01/08/2026
🚨 This is where the Dietary Guidelines for Americans lose credibility.
What a hot mess! 🤯
On one hand, we’re seeing increased promotion of full-fat meats and beef tallow in public nutrition conversations and policy-adjacent messaging.
On the other hand, the same guidelines tell Americans to limit saturated fat.
👉 That’s not nuance.
👉 That’s a contradiction.
You can’t meaningfully promote:
🥩 higher-fat cuts of meat
🧈 animal-based fats like tallow
while simultaneously telling people saturated fat should be limited for heart health.
This creates confusion — and opens the door for misinformation to thrive.
Here’s what actually matters:
• Saturated fat does raise LDL cholesterol in many people
• Cardiovascular risk is not one-size-fits-all
• Fat quality, overall dietary pattern, genetics, and metabolic health all matter
• Demonizing seed oils while glorifying tallow is not evidence-based nutrition
Claiming we need more research to know which fats are healthiest.
We already know. Olive oil, nuts, seeds, avocados, and fatty fish are the healthiest fats per decades and mountains of evidence.
Nutrition guidance should be internally consistent, transparent about tradeoffs, and rooted in outcomes — not trends.
If the message feels confusing, it’s not because you’re “overthinking it.” It’s because the messaging itself is conflicted.
And don’t get me started on whole grains. I will save that for another post!
This is exactly why personalized nutrition beats blanket advice every time.
