{"id":291060,"date":"2026-02-14T13:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T13:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/291060\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T13:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T13:37:16","slug":"rfk-jr-reveals-carnivore-diet-says-he-only-eats-meat-and-ferments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/291060\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr Reveals Carnivore Diet, Says He Only Eats ‘Meat And Ferments’"},"content":{"rendered":"

RFK Jr<\/a> has said that he follows a carnivore diet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior, widely known as RFK Jr, recently revealed that he exclusively eats meat and fermented foods.<\/p>\n

Read more: Meat-Heavy US Nutrition Guidelines Will Require Millions Of Acres Of New Farmland<\/a><\/p>\n

A Fox News host recently asked RFK Jr what he would eat for a snack on Super Bowl Sunday<\/a>. \u201cI am on a carnivore diet, so I just eat meat and ferments,\u201d RFK Jr said. \u201cI\u2019m very happy with that, so I\u2019m probably going to have yogurt.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also said, \u201cPeople can eat what they want. People can even eat Buffalo wings. But you should check the ingredients, if there\u2019s a lot of seed oils<\/a>, if there is corn syrup in it, if there is [sic] artificial flavors, you probably shouldn\u2019t be doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The carnivore comments sparked debate online. Jon Stewart mentioned them on The Daily Show<\/a>, and in a recent segment on MS NOW<\/a>, comedian Jason Selvig said, \u201cMaybe don\u2019t take medical advice from someone who swims in raw sewage<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

RFK Jr has previously discussed his carnivore diet with USA Today<\/a>. Cheryl Hines, an actor, author, and RFK Jr\u2019s wife, has also confirmed that he often starts his day with a steak and sauerkraut, a fermented cabbage dish, as reported by The Cut<\/a>.<\/p>\n

RFK Jr\u2019s appearance on Fox News also coincided with the launch of a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Super Bowl ad<\/a> featuring Mike Tyson, a former boxer and convicted rapist<\/a>. The ad included negative statements about Americans\u2019 weight from Tyson, the message \u201cProcessed Food Kills<\/a>,\u201d and the slogan \u201cEat Real Food.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more: Why RFK Jr\u2019s Position On Ultra-Processed Foods Is Problematic<\/a><\/p>\n

RFK Jr\u2019s new Dietary Guidelines for Americans<\/p>\n

\"PhotoAdobe Stock The updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans heavily feature meat and dairy<\/p>\n

RFK Jr\u2019s new US health guidelines<\/a> have received criticism for emphasizing meat, dairy, and saturated fats. The significantly shortened guidelines include an inverted food pyramid that places meat and dairy<\/a> alongside vegetables and fruit.<\/p>\n

If Americans increase their consumption of animal products accordingly, it could require around 100 million acres<\/a> \u2013 roughly the equivalent of California \u2013 of additional agricultural land per year. Some experts suggest that meat and dairy are behind rising US NCD rates<\/a>, cancer risk, and climate change<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The carnivore diet, in particular, has been described as bad for human health<\/a> and \u201cunbalanced, unsustainable, and potentially harmful.\u201d Meanwhile, the anti-seed oil rhetoric that RFK Jr touched on in his Fox News appearance has been repeatedly debunked<\/a>, particularly in contrast to the tallow<\/a> and butter<\/a> that MAHA endorses.<\/p>\n

In contrast, an ever-growing body of research suggests that plant-rich diets are better for health<\/a> and the environment<\/a>, and are essential for a stable food system<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read more: Updated EAT-Lancet Planetary Health Diet Could Prevent 40,000 Deaths Per Day<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RFK Jr has said that he follows a carnivore diet. US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior, widely…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[5358,163,85,46,8122,43,543,6417],"class_list":{"0":"post-291060","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-carnivore-diet","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-misinformation","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-nutrition","15":"tag-rfk-jr"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}