Adherence to Australian Dietary Guidelines

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The Sugar Free Diet is based on restriction of all added sugar in your diet. This is in adherence with Guideline 3 of The Australian Dietary Guidelines (2013). Guideline 3 recommends to “Limit intake of foods containing saturated fat, added sugars and alcohol”. Both the extreme and lenient forms of this diet meet this guideline. However, the extreme form of the sugar free diet, does not meet Guideline 4. Guideline 4 states “Enjoy a wide variety of nutritious foods from the five food groups every day”. This includes fruits and vegetables. The extreme form of this diet recommends removing all fruits and vegetables from your diet, which affects an individual’s ability to meet this dietary guideline. (Department of Health, 2013)