apply locally too.  According to eTurboNews the top 14 eating trends are as follows:

1.   Anti-wheat:  wheat-reduced diets like the Paleo diet, gluten-free, or ‘wheat belly‘, is the top eating trend, despite there being no evidence that these lead to weight-loss.

2.  Ancient grains:  are popular again, despite the contradictory anti-wheat trend.

3.   Low fat: the focus on low fat diets will largely fall away.

4.   ‘MyPlate‘: this educational tool to create a healthy diet and to eat correctly is recommended to their clients by the majority of dietitians.

5.   Health:  this is an important consideration for shoppers, so much so that in-store Supermarket Continue reading →