AMI Foundation highlights diet benefits of meat, poultry in comments to Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

In oral testimony delivered to the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, AMI Foundation (AMIF) Vice President of Scientific Affairs Betsy Booren, Ph.D. emphasized the important role of fresh and ready-to-eat meat and poultry products as part of a balanced diet.

Dr. Booren noted that while a common trend amongst food manufacturers today is products with added protein, meat and poultry products provide Americans a simple, direct, and balanced dietary source of complete proteins with all essential amino acids and are rich sources of micronutrients such as iron, selenium, Vitamins A, B12, and folic acid.