RFK Jr to urge Americans to eat more saturated fats, alarming health experts

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Guardian

Sat 25 Oct 2025 08.00 EDT
Last modified on Sat 25 Oct 2025 14.39 EDT


Robert F Kennedy Jr, the health and human services (HHS) secretary, is planning to issue guidance encouraging Americans to eat more saturated fats, contradicting decades of dietary recommendations and alarming experts.

“My response and sort of counsel to myself was to stay calm, and let’s see what happens, because there was no indication given as to how, why, when this potential shift would occur,” said Cheryl Anderson, an American Heart Association board member and professor at the University of California, San Diego’s school of public health and human longevity science. “The recommendation around saturated fat has been one of the most consistent recommendations since the first edition of the dietary guidelines.”

While Ronald Krauss, a professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, who has researched saturated fats extensively, found that saturated fats may be less harmful than previously thought, he believes if “[Kennedy] is actually going to go out and say we should be eating more saturated fat, I think that’s really the wrong message”.

Kennedy has indicated that new dietary guidelines will “stress the need to eat saturated fats of dairy, of good meat, of fresh meat and vegetables … When we release those, it will give everybody the rationale for driving it into our schools,” according to recent reporting in the Hill. Krauss’s research shows that “saturated fat is relatively neutral” compared with what scientists have believed in the past.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/25/rfk-jr-saturated-fats

---

Head of the U.S. Death Panel™.

[Midnight Writer]

1. Butter and bacon and doughnuts, oh my!

[Irish_Dem]

3. Ha I was typing the same thing at the same time.....

[mpcamb]

16. And make sure you don't get tested!

[Jack Valentino]

51. You forgot cheeseburgers!

[Born Free]

85. Increased fat and lower carbs does help type 2 diabetes

Many people with type 2 diabetes have seen their HA1C levels drop after they increase fat intake and reduce carbohydrates. The best way to test it is to keep a diary of what you eat at a meal, and test the blood glucose levels at 1 and 2 hours later. It is easy to see what foods have the biggest effects. Many doing the high fat low carbohydrate diets have higher cholesterol at first but that seems to go down as the body adjusts. Crazy as it may seem, cheeseburgers are OK for type 2 diabetes, it is the bun that that raises the blood glucose level.

In theory anyone can test it with a cheap glucose meter and a few tests strips, eat a banana as recommended by nurses for a mid morning snack and check the blood glucose at 1 and 2 hours, than try eating meat and test the same way and see which gives you a lower glucose level reading.

[keroro gunsou]

64. ok Homer...

eol.

[Irish_Dem]

2. RFK Jr diet: Eat more sugar, donuts, ice cream, bacon, French fries.

[Zambero]

5. And road kill

If the critter ain't saturated, just go for it anyway!

[Irish_Dem]

8. The more germs the better.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. ...

[Initech]

67. And fry those french fries in beef tallow instead of vegetable oil.

[Irish_Dem]

68. And smoke cigarettes and shoot up heroin too.

[Initech]

75. And you know the seweage treatment plant where it says "do not swim"?

Go ahead, swim in that shit! YOLO!

[womanofthehills]

69. Beef tallow has been used for cooking for centuries

Look at how slim everyone was in the 50’s. I prefer organic grass fed beef tallow to chemically processed seed oils. Eggs fried in beef tallow are amazingly delicious. Now we are learning beef tallow from grass fed cows is rich in Vit A, D, E and K2.

It’s more stable for high heat frying as it doesn’t break down into harmful compounds So less processed than seed oils and no chemicals used in production.

Remember when we were told not to eat too many eggs??

[Initech]

77. Beef tallow is great for some things for sure.

But it also has a high smoke point and can damage your fryer or cause burns if you don't know what you are doing. It's also more expensive too. Most restaurants use vegetable oil because it's cheap and easily disposable.

[womanofthehills]

82. With my air fryer I usually use olive oil

But when I fry on the stove top,
I use Ghee or Beef Tallow.

[hlthe2b]

4. A serial killer in full public view...

If only that brain cyst, or his chronic mercury poisoning, or his history of heroin abuse, or all his anabolic steroid use, or his insane desire to kill young and old, just to make some ridiculous point, would combine to bring him his long-delayed Karma.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Trump killed one million Americans during Covid. RFK Jr wants to beat that record.

[Initech]

78. Maybe the problem will work itself out!

I'm convinced there's no corporation on earth that hates its' customers more than News Corporation. Of which there are many former employees of that organization employed in this horrible administration.

[thought crime]

57. Silly contrarians don't realize the damage they do.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Let's make those 1960s-style heart attacks Great Again!

There's tradeoffs to everything. Dairy, beef, trans fats do one thing, seed oils do another, Keto does something else.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Guess that should be HAGA - Heart Attacks Great Again! /nt

[no_hypocrisy]

7. Bobby thinks that "Sleeper" is a documentary

[IronLionZion]

11. Fatten them up for what exactly?

heart disease?

[BumRushDaShow]

21. "Fatten them up for what exactly?"

Soylent Green!

[thought crime]

59. No need for a remake. We're living it.

[FakeNoose]

12. Whatever HE says, we need to do the OPPOSITE

There, fixed it.

[mpcamb]

18. Dead heat for first place.

[FakeNoose]

19. Yes except Chump has killed more people ... for now

[Beartracks]

13. Do I eat the saturated fats before or after drinking the bleach that Trump recommended?

It's so confusing.

================

[Dave Bowman]

28. There's Ivermectin for dessert!

[Ocelot II]

76. Be sure to add some wild mushrooms to your well-marbled beef.

Or road-killed raccoon.

[flor-de-jasmim]

14. Alan Greyson (FL) was right in 2009: Republicans want you to die quickly. That's their health plan.

And... he lost his seat in the H of Reps. for saying it.

[markodochartaigh]

22. Alan Grayson is great!

https://electgrayson.com/

[Evolve Dammit]

38. And "we have death panels. They're called insurance companies."

[Polybius]

44. Among many other reasons too n/t

[Buddyzbuddy]

15. Don't forget your daily dose of heroin.

[JoseBalow]

20. My daily dose comes with a reminder

[Irish_Dem]

26. Trump wants to take over the drug trade. So yes Americans need to do more drugs.

Cha Ching for Trump.

[thought crime]

60. Trumponomics: Oil, Crypto and Drugs. Oh yes, and tariffs.

[Irish_Dem]

62. Yes and add sex trade.

Then his spawn are doing land deals with foreign powers.

[PSPS]

23. Brain diseased heroin addict with no medical education at all as head of HHS

Everything he says is "alarming health experts." Bob, himself, is "alarming health experts." Yet the republican senate actually confirmed him.

[wolfie001]

24. His dried prune-faced look is NOT a picture of health

He looks like the Crypt Keeper.

[Aussie105]

25. More fat, more sugar!

Clog those arteries, get heart problems by the age of 35!
If you are lucky, you might just get diabetes only.

Oh wait . . . check your health cover first, those few who actually have that.
Self inflicted medical problems may not be covered!

[Ritabert]

27. Does anybody actually listen to this clown?

[Dave Bowman]

29. Apparently King Klown does.

[Ritabert]

71. King Klown pretends to listen. He got his Covid shot at his latest exam.

[CTyankee]

30. My parents drank scotch and water every night for about a decade when I was growing up. Then they'd get into a fight

about something and start yelling at each other. I was a scared kid listening to that...

[LoisB]

31. No worries. At the rate we're going, most of us won't be able to afford "dairy, good meat,

fresh meat and vegetables". We'll be eating dandelion soup and trying to catch fish from polluted rivers.

[Demobrat]

32. Somebody got to him. Who benefits?

Dairy farmers? Cholesterol drug manufacturers? Heart surgeons?

[Oeditpus Rex]

33. RFK Jr. encourages Americans to 'smoke two packs of cigarettes per day

WASHINGTON (Not the Onion; just me) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. today encouraged Americans to smoke at least two packs of unfiltered cigarettes per day.

The controversial Secretary said smokung "strengthens the body's autoimmune system" against the common cold virus and various types of cancer, including lung cancer.

Kennedy added that people over 40 who've never smoked "have some catching up to do" and should smoke at least three packs per day. There are 20 cigarettes in a pack.

"We all need to toughen up our iimmune system, for obvious reasons," Kennedy said. "Look at me. I did a lot of heroin, cocaine, pills in my 20s, and now I'm a fucking Cabinet. I'm 10th in line to the supreme leader. Top that, pig fuckers!"

[JoseBalow]

40. "Smoking cigarettes... is a health tool"

(5:02)

* Smoking PSA at 2:34

[thought crime]

58. Just wait, he'll get around to it.

[Oeditpus Rex]

63. There's this dialogue in 'Sleeper,' a Woody Allen movie from 1973

that's a lot like "Idiocracy," except this future isn't filled with right-wingers. If JFKJr.'s seen it, he probably will. (I imagine Allen's one of his heroes.)

Dr. Orva: "Here, smoke this. And be sure you get the smoke deep down into your lungs."

Miles Monroe (Allen, dude from 200 years in the past): "I don't smoke."

Dr. Orva: "It's tobacco! It's one of the healthiest things for your body!"

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070707/quotes?item=qt3979090

[MLWR]

34. There is NO hope whatsoever

for anyone who takes his/her medical advice from RFK Jr. anyhow.

[twodogsbarking]

35. Trump told him to say that to back up Trump's diet. Coke with surar cane too. Some whale head stew for dinner.

[stage left]

36. Urge all you want Bob,

the answer is NO.

[Deep State Witch]

37. Sounds Like Keto

A lot of people in the keto-verse are into animal fats. Okay, I'll admit that butter is better for you than margarine. And bacon grease is great to cook some things with. But I draw the line at beef tallow. Ick.

They are correct about seed oils, especially canola oil, causing inflammation. I've switched to cooking with olive or avocado oil. However, they have put tariffs on Mexican avocados and olive oil from Europe. If you're going to encourage people to eat healthier, they need to lower the price to make the good stuff competitive with the bad stuff.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

39. Canola oil is reasonably good, but nothing like olive and avocado.

I fry and roast with avocado oil and put olive oil on everything else. Those are the only two I use.

Here avocado and EV olive oil are about the same price, since olive oil rose due to climate disturbances. I don't know about the US.

[womanofthehills]

46. Actually- I've been cooking in organic grass fed beef tallow

My friends said best eggs they ever had. Of course, the eggs were from my organically fed chickens. I also make home made organic tortillas with beef tallow as they taste more like old fashioned Mexican tortillas. Also, beef tallow is a great facial moisturizer - slather on on your face before going to bed.

Mostly Carnivore diet is big now among body builders and people wanting to lose weight. Lots of eggs, meat, bacon, butter, yogurt, a few veggies esp fatty ones like avocado - but no grains or sugar. Many Carnivore body builders say they take one teaspoon of honey a day for their sugar receptors. I would gross out with so few vegetables but tens of thousands on online forums are on Carnivore diets - many saying their health has improved- who really knows?

GMO free grass fed butter from Ireland is very popular right now & super delicious and definitely healthier than margarine or seed oils which are highly processed with chemicals. Even Walmart carries this Irish butter along with beef tallow.

The times they are a changin’ with lots of nutritionists recommending this diet.

Personally- I avoid processed foods, eat lots of protein, make my own sourdough bread and grow mini tomatoes & greens in my south windows. Being I have chickens, I eat lots of eggs every way you can - raw, hard boiled, omelet, over easy etc.

Being I live in ranch land, I can get grass fed/grass finished beef. In fact, when I’ve left my gate open, I’ve had neighboring cattle wander around my place.

[NickB79]

49. There's zero evidence for their claims of seed oils and inflammation

For every study that found a link, another one found none.

There is no scientific consensus.

[womanofthehills]

83. It's basically processed foods vs natural

You can buy more expensive olive oil that’s cold-pressed or expeller- pressed in a dark bottle to help preserve it. No chemicals used

However, cheaper oils often use the solvent hexane for extraction, plus sodium hydroxide, citric acid, plus bleaching and deodorizing agents. These chemicals can degrade any vitamins in these oils.

Pressed olive oil contains vit K & E and polyphenols ( polyphenols are anti-inflammatory.). Best to buy small bottles of olive oil that’s you use up within a month & keep in a dark place to get max nutrients.

[kimbutgar]

41. There is nothing he's says that I would ever believe

DEI Didn’t earn it only by having the family name is where he is today. He’s be a drunk homeless bum if he wasn’t a member of the Kennedy family

[Bayard]

42. Wouldn't you like to see what Bob eats on a daily basis?

I'd also like to see the qualifications of physicians that give him advice/guidance.

[Grammy23]

43. RFK, Jr is the wrong guy to be telling

U.S. anything to do about our health. There are changing guidelines about a lot of traditional dietary advice. And millions of people around the world have made significant changes to their nutrition without sacrificing their health. But if anyone thinks RFK,Jr is the guy to help us understand any of it, they need to get better acquainted with that madman. He has no credentials or education to explain how to turn on a stove, much less what kind of food we should consume.

[Wonder Why]

45. It shocked me so much, I dropped the quart of Ben &Jerry's I was eating.

[Warpy]

47. Depends, he's so fucking ignorant it's hartd to tell what he's saying

There are naturally occurrint saturated fats like lard, butter, and other animal fats. Then there's the artificially produced trans fats that are stable at room temperature for weeks or months but whiich are a good idea to avoid since they tend to plaster themselves on the insides of your arteries. If he's talking about naturally occurring saturated fat versus laboratory created trans fats, he's got a point, the naturally occurring stuff is less damaging.

However, he's so fucking stupid that who knows?

[struggle4progress]

48. "Also -- let's all play more Russian roulette!"

[Jack Valentino]

50. FORCE-FEED MORE SATURATED FATS INTO TRUMP !!!!!

I can support that......

[Blue Owl]

52. Can't spell FREAK without an R, F, & K

[Sneederbunk]

53. Invest in lard stocks NOW.

[mercuryblues]

54. The good news is

Only the MAGots will completely follow this advice and they'll die off sooner rather than later.
It's what they voted for.

[Wolf Frankula]

55. And for pain,

you should smoke or inject heroin, which you should buy from him and his friends.

[BigmanPigman]

56. OK, take everyone's healthcare away

That means more $$$$ for MAGA!

I told you his agenda is to bankrupt then kill Americans as he destroys the USA in our faces every fucking day!!!!!

[rustysgurl]

61. I sure hope ...

Trump takes this one to heart and doubles down.

We can but hope.

[70sEraVet]

65. Quite a novel solution for saving the Social Security system!

[Initech]

66. Maybe the problem will work itself out!

[travelingthrulife]

72. They are deliberately trying to kill us.

[Martin68]

73. Not surprising. His boss recommends drinking chlorox.

[Pinback]

74. Yeah, let's definitely follow the dietary practices of people from the era when life expectancy was 35. (nt)

[Dave Bowman]

79. I urge RFK Jr to eat shit.

[ShazzieB]

80. Every time I think I know how bat shit crazy RFK Jr is, he does something even more bat shit crazy.

I've become convinced that there is literally no bottom to his bat shittery.

Frontline on PBS recebtly ran a 2 hour documentary called The Rise of RFK Jr. I watched it last night and came away even more convinced of how deranged he is. It wasn't a fun watch, but it was a very informative one. It's available on YouTube if anyone is interested.

[Turbineguy]

81. It will make you look better

when you wear your "I Fuck on the First Date" T-shirt.

[Evolve Dammit]

84. Worm ate my brain. What an a-hole. Let's see how many cardiologists are in agreement besides Dr's Phil and Oz....