{"id":44669,"date":"2026-01-14T09:07:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/export.ralphmoorman.nl\/?p=44669"},"modified":"2026-01-14T09:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:23:55","slug":"new-dietary-guidelines-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/export.ralphmoorman.nl\/eng\/new-dietary-guidelines-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"New dietary guidelines in America"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently The new US Dietary Guidelines<\/a> published for the next five years. <\/p>\n

New dietary guidelines in America<\/h2>\n

Robert Kennedy has gone all out with his Make America Healthy Again or MAHA movement. What stands out?<\/p>\n

1. Eat real food<\/h2>\n

The main message of the new guidelines is 'eat real food'.<\/p>\n

The emphasis is less on calories and much more on nutritional value and low processing. A much clearer stand is now being taken by ultra-processed food<\/a> really inadvisable. I think in the required simple communication to the public, this is a very sensible one. Minimally processed food usually has a higher nutrient density (higher nutritional value, in other words), does not disrupt blood sugar too quickly, satiates longer, has a lower follow-through factor that makes you stop eating sooner.<\/p>\n

Besides, 'real food' (which contains less sugar, fat and salt) releases less 'happiness substances' in the brain, causing people to have emotional cravings for it (food addiction and emo eating).<\/p>\n

Also, highly processed food with lots of additives is quite experimental<\/a> when it comes to our health and we are actually not very sure what that means in relation to complaints, diseases and lack of vitality.<\/p>\n

Of course, his not all processing and additives bad<\/a> when you zoom in on the products, so again the advice is not correct in all cases. Still, in a broad sense, it is good and easy-to-remember advice for citizens who are not very health-conscious.<\/p>\n

2. More protein<\/h2>\n

A protein intake between 1.2 and 1.6 grams per kilogram of body weight per day is advised.<\/p>\n

This is higher than what the Nutrition Centre recommends (from 0.83g). This also includes plenty of animal protein<\/a> promoted such as full-fat dairy, as well as meat.<\/p>\n

In addition, the Food Pyramid has also been flipped, which actually results in a lower intake of carbohydrate sources<\/a> are advised such as bread and pasta. This advice certainly doesn't seem wrong in communication either. In an overweight country, eating more protein-rich food can provide better satiety and slightly more energy use in the digestive process.<\/p>\n

Low-carb advice may also cause people to eat fewer refined starch sources, as these are now common in the obesogenic environment<\/a> of the average American. So both low-carb and high-protein advice could be beneficial with regard to average calorie intake.<\/p>\n

3. More fat<\/h2>\n

'Low fat' is no longer promoted.<\/p>\n

For example, full-fat dairy is actually recommended. A benefit of a little fat in your meal is also that stomach emptying is slowed down and this can make blood sugar rise more slowly after the meal and increase satiety.<\/p>\n

You may even find that by eating high-calorie fats, you actually have an average lower calorie intake<\/a> gets through improved satiety. Of course, this does involve eating a little more fat-rich food than the old low-fat advice and not throwing three avocados through a smoothie.<\/p>\n

How this advice will play out\u00a0in relation to obesity<\/a>, the future will have to show.<\/p>\n

However, what I don't understand in the new US Guidelines is that there is still an advice to saturated fat<\/a> below 10% in the diet. You could achieve this by eating less processed foods it is said. When you eat less processed, you mainly get less unhealthy trans fat<\/a> and oxidised vegetable oil<\/a> in. It would then only be less saturated palm oil in ultra-processed food that would suddenly make you meet that guideline? I think something is really wrong there. The paper does say that more proper research is needed to determine which fats best support health. In other words, there is a lot of doubt on that front. I wouldn't be surprised if this saturated fat advice will eventually go away because of too little scientific evidence.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h2>\n

All in all, I am very positive about this new sound from America. As you may have read, with regard to the New Dutch Health Council guidelines<\/a> me quite worried about interference with the issue of sustainability in health advice. Fortunately, the US Guideline is purely concerned with effects on human health itself, keeping the discussion pure.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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