How beef climbed to the top of the food pyramid

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  NPR.

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  This is The Indicator from Planet Money.

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  I'm Waylon Wong.

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  And I'm Darian Woods.

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  You might have seen earlier this month, the Trump administration introduced a new food pyramid.

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  The government flipped the old pyramid upside down, literally.

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  Yeah, the new pyramid is inverted, so the widest part is now at the top.

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  And occupying the top row are foods like a thick cut of steak and a wedge of cheese.

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  There's also broccoli and carrots,

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  but fruits and vegetables are given as much importance as what the pyramid labels as protein,

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  dairy, and healthy fats.

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  Health Secretary Robert F.

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  Kennedy Jr.

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  is arguably the country's highest profile carnivore.

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  He said in a recent press conference that he's fixing incorrect guidance from previous administrations.

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  Protein and healthy fats are essential, and we're wrongly discouraged in prior dietary guidelines.

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  We are ending the war on saturated fats.

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  The secretary is talking about the fats found in red meat, butter, and cheese.

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  So it looks like beef is back on the menu, but did it ever really leave?

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  Today on the show, we trace the rise of beef consumption in the U.S.

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