RFK's *new* upside down FOOD PYRAMID. Thoughts?

[underpants]

The White House unveiled new dietary guidelines Wednesday, with officials calling it the “most significant reset of federal nutrition policy in history,” though many core recommendations stayed the same.

The guidelines are represented by an upside-down pyramid placing vegetables, fruits, proteins, dairy and healthy fats at the top and whole grains at the bottom.

Although Kennedy repeatedly spoke in favor of eating more saturated fats, reiterating his aim of ending the “war on saturated fats,” the guidelines notably did not deviate from the long-held guidance to limit saturated fat consumption to 10 percent of daily intake.

During the press briefing Wednesday, Oz also offered clarification when it came to alcohol, saying, “There is alcohol on these dietary guidelines, but the implication is don’t have it for breakfast.”

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5676613-new-dietary-guidelines-kennedy/

[Blue Full Moon]

1. Fits their goal. To kill as many Americans as they can.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. I totally ignore anything put out by the POS jfk, jr. He's nuts.

[Intractable]

3. To me, the chart implies that red meat is as healthy to eat as chicken and fish.

[Maru Kitteh]

20. Also carrots and broccoli

[womanofthehills]

36. Actually, red meat is much cleaner than many foods

As far as glyphosate and pesticides go esp if you get grass fed/grass finished. Now millions of Americans are on the carnivore diet and say they feel better. Meat is probably safer than large fish with all its mercury.

In the old version, grains and cereals were promoted. If not organic, they are heavy on the pesticides and often dried with glyphosate being sprayed so they dry uniformly. Grains have little protein.

[kacekwl]

4. Anything that comes from the

current, administration is in my opinion to be ignored.

[GoCubsGo]

5. It's poorly-constructed schlock.

Just like everything else Trump and his psychpants put out. That's not a food pyramid. It's a nonsensical graphic. Which morons, besides Brain Worm Bobby, thought that putting out this idiotic shit was a good idea?

[Prairie Gates]

11. Agreed. It doesn't signify anything

It's just a troll on the old design.

Dumb.

[Raine]

6. What do I think of it ... not much! 🤢 nt

[NutmegYankee]

7. For Bariatric surgery patients, that actually is the medical recommendation.

Basically, get protein and vegetables in and go to carbs last since you eat such small portions.

[mercuryblues]

8. I'm guessing he was high when he did this.

[DBoon]

34. then why isn't pizza on the graphic?

[PufPuf23]

39. And where is roadkill?

RFK Jn thinks talking out ass is normal, hence upside down food pyramid too.

[mercuryblues]

40. It was and he ate it, thinking it was real

[IbogaProject]

9. The amount of protein required is suprisingly low

Under .5gm per pound of body weight and the body produces toxins when metabolizing more.

[VGNonly]

22. In addition excessive protein causes kidney issues,

including kidney stones and gout.

[KLK1972]

28. It doesn't feel low for me...

As a very active menopausal woman, my doctor has me on a 1.2 g per kg of body weight, so about 81G a day. that doesn't sound like a lot... until I actually try to get it all in. I'm a recovered carboholic, and my old protein intake was SCANT. I don't eat a whole lot of food (GLP user) so I have to be super strategic to get enough protein in. I do think I spent much of my life on the bread end of the pyramid so the past 13 months with protein goals have been a major lifestyle change and its been challenging at times.

[IbogaProject]

41. That is .5454 gm/ pound of body weight

The Japenese paste, miso is a probiotic that makes plant protein much more absorbable. Doesnt have to be mixed, just eaten some times. It populates the gut to ne primed to get better protein absorbtion from plants.

[Prairie Gates]

10. Since there are basically equal amounts of all the items, it's just dumb

It's unnecessary to frame it as a pyramid. The previous pyramid signified amounts: more of what was at the bottom and less of what was at the top. Here, there are pretty much equal amounts of everything just shaped as a pyramid. It's essentially just a troll on the old design, which is exactly what I'd expect from these MAGA clowns. There are plenty of good reasons to revise the old food pyramid. There's no reason for a government agency to just be out there trolling it with confusing if not meaningless graphic design.

[flvegan]

12. He knows as much about nutrition as he does about medicine.

And most of it is wrong.

[newdeal2]

13. Why did the keep the graphics so old-school?

Are they trying to make it seem old-timey for legitimacy?

While I don’t necessarily disagree with what I think the message is, it’s a confusing infographic.

[harumph]

14. It's overly simplistic. Red meat should be further down,

but correct inasmuch as veggies should rate relatively high and breads relatively low. That said, eating (for example) true sourdough type bread is not the same as plain white - and so on. One size fits all graphs are not that helpful. Really, diet needs to be tailored to a person's physical characteristics and digestion profile. I eat quite a lot of North Atlantic mackerel, cheese and chicken and should balance with more cruciferous veggies. But regarding the graph, it's honestly not terrible. A blind squirrel occasionally finds an acorn.

[VGNonly]

15. Surprised that roadkill and raw milk

aren't on the top of his list.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

16. Egypt for dummies: Upside down pyramid signifies death.

Akin to inverting a cross. Just ask Simon Peter.

[Johonny]

17. Every pyramid is a tomb

[orangecrush]

18. Quack

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

19. cattle farmers are celebrating

[womanofthehills]

37. Grass fed/grass finished beef is super healthy

No pesticides, chemicals and lots of quality protein.

Compare that to the grains that used to be on top - lots of GMO grains sprayed with tons of pesticides. Have you read the ingredients in a loaf of bread or cereal?

[SunImp]

21. Not listening to RFveKna

[Rstrstx]

23. Totally fake

I don’t see ivermectin anywhere on the pyramid

[UTUSN]

24. Thought: Jr's brain worm is squashed on its head?

[Marthe48]

25. My daughter is a renal dietitian

She is appalled. So are her peers. One said she saw a reference to Keto Kone and that's what she'll call it.

The mouth breathers will applaud this. People with brains will continue to eat as healthily as they can afford to.

[CousinIT]

26. NOPE. I'm following the one prior to that created by actual nutrition experts, not idiots.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220916665

[KLK1972]

27. This may be the first time I approve of anything this admin does

[ms liberty]

29. When he dies. Hhs family needs to have him autopsied

Then they can release it to the public, and show us exactly how healthy his heart and arteries were. I'm betting they won't be nearly as clean as he thinks they are/were.

[Skittles]

30. it is what HE prefers

not what is backed up by SCIENCE

[tinrobot]

31. What, no dead bear? No whale head?

[jmowreader]

32. I think they're missing a few things

Where's the Brawndo group?

[allegorical oracle]

33. Where are the speedballs? That's what he ate when he was at Harvard U.

[bucolic_frolic]

35. Heart disease with fat was tried in the 1960s, diabetes with carbs after 1980

There is a lot of fat and carbs in that pyramid, the results won't be any different.

And if you don't get the pesticides and growth hormones out you're wind up with a lot of cancer.

Karl Marx was accused of turning the world upside down. This diet is more scrambled than anything else.

[womanofthehills]

38. Now - nutritionists are recommending cooking in grass fed beef tallow

And recommending eating butter by spoonfuls. Eggs are one of the most nutritious foods - having every vitamin and mineral.

The old food pyramid emphasized grains - like 11 or so servings a day. Now grains are mostly gross - read the labels. Most grains are now basically processed food unless you make your own. A loaf of bread will last months because of all the chemicals.

I bake my own sourdough bread but I do not expect to get high quality protein from my bread.

[bucolic_frolic]

42. That is true

We have to add our own flax meal, chia seeds, oat bran. Graham flour was the whole what kernel, now they separate it and sell the components which never make it into ordinary baking. Many types of refined carbs - starches - are used as food stretchers. They adulterate the product to make more money.