Butter Is Not Back: The Broken Promise on Saturated Fats

Despite months of pledges to "end the war on saturated fat," the 10% cap in the updated US Dietary Guidelines will remain—creating a contradictory document.

Delayed for months, the highly anticipated new U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans will be released to the public tomorrow, followed by a large (invite-only) event at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday. As promised, the new guidelines are expected to be only about eight pages, far shorter than the 100+ tomes of previous…