RFK Jr. Inverts Food Pyramid: Change a Credit to MAHA Political Coalition

The MAHA moment is here. Last week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s FDA put out an entirely revised “food pyramid” and new healthy eating guidelines. It almost literally flips the previous pyramid upside down, reversing decades of misguided federal advice.

Whereas previous food pyramids encouraged eight to eleven servings of grains per day as the foundation of any healthy diet, the new pyramid sticks them at the bottom, for three to four servings per day. Instead, red meat is championed along with animal proteins, including an overall target of 0.54 to 0.72 grams of protein per pound of body weight daily. “My message is clear,” the secretary of health and human services said. “Eat real food.”

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The MAHA moment is here. Last week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s FDA put out an entirely revised “food pyramid” and new healthy eating guidelines. It almost literally flips the previous pyramid upside down, reversing decades of misguided federal advice.

Whereas previous food pyramids encouraged eight to eleven servings of grains per day as the foundation of any healthy diet, the new pyramid sticks them at the bottom, for three to four servings per day. Instead, red meat is championed along with animal proteins, including an overall target of 0.54 to 0.72 grams of protein per pound of body weight daily. “My message is clear,” the secretary of health and human services said. “Eat real food.”