October 28, 2016 3:16PM 

# Should You Take the Government’s Dietary Advice? 

By [Terence Kealey](https://www.cato.org/people/terence-kealey) 

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Recently, I’ve worked with the excellent Cato Multimedia team on the first edition of a project you’ll be seeing more of: Ask a Cato Expert.

In this first episode, I’ve answered the question of “Should you take the government’s dietary advice?” I highlight the history behind our current dietary guidelines, and come to the conclusion one should not. Please take a look at the video below, and [tweet us new questions at #AskACatoExpert](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AskACatoExpert?src=hash)!

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[General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics) 

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