RFK Jr.'s new food pyramid

RFK Jr.的新食物金字塔

Today, Explained

2026-01-17

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Let them eat steak. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Jolie Myers, fact checked by Andrea López-Cruzado, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Noel King. The revised Food Pyramid from the Department of Health and Human Services. Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • RFKJR HHS Secretary recently announced new federal dietary guidelines declaring war.

  • Today, our government declares war on added sugar.

  • Also, ending war.

  • We are ending the war on saturated fats.

  • In his tenure as head of HHS,

  • RFK has ended the war on protein and declared war on ultra-processed foods and on the old food pyramid.

  • You can see the food pyramid here.

  • It's upside down, a lot of you will say.

  • It was actually upside down before and we just righted it.

  • The Trump administration has pushed companies to eliminate food dyes and in the first bill signing of the new year says schools can now serve whole milk.

  • Whole milk and it's whole with a W for those of you that have a problem.

  • Coming up on Today explained the push from the top to revamp the American diet.

  • I'm Noelle King with Jane Black.

  • She's a food journalist and co-author of the Consumed Newsletter.

  • Jane, welcome back to the show.

  • So the government unveiled a brand new food pyramid last week.

  • What's in it?

  • Well, so there was a lot of hype.

  • about this.

  • And, you know, their big message was, we are now focusing on whole nutrient dense foods.