Summary

A U.S. nutrition panel recommends the 2025 dietary guidelines focus on increasing vegetables, legumes, and whole grains while reducing red and processed meats, added sugars, and saturated fats.

The panel, using a “health equity lens,” also highlighted the role of income and culture in dietary habits.

However, it avoided conclusions on ultraprocessed foods and alcohol due to insufficient evidence.

Most Americans fail to meet current guidelines, with over half facing diet-related chronic conditions. Public feedback is invited, and final guidelines will be released in 2025 by HHS and USDA.

  • @[email protected]
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    3423 hours ago

    A lot are probably shifting towards beans anyway because everything else is getting more expensive.

    • @AnIntenseMoist
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      1223 hours ago

      Yep. 50 lb bag of pinto beans at Sams cost around $20 and fed me for 6 months (I ate more than just that tho, lol). I throw in random junk when I make them for flavor, including meat. But the beans are doing the heavy lifting. I estimate less than a buck for a bean meal that’s high protein and nutritious.

      • @[email protected]
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        622 hours ago

        Yup. One of my go-to meals in college was Spanish style yellow rice and black beans. Add in some cilantro at the end and some good quality cayenne hot sauce (like Trappey Joes). Super cheap per meal.

      • Ricky Rigatoni
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        321 hours ago

        Pinto beans can also attract weevils if stored improperly, as an added bonus 😄

        • @AnIntenseMoist
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          620 hours ago

          Sounds like extra protein to me. I’m gonna make the infestation their problem, not mine

    • @[email protected]
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      922 hours ago

      I was literally coming to the comments to say this.

      More beans and more mushrooms to bulk up what I make for a weeks worth of lunch and I only eat twice a day now. Everything is too expensive.