2025 Dietary Guidelines

The National Pork Producers Council, and now the National Chicken Council are urging the Department of Health and Human Services to reject recommendations from the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.  That report emphasizes plant-based proteins over lean meats like chicken and pork.  Among t...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is disappointed by some of the changes that are proposed in the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.  One suggestion for the United States’ new dietary guidelines is moving beans, peas, and lentils from being a subgroup of the Vegetable category to being a subgroup of the Protein category “to align with evidence to encourage

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association slammed the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s recommendations last week replacing proteins like beef with beans, peas, and lentils.   "The preview of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee stands out as one of the most out-of-touch, impractical, and elitist conversations in the history of the process,” says NCBA VP of Government Affairs Ethan

The USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services recently announced the appointment of 20 nationally recognized scientists to serve on the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.  The Committee will review the current body of science on key nutrition topics and develop a scientific report that includes its independent assessment of the evidence and recommendations for USDA and HHS as t