What Do the New Dietary Guidelines Emphasize?

New dietary guidelines a win for meat, dairy producers

Ever since the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs’ 1977 Dietary Goals for Americans recommended reduced meat consumption, the meat and dairy lobbies have been battling nutritionists and other health professionals for the dietary soul of the American people. In the just-issued Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the meat and dairy lobbies won — with the misguided support of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.…

What Do the New Dietary Guidelines Emphasize?

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Local doctor weighs in on new federal dietary guidelines

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced new national dietary guidelines Wednesday, including a new food pyramid. The updated guidelines urge the nation to eat more protein while consuming fewer ultra-processed foods and less added sugar.

HHS Secretary Kennedy Breaks His Promise: “War on Saturated Fat” Kept in Tact with New U.S. Dietary Guidelines

by Brian Shilhavy Health Impact News With all of the news headlines of the past week, you may have missed the announcement that the USDA has “changed” their U.S. Dietary guidelines under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. They created flashy new websites, and turned the traditional “Food Pyramid” on its head, something that real food nutritionists have been recommending for decades, putting carbohydrates on the bottom, instead of at the top. At…

Beef Tallow, Long a Health Pariah, Is a Star in New US Guidelines

Beef tallow, a fat that both cardiologists and the federal government told Americans to avoid for nearly half a century, has become an unexpected breakout star in the new federal dietary guidelines.