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NCBA rejects recommendations from the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

USA

Oct 24, 2024

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) slammed the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s unhinged recommendations that propose replacing high-quality proteins like beef with beans, peas, and lentils.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is currently working to create its 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, a set of recommendations featuring “robust scientific reviews of the current body of evidence on key nutrition and health topics for each life stage.” The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) is expected to offer input on the guidelines and has held meetings this week to discuss its plans, NCBA said.

“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,” said NCBA Vice President of Government Affairs Ethan Lane. “After 22 months of public discussion and lip service to transparency, we are disappointed by the number of chaotic new directions that were proposed at the literal last minute. We would laugh at the suggestion that beans, peas, and lentils are going to replace lean red meat and fill all the nutrient gaps Americans are facing if it weren’t such a dangerous and deceptive idea.”

 

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