Medical Xpress January 8, 2026
The federal government has released new dietary guidelines that shift how Americans are urged to eat.
The new focus? Whole foods, protein and healthy fats.
At a news conference Wednesday, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. introduced a new food pyramid.
At the top: Red meat, cheese, fruits and vegetables, suggesting a move away from earlier advice that discouraged saturated fats. Along with the new pyramid, the U.S. reversed its position on alcohol use.
Kennedy called the dietary update the biggest change to U.S. nutrition policy in decades.
“Protein and healthy fats are essential and were wrongly discouraged in prior dietary guidelines,” he said. “We are ending the war on saturated fats.”
The new guidance includes limits on added...
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