You can enjoy grass-fed beef, whole-fat Greek yogurt, and dark chocolate—all in the same day—while following the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. With what nutrition experts call “fat budgeting,” you can make the guidelines work for you.
The 2025 to 2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans made headlines by turning the original 1992 food pyramid upside down, placing protein-rich foods and whole-fat dairy at the top. What most people missed is that the decades-old 10 percent cap on saturated fat as a percentage of total daily calories remains firmly in place.
