The official Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) has not been updated since 1980, when it was first introduced. For years and years, breads and starches were overemphasized while healthy fats like those found in butter or olive oil were demonized. Not anymore.

BREAKING: The Trump Administration announces the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, putting REAL FOOD back at the center of health. 🇺🇸https://t.co/tkGF01onpm pic.twitter.com/1zTLSKdE7R

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 7, 2026

Thanks to the work of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, the food pyramid has been flipped on its head. “As Secretary of Health and Human Services,” Kennedy said in a press conference this week, “my message is clear: eat real food. Nothing matters more for healthcare outcomes, economic outcomes, military readiness, and physical stability.”

.@SecKennedy: “My message is clear: EAT REAL FOOD.” pic.twitter.com/UCXQuBQbqb

— HHS Rapid Response (@HHSResponse) January 7, 2026

The emphasis of the new DGA is on whole foods, prioritizing nutrient-dense foods such as poultry, red meat, fish, eggs, legumes, lentils, nuts, and more. The higher the quality of whole food, the better the nutrient intake and health outcomes.

The guidance also reflects Kennedy’s stance on sugars and ultra-processed foods, which he calls poison — and he’s right. While the former card-carrying Democrat has plenty of questionable if not downright insane opinions, his viewpoint regarding ultra-processed, prepackaged foods — namely that they are disguised as convenience but are actually empty calories that do not fuel your body and contribute to the obesity crisis — is spot-on.

Why was the 1980s food pyramid so drastically wrong? Well, the makers of the original food pyramid were coerced by food lobbyists, particularly those in the sugar lobby, to demonize fats rather than one of the main culprits: sugar itself.

Kennedy addressed this travesty as well: “The hard truth,” he noted, “is that our government has been lying to us to protect corporate profit-taking.” He promised that “the lies stop” today.

This is exactly what MAHA supporters have been hoping for. How do we make America healthy again? By eliminating added sugars, seed oils, and food dyes, and returning to real, whole foods. In the public sector, the new DGA will directly affect schools, the military, hospitals, and federal assistance programs.

Some surprising entities are applauding the new guidelines. The American Medical Association, which historically has been critical of Kennedy and the MAHA movement, released a statement saying that it “applauds the Administration’s new Dietary Guidelines for spotlighting the highly processed foods, sugar-sweetened beverages, and excess sodium that fuel heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and other chronic illnesses.” The AMA continued, “The Guidelines affirm that food is medicine and offer clear direction patients and physicians can use to improve health.”

Frankly, this move should (emphasis on should) generate bipartisan agreement. Who wouldn’t want to replace the bogus old food pyramid with one that actually reflects science and common sense? I’ll tell you who doesn’t: the leftists who inhabit the social media platform Bluesky. If they’re not griping about the new DGA’s emphasis on protein and red meat, they’re caterwauling about how it’s racist because Americans didn’t adopt former First Lady Michelle Obama’s version of a balanced diet.

Because we live in a clown world, I wouldn’t be surprised if some of them go on a processed food bender in protest. As if they needed more health problems besides their mental health issues.