The guidelines also advise that Americans prioritize more protein intake, avoid highly processed foods, avoid added sugars, include healthy fats in meals, have diets lower in carbohydrates, consume more whole grains and avoid refined carbohydrates.

Health-conscious Americans, physicians and elected officials have been sounding alarms concerning the food pyramid for decades. It may now be a relic of corporate influence and bad advice.

Anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brook Rollins unveiled the delayed 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for America Wednesday, which is already drawing criticism for its ties to the meat and dairy industry.