U.S. rolls out new dietary guidelines backing more protein and full-fat dairy [View all]
Source: NBC News
By Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
The Trump administration released updated U.S. dietary guidelines Wednesday, encouraging Americans to eat more protein and full-fat dairy, while cutting back on ultra-processed foods and added sugars.
The guidelines which are updated every five years by the Agriculture and Health and Human Services departments largely align with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s Make America Healthy Again movement, but stop short of the sweeping changes some nutrition experts had expected.
Gone is the MyPlate visual guide for what foods to eat which recommended filling your plate with roughly equal parts grains, vegetables, protein and fruit with a small portion of dairy.
Instead, an updated version of the food pyramid is back, this time inverted and slightly jumbled. Protein, dairy and healthy fats, along with vegetables and fruits dominate; whole grains are de-emphasized.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/us-dietary-guidelines-protein-dairy-fat-rfk-jr-rcna252656
I pretty much agree with this. It's what I've been trying to do myself.