New dietary guidelines flip the food pyramid

American dietary guidelines have gotten an overhaul. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture unveiled a new food pyramid on January 7. 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 experts had feared that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 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. Those types of fats have been linked to health problems such as

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