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demmiblue

(38,969 posts)
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 03:56 PM Nov 10

RFK Jr: "President Trump is revising the dietary guidelines which is gonna dramatically change the food culture...

RFK Jr: "President Trump is revising the dietary guidelines which is gonna dramatically change the food culture in this country."

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-11-10T20:40:34.873Z


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Jorkus Smellington (@jorkussmellington.bsky.social) 2025-11-10T20:41:50.808Z


Michelle Obama once suggested Americans should eat more vegetables and there was a nationwide freakout.

Chad Farrenburg (@chadfarrenburg.bsky.social) 2025-11-10T20:42:36.013Z


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RFK Jr: "President Trump is revising the dietary guidelines which is gonna dramatically change the food culture... (Original Post) demmiblue Nov 10 OP
OMG - does this mean a McMuffin for breakfast, a Filet-O-Fish for lunch and a Big Mac for dinner? With fries, of course. Vinca Nov 10 #1
Well, Not Fries At Breakfast! ProfessorGAC Nov 10 #4
Substitute one of those awful "Hash brown" thingies. n/t the nelm Nov 10 #34
You Mean The Ones My Wife Likes? ProfessorGAC Nov 10 #53
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away I actually used to work for them for... the nelm Nov 10 #57
My Wife As Well ProfessorGAC Nov 11 #64
make that 2 burgers and 3 happy meals with a diet coke. rampartd Nov 10 #9
Actually, It's Worth Considering, Assuming the Road Kill is Fresh The Roux Comes First Nov 10 #35
are those grill marks? rampartd Nov 10 #59
Maybe... Blumancru Nov 10 #14
I'll take the Egg McMuffin KatyaR Nov 10 #38
Actually an Egg McMuffin is one of the healthiest options mentalsolstice Nov 10 #48
Change in American food culture? Attilatheblond Nov 10 #2
So we all have congestive heart failure? Captain Zero Nov 10 #3
Well, that makes things simple. Whatever the USDA recommends going forward, just do the opposite. AZJonnie Nov 10 #5
Exactly. LoisB Nov 10 #11
He's grotesque SamuelTheThird Nov 10 #6
I think we should all want... Mike Nelson Nov 10 #7
2 triangles I_UndergroundPanther Nov 10 #62
Hamberder becomes its own food group? C_U_L8R Nov 10 #8
Suggested during Reagan Regime... No Foolin'! BurnDoubt Nov 10 #22
LOL! Jinx. Chellee Nov 10 #25
Maybe he's channelling the ghost of Reagan. Chellee Nov 10 #23
Yep! Yep! Yep! and... BurnDoubt Nov 10 #26
Just mentioned it to my daughter last night Marthe48 Nov 10 #46
Yeah. I have often looked at IT and thought to myself - I want to follow his dietary regime. LoisB Nov 10 #10
Does it rhyme with boylent breen? Prairie Gates Nov 10 #12
"I have a Modest Proposal"... BurnDoubt Nov 10 #24
... madinmaryland Nov 10 #36
We're gonna need more mobility scooters!! flvegan Nov 10 #13
The five food groups will be revised Blumancru Nov 10 #15
And ketchup. ananda Nov 10 #18
Maybe it will.... Blumancru Nov 10 #37
Good one! I don't see why it couldn't be both. ananda Nov 10 #41
Welcome to DU Marthe48 Nov 10 #47
RFK Jr.'s wife, Cheryl Hines says he eats read meat and sauerkraut at every meal (or all possible) hlthe2b Nov 10 #16
He already managed to eat his way to a brain worm. Crunchy Frog Nov 10 #20
Vascular occlusion from clots or endothelial "hardening," will kill the rest of the tissue, not dead from methylmercury hlthe2b Nov 10 #21
It must be magic to be married to him Johonny Nov 10 #56
Sounds like he's on the carnivore diet womanofthehills Nov 10 #58
For decades. He became mercury-intoxicated two 1/2 decades or so ago from his unbelievably high hlthe2b Nov 10 #60
At this very moment PCIntern Nov 10 #17
I like a hamberder every once in awhile, Crunchy Frog Nov 10 #19
Trump? Dietary guidelines?! Anyone remember this? keep_left Nov 10 #27
That's got to be one of the most hilarious concepts I've heard in a long time. Sogo Nov 10 #28
And then we will have healthy food cheap, right? Clouds Passing Nov 10 #29
There's just some shit you can't make up. Paladin Nov 10 #30
Why under Rebl2 Nov 10 #31
I like Buddy's Just Jerome Nov 10 #32
Get me the hell out of here!! Hope22 Nov 10 #33
Will orange mango give up his big macs? redstatebluegirl Nov 10 #39
My wife was still teaching during the Obama years. The lunches were modified to healthier cholces. twodogsbarking Nov 10 #40
R.e. Farrenberg's comment: maxsolomon Nov 10 #42
Interesting that My Plate specifies "protein" but doesn't mention meat. That's progress ! eppur_se_muova Nov 10 #49
But the only thing you're allowed to drink is "dairy"! maxsolomon Nov 10 #54
If ketchup is a vegetable, OJ is a fruit ! nt eppur_se_muova Nov 10 #61
You mean raw dairy I_UndergroundPanther Nov 10 #63
This menace, Trump, has been an albatross around our necks since he came down his golden escalator Joinfortmill Nov 10 #43
We're DOOMED! Totally Tunsie Nov 10 #44
Surely no one is going to make decisions about their diet based on recommendations by RFK, Jr. or Trump. TomSlick Nov 10 #45
That would seem obvious wouldn't it ? But N O O O O O O O O O O O .... nt eppur_se_muova Nov 10 #50
Hey RFK Jr and TACO, you two fools first. marble falls Nov 10 #51
Trump will control every aspect of our lives. Irish_Dem Nov 10 #52
so eating whole grains and fresh vegetables will become a woke act of resistance? DBoon Nov 10 #55

Vinca

(53,047 posts)
1. OMG - does this mean a McMuffin for breakfast, a Filet-O-Fish for lunch and a Big Mac for dinner? With fries, of course.
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 03:57 PM
Nov 10

the nelm

(213 posts)
57. Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away I actually used to work for them for...
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 08:43 PM
Nov 10

a few years. Agreed, as you say, one's taste is subjective. I always found that after their time in a fryolator they seemed to be especially "greasy" or heavily impregnated in the cooking oil. Maybe it was just the idea of being deep-fried for a second time. They were already pretty greasy in their frozen form. But, again, that's just one opinion. (And I generally absolutely love potatoes no matter how cooked.)

ProfessorGAC

(75,279 posts)
64. My Wife As Well
Tue Nov 11, 2025, 08:06 AM
Nov 11

She LOVES her some potatoes. In any form.
I eat those hash browns in the rare occasions I get the burrito breakfast, but I'm getting that for the bur. Just not going to waste the hash browns.

rampartd

(3,101 posts)
9. make that 2 burgers and 3 happy meals with a diet coke.
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 04:04 PM
Nov 10

anyone listening since earth day knows decent guidelines, and some even follow them. hell, usda published the food triangle during the depression.

i don't really swap recipes with a guy who eats road kill,

The Roux Comes First

(1,990 posts)
35. Actually, It's Worth Considering, Assuming the Road Kill is Fresh
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 05:56 PM
Nov 10

You needn't saturate it in evil cooking oils or rely on other fast food techniques.

Now, mind you, I'm not saying every shoulder cadaver is a good choice.

rampartd

(3,101 posts)
59. are those grill marks?
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 08:51 PM
Nov 10

or prints from a steel belted radial?

i'd eat 'dillo or nutria, our most common roadside delicacies.

but i don't think mom would bake a stuffed 'dillo for thanksgiving..

mentalsolstice

(4,631 posts)
48. Actually an Egg McMuffin is one of the healthiest options
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 07:03 PM
Nov 10

From a fast food place. But you have to leave off the hash browns.

AZJonnie

(2,331 posts)
5. Well, that makes things simple. Whatever the USDA recommends going forward, just do the opposite.
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 04:01 PM
Nov 10

Mike Nelson

(10,844 posts)
7. I think we should all want...
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 04:03 PM
Nov 10

... the great physique of The Donald! ... or the natural beauty of the Third Lady! They are such healthy role models!

I_UndergroundPanther

(13,309 posts)
62. 2 triangles
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 10:48 PM
Nov 10

For the men’s triangle it stresses meat and more meat. bacon ,beef and hot dogs and burgers. Butter chips and sweets.

For the women the triangle will be a picture of lettuce and the words don’t eat because men hate fat chicks.

C_U_L8R

(48,573 posts)
8. Hamberder becomes its own food group?
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 04:04 PM
Nov 10

Pickles and ketchup as vegetables?
Recommended Daily Allowances for double thick shakes?

Chellee

(2,274 posts)
23. Maybe he's channelling the ghost of Reagan.
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 05:17 PM
Nov 10

Remember ketchup as a vegetable in the 80's?

Marthe48

(22,376 posts)
46. Just mentioned it to my daughter last night
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 06:56 PM
Nov 10

The felon isn't sharing the tax dollars we paid in, I doubt if he'll share the ketchup.

LoisB

(12,044 posts)
10. Yeah. I have often looked at IT and thought to myself - I want to follow his dietary regime.
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 04:08 PM
Nov 10

Prairie Gates

(6,862 posts)
12. Does it rhyme with boylent breen?
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 04:09 PM
Nov 10

I mean, I knew beef prices were out of control, but this is ridiculous!

BurnDoubt

(1,254 posts)
24. "I have a Modest Proposal"...
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 05:18 PM
Nov 10

Get thee to the nearest Library!!!!!
Jonathan Swift (No relation, presumably, to the Swift Meat Company?)




flvegan

(65,499 posts)
13. We're gonna need more mobility scooters!!
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 04:15 PM
Nov 10

Americans eating themselves to death, now only faster. I read that Trump likes to mash his Big Mac together with a Filet O Fish and make one "sandwich" out of them or something like that.

Yeah, take dietary advice from THAT guy. The epitome of health, indeed!

Blumancru

(34 posts)
15. The five food groups will be revised
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 04:25 PM
Nov 10

The new five food groups will be:
Hamberders
Cofveve
Fries
Filet of Fish
Tartar sauce

hlthe2b

(112,176 posts)
16. RFK Jr.'s wife, Cheryl Hines says he eats read meat and sauerkraut at every meal (or all possible)
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 04:54 PM
Nov 10

He even tries to get her to carry his sauerkraut in her purse when they eat out.

So maybe we should start the death watch for him too (or at least the cerebrovascular dementia/stroke risk).

Seriously. She was not kidding (apparently).

hlthe2b

(112,176 posts)
21. Vascular occlusion from clots or endothelial "hardening," will kill the rest of the tissue, not dead from methylmercury
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 05:13 PM
Nov 10

or neurocysticercosis (tapeworm cyst)... End result the same, just how fast...

womanofthehills

(10,624 posts)
58. Sounds like he's on the carnivore diet
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 08:45 PM
Nov 10

Many body builders and people who want to lose weight are on it. All social media platforms have carnivore diet forums - it’s huge right now. Some nutritionists are going there too - grass fed beef, good fats, and vegetables but no grains and sugar.

He’s probably eating sauerkraut because fresh sauerkraut has probiotics. .

Trump is trying to appeal to MAHA people - but he will keep having his toxic diet cokes & McDonald’s.



hlthe2b

(112,176 posts)
60. For decades. He became mercury-intoxicated two 1/2 decades or so ago from his unbelievably high
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 08:59 PM
Nov 10

canned tuna consumption--at a time when this risk was WELL DOCUMENTED--which should tell everyone how 1. arrogant; 2. Ignorant; 3. Uninformed, and 4. Unbelievably STUPID he is. Particularly since this was not long before (or after) he was diagnosed with a possible brain tumor (which turned out, instead, to be tapeworm cysts in his brain from his ingestion of wild road kill or undercooked pork.

And yes, you and I know fermented vegetables have probiotics, but kindly don't give this moron more than a casual acknowledgement for knowing ANYTHING or doing anything for which there is validation--all the while he wants to kill you and me and our children with unproven treatments, nonscientific policies, and disregard for vaccines that have saved millions of lives. So, he eats sauerkraut- which is good, but even a broken clock is correct twice a day, after all. And, RFK Jr is nothing more than a broken clock.

PCIntern

(27,825 posts)
17. At this very moment
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 04:56 PM
Nov 10

I am wallpapering my dining room with Heinz ketchup, insignia wallpaper.

Crunchy Frog

(28,169 posts)
19. I like a hamberder every once in awhile,
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 05:05 PM
Nov 10

But not effing all the time.

I won't eat raw meat with parasites in it either.

keep_left

(3,119 posts)
27. Trump? Dietary guidelines?! Anyone remember this?
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 05:20 PM
Nov 10

According to a book co-written by Corey Lewandowski (Trump's 2016 campaign manager), this was Donnie's "standing dinner order" on Trump Force One: two Big Macs, two Filet-o-Fish, and a "chocolate malted" (actually a shake--McDonalds doesn't serve malts).

The Chapo Trap House podcast did a reading from Lewandowski's book that "spilled the tea", as the kids say, about Trump's horrifying diet.

(By the way, that's none other than RFK Jr in the picture, Mr. "Make America Healthy Again", with a full plate of Mickey D's and a 20-ounce bottle of Coke).

https://democraticunderground.com/100220562634#post6

Trump's Mickey D's feast on his private 757. Corey Lewandowski said this occurred on Trump Force One on the regular.

https://democraticunderground.com/100220496710#post56



Sogo

(6,860 posts)
28. That's got to be one of the most hilarious concepts I've heard in a long time.
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 05:20 PM
Nov 10

STFU, wormbrain!

Paladin

(32,051 posts)
30. There's just some shit you can't make up.
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 05:44 PM
Nov 10

Dietary advice from trump. Medical advice from RFK Jr. It's a long list.

Rebl2

(17,229 posts)
31. Why under
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 05:46 PM
Nov 10

Michelle O. eating better was horrific idea and under orange one it’s a good idea.

Hope22

(4,340 posts)
33. Get me the hell out of here!!
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 05:49 PM
Nov 10

It’s one thing to let him be a madman but this is insanity!

twodogsbarking

(16,831 posts)
40. My wife was still teaching during the Obama years. The lunches were modified to healthier cholces.
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 06:26 PM
Nov 10

Caught on with the kids right away.
Waste went way down. Kids got breakfast if needed. That's the way to do it.

maxsolomon

(37,866 posts)
42. R.e. Farrenberg's comment:
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 06:37 PM
Nov 10

There wasn't a "Nationwide Freakout", there was a manufactured RW Propaganda freakout. If Obama did it, it was Communism.

RFK, as usual, is inventing a problem that he'll solve by proposing a solution Dems have already implemented.

My Plate HAS ALREADY REPLACED THE FOOD PYRAMID: https://www.myplate.gov/

eppur_se_muova

(40,562 posts)
49. Interesting that My Plate specifies "protein" but doesn't mention meat. That's progress !
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 07:16 PM
Nov 10

Also, acknowledges the way billions of people around the world eat already -- an estimated 22% of all humans are vegetarian.

maxsolomon

(37,866 posts)
54. But the only thing you're allowed to drink is "dairy"!
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 07:50 PM
Nov 10

Them dang Libruls r tryna tell me how to live mah life!

Joinfortmill

(19,557 posts)
43. This menace, Trump, has been an albatross around our necks since he came down his golden escalator
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 06:40 PM
Nov 10

TomSlick

(12,816 posts)
45. Surely no one is going to make decisions about their diet based on recommendations by RFK, Jr. or Trump.
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 06:54 PM
Nov 10

Neither of them are the picture of health or have two working brain cells to rub together.

DBoon

(24,521 posts)
55. so eating whole grains and fresh vegetables will become a woke act of resistance?
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 07:58 PM
Nov 10

"Give me celery or give me death"

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