Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2025-2030: Progress on added sugar, protein hype, saturated fat contradictions

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 23:21:19 +0100

The 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) were released this week with the tagline “eat real food,” and a stronger stance on limiting added sugars and highly processed foods. But it also brought the return of a pyramid-like graphic—this time flipped on its head, emphasizing foods like steak, full-fat milk, and butter. The visual prominence of such options might have you thinking saturated fat limits were tossed out with the MyPlate graphic, but the actual Guidelines retain the longstanding upper limit of 10% of total daily calories. …