A nutritionist on RFK Jr.’s upside-down food pyramid: a vibes-based policy disaster

By: Cole Hanson

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: February 10, 2026

Words: 858

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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My dietitian colleagues and I were wrapping up our shifts at the hospital a few weeks ago when someone pulled up the new dietary guidelines on their phone. Within seconds, we’d abandoned our inboxes and crowded around their desk.

“Wait — they flipped the pyramid upside down?”

“Is that butter in the ‘healthy fats’ category?”

“Didn’t they just finish a report? Did they toss that out?”

We spent the next 20 minutes …

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