Nutrition guidance recommending nutrient dense foods such as meat and poultry products, including red and processed meats, should be the foundation of government nutrition policy, the North American Meat Institute (NAMI) said in comments submitted to the Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) Scientific Report.
The comments emphasize the variety of nutrition benefits of meat and poultry products as convenient, direct, and balanced dietary sources of all essential amino acids and rich sources of many micronutrients. The comments also are critical of lean meat’s relegation to mere footnote status in the DGAC report.