David PerlmutterPresident,, Perlmutter Health Center · Board-Certified Neurologist | Functional Medicine Pioneer | #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author | International Speaker | Host of The Empowering Neurologist Podcast

The US government finally got the dietary guidelines right.

10 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief commentary, Dr. David Perlmutter celebrates the 2025 revision of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines, which overturns the traditional food pyramid by limiting ultra‑processed foods and emphasizing nutrient‑dense options. He contrasts the new guidance with past recommendations that favored processed foods, referencing his earlier "Grain Brain" advocacy, and argues that the shift will substantially improve public health.

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For the first time in decades, governmental recommendations have pretty much gotten it right as it relates to their food recommendations. You know, we've seen this new recommendation 2025 with the food pyramid being pretty much turned upside down. Am I in favor? You bet I am. The idea that favoring ultra-processed foods was somehow a good recommendation, we've been talking about this for a long, long time, even back in the Grain Brain days, that this is absolutely the wrong approach. So I think that these new recommendations limiting our consumption of these ultra-processed foods and favoring foods that are much more nutrient-dense makes a huge amount of sense, as it's really going to go a long way to improving our health.