"The meat industry's celebration of the Trump administration's Dietary Guidelines for Americans should be a clear sign that these new guidelines aren't for the people. It's true that the United States is amid a health emergency, as Secretaries Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brooke Rollins state. However, in claiming to be an answer to the diet-related diseases plaguing our nation, their guidelines are an alarming dismissal of actual science."
"They not only flip the food pyramid on its head, encouraging us to consume more full-fat dairy products, but they even promote red meat. The truth hasn't changed: Consuming more red meat and dairy leads to more chronic disease, not less. Eating red meat even unprocessed varieties has been found by Oxford researchers to increase the risk of heart disease. And according to the World Health Organization, some studies show processed red meat to be a carcinogen, potentially leading to colorectal cancer."
The Trump administration's Dietary Guidelines endorse increased consumption of full-fat dairy and red meat, reversing prior recommendations to limit saturated fat. The guidelines emphasize protein at every meal despite most Americans already consuming excess protein. Scientific evidence links red meat—including unprocessed varieties—to higher heart disease risk, and processed red meat has been associated with colorectal cancer. Whole-food plant proteins such as edamame, lentils, peas, nuts, seeds, and legumes provide protein without cholesterol and with low saturated fat. Saturated fats from beef tallow and full-fat cow's milk are tied to higher cholesterol, heart disease risk, and elevated cancer risks for breast and prostate.
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