admin
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now serving as Secretary of Health and Human Services, made it plain on Jesse Watters Primetime that Washington’s nutrition orthodoxy has been corrupted by politicized science and corporate capture. He defended what he called a necessary revolution — flipping the tired old food pyramid on its head to prioritize real, nutrient-dense foods over processed garbage.
Kennedy’s MAHA agenda doesn’t tiptoe around the truth: the federal dietary recommendations unveiled this month put protein, whole milk, cheese, and natural fats front and center while declaring war on added sugars and ultraprocessed snacks. This is not a cosmetic tweak — it’s being billed inside the administration as the most significant reset of federal nutrition policy in decades and will affect school meals and healthcare guidance nationwide.
He went further on the air Friday, calling out the fact that too many of our packaged foods are literally made with petroleum-derived dyes and other industrial additives, and announced plans to accelerate removal of the worst offenders. When your government finally admits that “food-like substances” are masquerading as nutrition, you know the system has failed parents and kids for far too long.
Naturally, the swamp is sputtering. Critics from the technocratic left and their friends in big health organizations are shrieking that prioritizing red meat and saturated fats violates decades of establishment doctrine, while some media outlets sniff at the change as political theater. Even outlets that cover the president’s diet and personal quirks have noted the friction this agenda sometimes causes among personalities in and around the administration.
Let’s be blunt: the old regime of lobby-fed guidelines and industry-friendly “science” protected processed-food giants and left families with sugary, dye-filled garbage in their pantries. Investigative reporting and fact-checks have shown how messy and politicized the old process was, and that’s precisely why a shakeup was overdue. The establishment will complain; parents will breathe easier.
Conservatives should celebrate this kind of common-sense disruption. Returning whole milk to schools, emphasizing real food over fake substitutes, and giving families clear, honest guidance restores personal responsibility and local control over what our children eat. This is about sovereignty over our bodies and kitchens, not another centrally planned diet handed down by distant elites.
Of course the opponents will call it reckless and dangerous; that’s the script when anyone challenges the comfortable alliance between regulators and corporate interests. But Americans are tired of being treated like lab rats for the latest nutritional fad pushed by lobbyists and grant-seeking academics — we want food that nourishes and policies that respect families.
If conservatives want to defend liberty, health policy is a front we can win. Backing bold reforms that prioritize real food, ban ridiculous additives, and end the grip of politicized science is both commonsense and patriotic. Stand with those who put parents and kids first, and let Washington know we won’t accept another generation fed by industry propaganda.
