Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday that new dietary guidelines are expected to be released next month that will end the “war on saturated fats.”
Speaking at the Food Allergy Fund Leadership Forum, Kennedy discussed the actions the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken under his leadership, including incentivizing a reduction in petroleum-based food dyes and increasing oversight into infant formula.
“We’re ending the war on saturated fats in this country. So, we’re going to publish dietary guidelines that are going to stress the importance of protein and saturated fats. And those will come out, I think, next month. And I think that will really revolutionize the food system in the country, the food culture in this country,” Kennedy said.
The Hill’s sister company NewsNation reported last month that Kennedy planned to introduce new dietary guidelines recommending more consumption of butter, cheese, milk and red meat. This goes against current thinking that high consumption of saturated fats raises levels of bad cholesterol and increases the risk of heart disease.
Kennedy ascribes to the so-called carnivore diet, which calls for eating only meat, poultry, eggs, seafood, fish, dairy products and water.
Describing his own diet earlier this year, Kennedy said, “It’s mainly meat and then fermented — anything fermented. So, a lot of yogurt, good yogurt without sugar in it. Then, coleslaw and kimchi and all kinds of fermented vegetables. And it’s really, I would say it’s dramatically changed my, you know, everything.”
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