BUTTER BELIEVE IT!
Uncle Sam finally admits Nina Planck was right—D.C. suits dump junk science for bacon and butter
By RF POST STAFF
Talk about a fat-tastic comeback!
For years, the "experts" in Washington treated Nina Planck like a dietary pariah for daring to suggest that humans were actually meant to eat butter, lard, and red meat. They called her a "nut." They clung to their dry crackers and skim milk. But this week, Uncle Sam finally ate crow—cooked in beef tallow, of course.
In a shocking "historic reset" of federal nutrition policy, the USDA and HHS officially released the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines, and they read like a love letter to Planck’s 2006 manifesto, Real Food: What to Eat and Why.
The "Abominations" Are Out
The new rules officially end the government's decades-long love affair with "industrial food-like items." For the first time ever, the Feds are telling Americans to strictly avoid highly processed foods—the same chemically-laden junk Planck has slammed for twenty years as the cause of our obesity and diabetes epidemics.
"Eat real food," declared HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., sounding more like a farmers' market regular than a D.C. bureaucrat. "We are restoring science and common sense".
Bring on the Beef
The iconic Food Pyramid
has been literally flipped on its head. Gone are the days of a foundation built on bread and cereal. The new "Inverted Pyramid" places high-quality protein and healthy fats at the top of the menu:
Protein Power: Americans are now urged to increase their intake of high quality protein, reflecting a shift in dietary recommendations.
The Fat's Back: The war on dairy and beef fat and cholesterol is over. The government now explicitly recommends full-fat dairy, eggs, and even beef tallow for cooking.
Sugar-Free Zone: Added sugars are now a major focus for reduction, with new, stricter guidelines for consumption.
Nina's Revenge
Planck, once dismissed for her "radical" defense of traditional diets, is suddenly a highly influential voice in discussions about American nutrition. Her core philosophy—that we should eat what more or less what our great-grandparents recognized as food, a phrase made popular by food warrior Michael Pollan—is now aligned with official recommendations.
From whole milk returning to school lunches to the endorsement of fermented foods like sauerkraut, the D.C. elite have finally realized that when it comes to health, Nina wasn't just right—she was right twenty years ago.
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