That food pyramid you grew up learning about via the U.S. Dietary Guidelines is about to get a major overhaul.If you don't remember those handy posters of the food pyramid from grade school, let us jog your memory. The U.S. Dietary Guidelines provide "advice on what to eat and drink to meet nutrient needs, promote health, and prevent disease," the United States Department of Agriculture explains.
Shalene McNeill, the executive director of nutrition science at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, who is also a registered dietitian,, “It’s baffling that we are trying to get Americans to cut out red meat when the evidence indicates nutrient deficiencies and chronic disease are increasing as red meat consumption declines,” McNeill added that red meat contains “important nutrients including potassium, iron, and choline.
Ethan Lane, the vice president of government affairs at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, had even stronger words, adding, “The preview meeting of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee this week stands out as one of the most out-of-touch, impractical, and elitist conversations in the history of this process."suggest two drinks or fewer per day for men and one drink or fewer per day for women.