October 22, 2025

Trump commitee pushes fats

Newsworthy News -  The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission, established under President Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has released a strategy report advocating a major shift in national dietary guidelines. For decades, government policy has warned Americans to limit saturated fat, with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) recommending less than 10% of daily calories from saturated fat. Now, MAHA’s strategy promotes the inclusion of foods like steak, butter, and ice cream, arguing that animal fats have been unfairly maligned and should be central to “common sense” nutrition.

This new approach is already provoking a heated reaction from the nutrition science community and public health organizations. The American Heart Association and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have reaffirmed their position that saturated fat is strongly linked to heart disease, citing decades of robust research. Their experts contend that the science behind limiting saturated fat remains consistent and compelling, warning that relaxing guidelines could drive up heart disease rates, especially among vulnerable populations relying on federal nutrition programs. The MAHA Commission’s stance, while supported by some advocates of low-carb and high-fat diets, represents a sharp break from mainstream scientific consensus.

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