# New US Dietary Guidelines

Lifestyle · Heat 4.7 / 10 · 2 shows · 8m airtime

The USDA and Health and Human Services issued the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans on December 1, 2025. The revision names foods to avoid for the first time, including sugar-sweetened beverages, packaged foods, refined grains and artificial additives, and raises the protein target from about 10 to 12 percent of calories to about 15 to 20 percent, near the 16 or 17 percent Americans already eat. Critics now argue the full-fat dairy and tallow emphasis will lead people to eat more calories than recommended. The discussion weighs the food-first framing against the meat and dairy emphasis and the higher protein number.

Page: https://boilpoints.com/point/new_us_dietary_guidelines_3175766265

## Segments

- [ZOE Science & Nutrition](https://boilpoints.com/u/zoesciencenutrition), 2026-10-22, 40:10 to 46:38: **Reads the new guidelines as the best since 1980**. Mozaffarian reads the new US Dietary Guidelines as the best since before 1980, crediting the shift to naming foods to avoid, the first call to cut refined grains and artificial additives, and the embrace of healthy fats. He faults the raised protein target and the red meat and whole-fat dairy messaging. New angle: The guidelines raise the protein target from about 10 to 12 percent of calories to about 15 to 20 percent, though Americans already eat about 16 or 17 percent.
- [Short Wave](https://boilpoints.com/u/shortwave), 2026-10-28, 4:58 to 6:26: **Adds critics' calorie-math objection to guidelines**. Runs through the guideline changes as a MAHA scorecard item: higher protein, encouragement of full-fat dairy and beef tallow, and an unchanged saturated fat limit. Adds the critics' calorie-math objection, which the earlier coverage did not carry. New angle: Critics say the guidelines' full-fat dairy and tallow push will lead people to eat more calories than recommended.