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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced new dietary guidelines for Americans focused on promoting whole foods, healthy proteins and fats. And he has "declared war" on sugar.
(The written guidance identifies “healthy fats” as olive oil, but also “butter or beef tallow.” Beef tallow is a fat Kennedy has personally endorsed, but is probably harder to easily depict in a drawing.)
The food pyramid is getting turned upside down, with protein and dairy gaining more prominence in the suggested American diet. Sugar and processed foods are getting shunned even more with warning labels.
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