The recent release of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans brings an important issue to our plates. Since 1980, the guidelines have been evaluated and updated every five years. This updated version brings new and renewed interest in certain areas of nutrition and health. Major focuses of the guidelines are balancing calories to manage weight, reducing certain foods and food components in our diets, and increasing other foods and nutrients in our diet. Some of you might be asking, how do you balance calories to manage weight? First, you need to know how many calories you consume on a typical …