RFK Jr.’s Food Pyramid Flip Will Have Widespread Benefits, Proponents Say

Upon unveiling the new food pyramid and dietary guidelines for Americans earlier this week, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admonished the health policy practices of previous administrations. “For decades, Americans have grown sicker while health care costs have soared,” he said at a White House press briefing on Jan. 7. “The reason is clear. Our government has been lying to us to protect corporate profit-taking, telling us that these food-like substances were beneficial to our health.” “Federal policy promoted and subsidized highly processed foods and refined carbohydrates and turned up a blind eye to the cataclysmic consequences,” he said. “Today, the lies stop.”...