“Protein and healthy fats are essential and were wrongly discouraged in prior guidelines... Today our government declares war on added sugar."

I watched part of their presser today. My main takeaway is that bunch is impressive, especially when I compare it to the same positions in the previous admin.

(01-07-2026 12:11 PM)BigTigerMike Wrote:  “Protein and healthy fats are essential and were wrongly discouraged in prior guidelines... Today our government declares war on added sugar."

Hell yeah!

(01-07-2026 10:55 PM)BigTigerMike Wrote:  

I saw him post that on Facebook. (Or at least someone handling his Facebook page.)

(01-07-2026 11:06 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(01-07-2026 10:55 PM)BigTigerMike Wrote:  

I saw him post that on Facebook. (Or at least someone handling his Facebook page.)

I'd lay odds it was Cheryl or the influence of such...

(01-07-2026 11:23 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(01-07-2026 11:06 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(01-07-2026 10:55 PM)BigTigerMike Wrote:  

I saw him post that on Facebook. (Or at least someone handling his Facebook page.)

I'd lay odds it was Cheryl or the influence of such...

You know, she's turned into a good egg. (Pun somewhat intended. lol)

(01-07-2026 12:18 PM)TripleA Wrote:  I watched part of their presser today. My main takeaway is that bunch is impressive, especially when I compare it to the same positions in the previous admin.

They are all bozos.

RFK is just pushing his weird carnivore diet on everyone else. His advisers were the people from the beef, pork and dairy industry. "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Just different lobbyists he is listening to.

At least one obvious error in there, claiming olive oil is a certain type of fat that it is not.

(01-08-2026 01:08 AM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-07-2026 12:18 PM)TripleA Wrote:  I watched part of their presser today. My main takeaway is that bunch is impressive, especially when I compare it to the same positions in the previous admin.

They are all bozos.

RFK is just pushing his weird carnivore diet on everyone else. His advisers were the people from the beef, pork and dairy industry. "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Just different lobbyists he is listening to.

At least one obvious error in there, claiming olive oil is a certain type of fat that it is not.

Forget that and think for yourself. And think about what ingredients are in the foods at the top of each pyramid. Seems like the new one is a lot better for you. Natural foods rather than things like cereal, which are one of the worst things you can eat.

I'm pretty sure cave men were eating a lot of meat and no cereal.

(01-07-2026 12:18 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(01-07-2026 12:11 PM)BigTigerMike Wrote:  “Protein and healthy fats are essential and were wrongly discouraged in prior guidelines... Today our government declares war on added sugar."

Hell yeah!

Hell, I could have told them that for a lot less money. Do I eat like that? Nah. I have a finite number of days that are decreasing at a rapid pace. I am going to enjoy myself and not deprive myself of such pleasures as I can afford and that don't instantly kill me.

Will I pay a price for it? Probably. Don't care.

(01-08-2026 01:08 AM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-07-2026 12:18 PM)TripleA Wrote:  I watched part of their presser today. My main takeaway is that bunch is impressive, especially when I compare it to the same positions in the previous admin.

They are all bozos.

RFK is just pushing his weird carnivore diet on everyone else. His advisers were the people from the beef, pork and dairy industry. "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Just different lobbyists he is listening to.

At least one obvious error in there, claiming olive oil is a certain type of fat that it is not.

Every single person I know who has used that diet has been wildly successful. I have a very good friend, Big Tom. He stands about 6'6" to 6'7" and, at one point, weighed in at about 375. He eats almost nothing but steak or chicken now and is down to a lean, mean fighting weight of about 240. He looks like a freaking Viking out to plunder and pillage. He said his knees don't hurt anymore, his regularity has improved, and he feels 10 years younger.

I hit 208 pounds at one point, way too much belly. I got on the Keto diet and lost 39 pounds just eating protein and doing some cardio. When I hit my target weight of below 170 I gave it up and when I got cancer my wife started fattening me up in preparation for the weight loss I was going to experience. She got me up to 198 pounds and at my lowest I was 163 pounds. I've since put back on 7-8 pounds but cannot gain any more weight back. A lot of the weight loss was muscle mass and at my age I will never get it back. At one point I had 19 inch biceps.

Sighhhhh

(01-08-2026 05:37 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(01-08-2026 01:08 AM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-07-2026 12:18 PM)TripleA Wrote:  I watched part of their presser today. My main takeaway is that bunch is impressive, especially when I compare it to the same positions in the previous admin.

They are all bozos.

RFK is just pushing his weird carnivore diet on everyone else. His advisers were the people from the beef, pork and dairy industry. "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Just different lobbyists he is listening to.

At least one obvious error in there, claiming olive oil is a certain type of fat that it is not.

Forget that and think for yourself. And think about what ingredients are in the foods at the top of each pyramid. Seems like the new one is a lot better for you. Natural foods rather than things like cereal, which are one of the worst things you can eat.

I'm pretty sure cave men were eating a lot of meat and no cereal.

Humans are omnivores but I'd bet that given a choice between some tuber plucked from the ground and a big old woolly mammoth, old Og the caveman would choose Big Woolly every time.

About the only vegetables I'll eat are asparagus, spinach, and turnip greens, and none of those are part of my regular diet. It's taken me 11 years to get my future ex-wife to stop putting two cans of beans in her chili. I make mine without beans, like it's supposed to be.

File this under "No **** Sherlock". Who the hell ever thought that 6+ servings of grains per day was healthy?

Bullet doesn’t know what he’s talking about. People were eating meat and butter for centuries along with being active (mostly farming) and were fine.

It was the lack of sanitation, the environment and infectious diseases that got them. Modern health issues, like heart disease and wide range of cancers, stem more from overconsumption, high processed foods, not going outside (Vitamin D) and sedentary lifestyles than meat and butter itself.

Just in beef alone you can’t find such natural nutrients

List of micronutrients in ground beef:

Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin)
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)
Niacin (Vitamin B3)
Riboflavin (Vitamin B2)
Thiamin (Vitamin B1)
Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5)
Folate (Vitamin B9)
Biotin (Vitamin B7)
Vitamin A
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
Iron
Zinc
Phosphorus
Selenium
Potassium
Magnesium
Sodium
Copper
Manganese
Chromium
Molybdenum
Cobalt
Nickel

(It’s the bun in the hamburger that’s usually the killer healthwise)

So, the diet of people that live to be over 100 is the way to go? Who'd of thunk it?
Do you want to look like a big cat or a cow? There's a reason a cow has 4 stomachs and a cheetah has one. We are more cheetah than cow.

Everything in moderation people.

(01-08-2026 05:37 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(01-08-2026 01:08 AM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-07-2026 12:18 PM)TripleA Wrote:  I watched part of their presser today. My main takeaway is that bunch is impressive, especially when I compare it to the same positions in the previous admin.

They are all bozos.

RFK is just pushing his weird carnivore diet on everyone else. His advisers were the people from the beef, pork and dairy industry. "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Just different lobbyists he is listening to.

At least one obvious error in there, claiming olive oil is a certain type of fat that it is not.

Forget that and think for yourself. And think about what ingredients are in the foods at the top of each pyramid. Seems like the new one is a lot better for you. Natural foods rather than things like cereal, which are one of the worst things you can eat.

I'm pretty sure cave men were eating a lot of meat and no cereal.

This. When I eat natural foods, I feel great! When I eat highly processed foods with ingredients that I can't pronounced on the first go-around, I don't feel so great. Of course, proper exercise helps, too. I do exercise, but not enough. That's going to change.

Sheesh, I eat all that already, that's why I'm such a good looking guy.

My biggest threat to my health are flour tortillas. I just have to have them. I'll eat one for breakfast, one for lunch or maybe two more for dinner. Burrito should be my middle name. Flour tortilla and mayo with whatever you put inside is the way to go for me. I'm 77 and I've lived long enough, at least my stomach will die happy along with me.