New American Guidelines 2025: Nutritional Revolution (with a big contradiction)
New American Guidelines Mark a Historic Shift in Nutrition
After almost 50 years of unchanging nutritional dogma, the United States is definitively changing course. New American Guidelines – officially named Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2025-2030 – were published on January 7, 2026, and open with a revolutionary message never seen before:
“The message is simple: eat real food.”
This represents a paradigm shift of epic proportions. Many principles that evolved nutrition professionals have advocated for years are finally officially recognized in New American Guidelines.
What Really Changes in the New American Guidelines: 9 Key Points
1 End of Terrorism on Total Fats
Challenges New American Guidelines They finally do away with the rigid 30% limit on total fat and the “mandatory quota” of carbohydrates that has dominated nutrition for decades.
✅ WHAT IT MEANS:
- Senior officer of the low-fat era imposed on everyone
- Freedom to customize macronutrients based on individual metabolic needs
- Recognition that there is no ideal universal proportion
2 Protein at the Center: Quantity and Quality
Another crucial point of the New American Guidelines It's about proteins, now finally the stars of metabolic health.
UPDATED RECOMMENDATIONS
- Increase 1.2–1.6 g/kg/day (it was about 0.8 g/kg)
- Priority to the animal proteineggs, red meat, fish, poultry
- Plant-based proteins considered complementary, not equivalent
✅ IMPACT: Muscle is returning to the center of metabolic health, healthy aging, and chronic disease prevention.
3 Full-fat Dairy: Complete Rehabilitation
Challenges New American Guidelines Full-fat dairy products, demonized for decades, are being fully rehabilitated.
"My recommendations:"
- Whole milk
- Whole natural yogurt
- Donkey
- Fatty cheeses
✅ SILENT REVOLUTION: After 50 years of “mandatory skimming,” milk fat is once again being recognized as a valuable nutrient.
4 Real Fats, Not Industrial
A subtle but fundamental aspect of New American Guidelines It concerns the type of fats recommended.
GRASSES EXPLICITLY CITED:
- Olive oil
- Donkey
- Beef tallow
❌ SIGNIFICANT ABSENCE: No mention of industrial seed oils (soy, corn, sunflower, canola).
✅ IMPLICIT MESSAGE: An absence worth more than a thousand words. The New American Guidelines They prefer traditional lard, not modern industrial products.
5 Resized Cereals: Goodbye Beige Pyramid
Challenges New American Guidelines They are demolishing the old food pyramid based on bread, pasta, and cereals.
FIRST 6–11 servings of grains per day (base of the pyramid)
ORA: 2–4 servings, with a strong reduction in refined carbohydrates
✅ END OF AN ERA: Cereals are no longer the foundation of the diet, but an optional addition.
6 Ultra-Processed Foods: Public Enemy Number One
Challenges New American Guidelines they finally identify the true enemy of public health.
MAIN TARGET:
- Packaged snacks
- Industrial sweets
- Sugary drinks
- Ultra-processed junk food
NO LONGER: Natural fats and salt
✅ NEW FOCUS: Ultra-processed industrial food
7 Low-Carb: Historical Recognition
For the first time in history, New American Guidelines officially recognize low-carbohydrate diets.
TEXT QUOTE
“Some people with chronic illnesses can significantly improve by following a low-carbohydrate diet.”
✅ HISTORY: This point has been put forward for years by independent researchers such as Nina Teicholz, author of The Big Fat Surprise.
RECOGNIZED APPLICATIONS
- Type 2 diabetes
- Metabolic syndrome
- Obesity
- Fatty liver disease
8 The End of Vegan Idealization
Challenges New American Guidelines they openly admit the frequent nutritional deficiencies in vegetarian and especially vegan diets.
CRITICAL NUTRIENTS RECOGNIZED:
- Complete proteins
- Vitamin B12
- Ferro eme (bioavailable)
- Zinc
- Soccer
- Hill
- Omega-3 EPA/DHA
- Vitamin D
✅ CLEAR MESSAGE: Vegetarian diets require careful supplementation and are not suitable for everyone, especially children, the elderly, and pregnant women.
9 Focus on Infancy and Breastfeeding
Challenges New American Guidelines they strengthen the recommendations for early childhood.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
- Breastfeeding recommended up to 2 years and beyond
- Young children: Real nutritious foods, not ideological diets
- No fat restriction in early childhood
The Great Contradiction of the New American Guidelines
Despite these enormous advances, the New American Guidelines They maintain an old, problematic dogma:
“Saturated fats should not exceed 10% of daily calories.”
Why is this contradiction a huge problem?
❌ PRACTICAL PARADOX:
If you stay within the 10% limit for saturated fat → You cannot eat consistently eggs, meat, whole dairy, olive oil
If you really eat “real food” as recommended → inevitably superior the 10%
Concrete Example: A “Healthy” Day According to the New American Guidelines
BREAKFAST:
- 1 cup whole milk (250 ml)
- 1 whole Greek yogurt (5.3 oz)
- 2 eggs
RESULT: You have already exceeded the daily recommended saturated fat limit of New American Guidelines.
According to the same logic as the guidelines… you should stop eating saturated fats for the rest of the day!
The Paradoxical Consequence
✔️ FOODS THAT ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED (exceed 10%):
- Organic eggs
- Grass-fed beef
- Wild salmon
- Full-fat Greek yogurt
- Olive oil
- Avocado
- Walnuts
✔️ FOODS THAT “FIT” (under 10%):
- Sugary breakfast cereals
- Industrial white bread
- Refined pasta
- Sugary drinks
- Ultra-processed “low-fat” snacks”
Real food is penalized. Ultra-processed products are “within” the limits.
New American Guidelines: The Final Verdict
✅ WHAT THE NEW AMERICAN GUIDELINES GET RIGHT:
- They recognize the value of quality proteins
- They are rehabilitating natural fats and whole dairy products.
- They promote “real food” against ultra-processed foods
- They recognize low-carb for the first time
- They admit the limitations of vegan diets
- They are eliminating the universal low-fat dogma.
- Resizing cereals and refined carbohydrates
❌ WHERE THE NEW AMERICAN GUIDELINES STILL GET IT WRONG:
Maintaining the 10% limit on saturated fats:
- It contradicts everything else from the document
- It is not supported from solid modern scientific evidence
- Makes impractical actually follow the same guidelines
- Penalize real food that they themselves recommend
New American Guidelines: What You Can Take Home
👉 Change Began from Above
Challenges New American Guidelines they represent the first official recognition of nutritional principles based on modern evidence, not on 1970s dogmas.
👉 The Direction Is Right
Despite the contradiction regarding saturated fats, the document is moving in the right direction: real food, quality proteins, fewer ultra-processed foods.
👉 The work is not yet finished
As often happens, clinical practice and common metabolic sense are already ahead of official guidelines.
Metabolic Intelligence: Going Beyond the New American Guidelines
Challenges New American Guidelines I am a historic step forward, but it's not enough.
WHAT'S REALLY NEEDED:
- Metabolic personalization (non-universal dogmas)
- Listening to the body's signals (fame, energy, body composition)
- Choices based on real food (not in abstract percentages)
- Metabolic intelligence understand how your body works
Conclusion: The New American Guidelines Mark a (Flawed) Turning Point
Challenges 2025-2030 New American Guidelines represent a historical change in institutional nutrition:
✅ They finally recognize protein, natural fats, real food
✅ They dismantle the low-fat era and the food pyramid
✅ Now open for metabolic customization and low-carb
But they maintain a limit on saturated fat that contradicts everything else
The final message: Challenges New American Guidelines they are going in the right direction, but the true nutritional revolution still requires scientific courage to abandon the last obsolete dogmas.
The good news? Informed professionals and educated patients are already ahead. Metabolic intelligence Don't wait for guidelines: build health every day with concrete choices based on real food.
FAQ: New American Guidelines 2025
When were the new American guidelines published?
Challenges New American Guidelines (Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2025-2030) were officially published on January 7, 2026.
2. What is the main change in the new American guidelines?
The main change is the shift from a universal low-fat approach to a focus on “real food”, with rehabilitation of natural fats, animal proteins, and whole dairy products.
3. Do the new American guidelines still recommend the food pyramid?
No. The New American Guidelines They are abandoning the old pyramid based on 6–11 servings of grains, reducing them to 2–4 and shifting the focus to quality proteins and fats.
4. Do the new American guidelines support a low-carb diet?
Yes, for the first time the New American Guidelines recognize that “some people with chronic illnesses may improve on a low-carbohydrate diet.”.
5. What is the main contradiction in the new American guidelines?
Challenges New American Guidelines They recommend “real food” (eggs, meat, dairy products) but maintain a 10% limit on saturated fat, which makes it impossible to follow these recommendations without exceeding the limit.
6. Do the new American guidelines also apply to Italy?
Challenges New American Guidelines They are not binding in Italy, but they strongly influence global nutrition and could anticipate future changes in European and Italian guidelines.
Do you want to stay up-to-date on metabolic nutrition developments? Follow evidence-based content, not fads. Metabolic intelligence is your compass in a world of contradictory information.
With affection and conscious way,
Your Dr. Cristina Tomasi
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Thank you so much: I’ve been following you for a while, and I’ve been on a low-carb diet for almost two years now. Since breaking free from the false vegan dogma, I’ve literally been reborn! I agree with you, Doctor, that the 10% limit on fat is absurd. Between eggs, butter, and grass-fed meat, I exceed it every day. And thank you again for your valuable fitness advice, which I follow: it’s wonderful to be 64 and not feel a day older!
Thank you for your efficient and clear explanation. As always, your professionalism and expertise reassure me in my daily diet. 🙏
Thank you for your energy and strong will to reveal and explain the fundamental things and doubts about true nutrition!
Doctor, despite the diet described, I am unable to lower my triglycerides and cholesterol. I don't want a statin; are there any other supplements that might help me? Thank you.
Thank you, Doctor, for explaining the new American dietary guidelines in a simple and effective way, as you always do. It's up to each of us to use our common sense to apply them and take into account the fundamental principles on which they are based.
Congratulations, Doctor!
A very clear and functional in-depth look! I have always appreciated your simplicity in explaining concepts, sometimes even complex ones, so that they are easy for everyone to understand. Thank you
Thank you, Doctor, you're always the best!
I think this is a good start to overturning false nutritional beliefs! But there's still a lot to do and, above all, a lot to make understood! In the meantime, personally, I follow a low-carb diet and your advice, doctor, is excellent! Thank you for being thorough as always!
I follow you with great pleasure 🥰
Thank you
Thank you, Doctor, for these clear explanations, highlighting American contradictions and thoroughly explaining the new food pyramid.
Thank you, truly a very exhaustive and complete explanation. Congratulations
Good morning Doctor, I've been following you for about two years and, thanks to you, I've changed my diet (almost vegetarian). Unfortunately, I am now two years into menopause with cholesterol at 230, HDL at 97, and LDL at 147. My gynecologist told me to eat meat once a week, fish and legumes every day. I'm discouraged.
Thank you
THANK YOU DOCTOR FOR SHARING THESE THOUGHTS WITH YOUR FOLLOWERS
Personally, I believe it is very important to disseminate this information (especially with new generations, for example in schools).
Thanks always with love
Thank you always
How true, doctor,
I agree with everything you said.
Since I've been following her, my life has been better.
I am well, and I am grateful to you.
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
Great Dr. Tomasi! Thank you for your always timely and precise dissemination to help us be more aware. Kind regards
Hello, good morning. I completely agree with you regarding all the parts about good fats. Could you kindly help me find evidence or scientific studies that seriously discuss seed oils? I would like to document that for the health of our metabolism, these are oils to be abandoned (except for extra virgin olive oil, which is excellent). Thank you for your kind response. Kind regards.
Good morning, Doctor.
I am 63 years old and have been following you with interest for some time, as I have problems with being overweight, fatty liver, fluctuating glycated hemoglobin, nickel allergy, significant dolichocolon with anismus, and a diagnosis of mild fibromyalgia.
My doubt regarding the American guidelines is that I've read in many places that red meat and dairy proteins are pro-inflammatory.
How does this, meaning chronic food inflammation (in my case, besides milk and dairy products, gluten, there would also be legumes and oilseeds due to nickel), combine with the new American guidelines?
Thank you for your attention and for your reply if you choose to send it. Sincerely, Caterina.
PS, I have been a retired nurse for a year, I do about 1 hour of Nordic walking per day and I naturally have widespread aches and pains.
It would be enough if everyone simply “tried” to remove ultra-processed foods and lower refined carbohydrates, and there would be no more doubts about anything.
Always grateful 🥰
Interesting, it's always useful to be aware of new nutritional guidelines. Thank you.
Interesting thought
Very interesting and useful to be kept updated on the latest studies thanks to your passion and dedication in the field.
I wonder if that 10% refers to fats as food categories—that is, butter, oil, and tallow—rather than to the fat content of other foods (meat, eggs, fish).
Could this be the right interpretation?
Doctor, I'm happy to have followed you and read your publications. Keep up the good work spreading this epochal change that we needed! Thank you for your valuable articles, your advice, and your recommendations... great esteem for YOU!!!
Thank you for the useful in-depth explanation, Doctor. I just want to point out that you inverted the key points of point 6, titled “Ultra-Processed Foods: Public Enemy Number One.” They now appear as follows.
❌ NO LONGER: Natural fats and salt
✅ NEW FOCUS: Ultra-processed industrial food.
Thank you for your work, have a good day.
Thank you very much for all the valuable information. I follow you and have been on the anti-inflammatory diet, I have lost weight and my goal is metabolic health. Which one has a significant impact?
Nutrition, weights, and sunlight are things I've learned about but I think I still need to fine-tune. What do you recommend I read? Thank you
Thank you, Doctor. I've been following you for several years now, and my whole family and I diligently put all your advice into practice.
Jujutsu
Hello Dr. Tomasi, thank you for the clarity regarding real food. For years I suffered from dermatitis, bloating, and more. Last year, I entrusted myself to an online professional who changed my life for the better, starting with a ketogenic diet. I also went through a process for nickel. For five months now, by following you on Facebook, I have eliminated all ultra-processed foods. I only eat animal proteins and fats. I have less hunger, and the bloating has disappeared. Best regards.
Good evening doctor, I follow with pleasure the news you disseminate. I would be pleased to enroll in the courses you can suggest for my health problems:
Hypothyroidism
2 T-cell cutaneous lymphoma
3 antiphospholipid antibodies
4 diabetes
5 fatty liver disease
6 hypercholesterolemia
7 hypertension.
Fatty liver and high cholesterol developed after cancer treatment for cutaneous lymphoma, with oxoralen + UVA cycles for 3 years prior, then Targretin for 5 years.
Four years after stopping Targretin, diabetes was diagnosed.
I cannot tolerate statins, all lipid-lowering supplements, as well as new prescription drugs, all discontinued due to very strong, debilitating muscle and joint pain. The same goes for diabetes; I cannot tolerate metformin.
Just diet, but it's not enough.
Since I've been following your information, my clinical condition has improved, which is why I'd like to know which of your courses I could enroll in. Thank you.
Thank you very much, Doctor. Since I have a 6-month-old baby and I need to start weaning (even though I will continue breastfeeding), I wanted to ask if you know anyone who specializes in pediatric nutrition. Thank you very much.
Thank you, Doctor. I thank you very much for this precious information that makes history. I ask if it's possible for you to publish them or send them to me personally in German as well, for acquaintances with whom I'd like to share them. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Fantastic Article and Wonderful Cristina Tomasi!
We need to vary our diet and “eat a little bit of everything, especially reducing sugars!"
Vary
Good morning, doctor. I did the soft map diet and then switched to the anti-inflammatory diet, which I'm doing very well with, but I'm left with a terrible dermatitis on my scalp with a lot of itching. What do you recommend? Should I eliminate foods with nickel?
Having followed you for a few years, we were already aware of the change of direction to take! Thank you dear Doctor! 😍❤️
What a pleasure
It's about time... the right awareness is finally arriving. Thank you for what you do, Dr. Tomasi
I met her by chance on Instagram and have been following her ever since!! In 2 years, I lost 11 kg. I was bloated and in pain from my feet up! Now I'm well. I eliminated processed foods and casein because an autoimmune disease caused a lot of pain. I do photobiomodulation and MAP, light, and breathing integration. AND TODAY I SIGNED UP FOR THE GYM!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!