The Summary A report on proposed changes to U.S. dietary guidelines suggests encouraging people to eat more beans and lentils for protein and less red meat. Eat more beans, peas and lentils as protein sources and decrease consumption of processed and red meat — those changes are among the recommendations detailed in a new report suggesting potential updates to U.S. dietary guidelines. Under the current dietary guidelines, beans, peas and lentils are categorized as both vegetables and protein foods. Replacing some red and processed meats with plant-based protein sources could help address that, Odoms-Young said. "That's not saying that you can't eat animal protein, but how do you have a diet where you can increase the amount of plant-based protein in the diet," she said.

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Persons: ”, Angela Odoms, Young, That's, Cheryl Anderson, San Diego’s Herbert, Anderson, Odoms Organizations: Agriculture Department, Cornell University, University of California, San Diego’s Herbert Wertman School of Public Health, Mayo Clinic, Department of Health, Human Services Locations: San, U.S