New dietary guidelines flip the food pyramid

What’s Happening

Okay so The new guidelines emphasizes eating protein and full-fat dairy while reducing sugar, carbs and ultraprocessed foods.

News Health & Medicine New dietary guidelines flip the food pyramid Advice emphasizes eating protein and full-fat dairy while reducing ultraprocessed foods New dietary guidelines in the United States emphasize eating whole foods with priority given to proteins, such as meat and full-fat dairy products. By Tina Hesman Saey 36 minutes ago this: via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print American dietary guidelines have gotten an overhaul. (shocking, we know)

The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture unveiled a new food pyramid on January 7.

The Details

The guidelines put meat and full-fat dairy, olive oil and vegetables at the broad top of an inverted triangle. While grains and fruits fell to the bottom.

Many the experts had feared that HHS Secretary Robert F. Would raise the cap on the amount of saturated fats recommended in the diet, but the guidelines still specify that no more than 10 percent of calories should come from saturated fats.

Why This Matters

Those types of fats have been linked to health problems such as heart disease, obesity and type 2 diabetes. Now, ultraprocessed foods including refined grains are getting the blame for those and other chronic diseases. And, for the first time since the guidelines debuted in 1980, they dont set daily limits for alcohol, which has been linked to various cancers .

This could have implications for future research in this area.

Key Takeaways

• For our We summarize the week’s scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
• Previous iterations of the dietary guidelines have been long technical documents but the new advice is summarized in six pages .
• Such guidelines govern what is in meals served at schools and to the military, and influence which foods are covered assistance programs.

The Bottom Line

Previous iterations of the dietary guidelines have been long technical documents but the new advice is summarized in six pages . Such guidelines govern what is in meals served at schools and to the military, and influence which foods are covered assistance programs.

What do you think about all this?