Fig. 1

Intake of macronutrients and nutrients to limit in the M20-HEP and M25-HEP models. The solid black line represents the nutrient concentration per 2,000 kcal provided by the Healthy U.S.-Style Eating Pattern (HEP) and the dashed black lines represent the Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges (AMDR) for macronutrient intake by adults as established by the IOM,² the Chronic Disease Risk Reduction (CDRR) level for sodium [25], and the cholesterol limit used in food pattern modeling exercises to support the 2020–2025 DGA [22]. Blue bars (1) are patterns with the same proportion of processed meat/poultry as the HEP (34% of total meat and 12% of total poultry as processed); red bars (2) are patterns with the current level of processed meat (4 ounce-eq per week) / poultry (1.5 ounce-eq per week); green bars (3) are patterns with a reduced level of processed meat (2 ounce-eq per week) / (1 ounce-eq per week) poultry; and purple bars (4) are patterns with no processed meat/poultry