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Today, Explained

RFK Jr.'s new food pyramid

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Politics, Daily News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

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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0:00.0

RFKJR, HHS Secretary recently announced new federal dietary guidelines declaring war.

0:07.8

Today, our government declares war on added sugar.

0:11.5

Also ending war.

0:13.3

We are ending the war on saturated fats.

0:16.5

In his tenure as head of HHS, RFK has ended the war on protein and declared war on ultra-processed foods

0:23.7

and on the old food pyramid.

0:25.3

You can see the food pyramid here.

0:27.3

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

0:30.6

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

0:35.6

The Trump administration has pushed companies to eliminate food dyes, and in the first

0:40.2

bill signing of the new year, says schools can now serve whole milk.

0:44.4

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

0:49.5

Coming up on today, explained the push from the top to revamp the American diet.

1:00.7

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