March marks National Nutrition Month in the USA, sponsored by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics to help both adults and children set healthy eating habits in order to achieve optimal nutrition and health.
In contrast to recent years, no theme has been set for 2019, and instead National Nutrition Month will be honored as its own theme to give people the flexibility to discover more about health and nutrition in their own way. With this in mind, we've rounded up some of the diet trends that are currently generating buzz and their health claims.
1. The save the world diet
Those who are concerned about the environment as well as their own health may be interested in the "save the world diet," created by a team of experts as a sustainable eating plan to feel a global population of 10 billion -- which the earth is expected to reach by 2050 -- while also helping to control climate change and prevent millions of premature deaths each year from eating an unhealthy diet. Omnivores will be relieved to know that meat is not off the menu, although if you embark on the diet you will be expected to cut down to just 14 grams of red meat a day and 29 grams of chicken, or have 28 grams per day of fish, with the emphasis instead on beans, pulses, and legumes, fruit and vegetables, and carbs, along with 50 grams a day of nuts, dairy equivalent to one glass of milk a day, and around one egg a week.