White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Wednesday that the Trump administration would be updating federal nutrition standards.
“The Trump administration is now updating federal nutrition standards and guidelines to ensure that Americans have the most accurate driven information supported by science and hard facts, not special interests or partisan ideology,” Leavitt announced during press conference.
Leavitt was joined by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins.
Kennedy spoke at the press conference and said that the government in the past has lied about food to protect corporate interests.
“Protein and healthy fats are essential and were wrongly discouraged in prior dietary guidelines,” Kennedy said. “We are ending the war on saturated fats.”
During the press conference, Kennedy showed a new food pyramid that had vegetables and meat at the top of it and whole grains at the bottom.
“The dietary guidelines directly address ultra processed foods and set firm sugar limits in the federal procurement, driving a significant reduction in added sugar in school meals,” he said.
Rollins said they are putting “real food” back at the center of the American diet.
“That means more protein, more dairy, more healthy fats, more whole grains, more fruits and vegetable, whether they are fresh, frozen, canned or dried,” she said.
When Kennedy ran for president in 2024, some of his main issues were pesticides in food, vaccines, and environmental factors making Americans sick.
He joined forces with Trump, stating that the president would contribute to his goal to make America healthy again.
Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Protection updated recommendations for the childhood vaccine schedule.
Now they only recommend 11 vaccines as opposed to 17 at the end of 2024.