REDDING, Calif. — America is going back to basics with its new 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines—’Eat Real Food’ is the tagline.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health and Human Services Secretary, flipped the food pyramid around, emphasizing proteins, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. His goal? To ‘Make America Healthy Again’.
America is going back to the basic with their new 2025 – 2030 Dietary Guidelines—’Eat Real Food’ is the tagline. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health and Human Services Secretary flipped the food pyramid around, emphasizing proteins, fruits, vegetables and whole grains. (USDA)
The new dietary guidelines significantly reduce highly processed foods, refined carbs and sugars from the American diet. The guidelines said the USDA is “…realigning with the country’s food system to support the American farmers, ranchers and companies who grow and produce real food.”
Julie Reuter, Functional Medical Practitioner of Redding Nutrition and Functional Wellness, said the concept of the pyramid is something she has been implementing in her own work.
America is going back to the basic with their new 2025 – 2030 Dietary Guidelines—’Eat Real Food’ is the tagline. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health and Human Services Secretary flipped the food pyramid around, emphasizing proteins, fruits, vegetables and whole grains. 1/13/26 (KRCR)
“Our bodies need so many nutrients, especially our proteins that breakdown into amino acids and of course our vegetables where we get our vitamins and minerals and of course our fruits and if we are lacking any of that or those are not being promoted to the public people are going to turn to more processed foods and those don’t have the nutrients that you need from this real food.”
She said she pushes her clients to eat food as close to its original form as possible, while being mindful that everybody’s bodies are unique.
“I encourage people to look at this new pyramid but use it as a guide,” said Reuter. “Nothing is one size fits all when it comes to health.”
Reuter said she’s glad to see the changes to the pyramid, though she recognizes it is not without criticism. The American Heart Association said in a statement that they agree with the general direction of the pyramid but advise caution regarding the emphasis on red meat and dairy, while still promoting plant-based proteins, seafood and lean meats until further research can be done.
Reuter said she is hosting a metabolic reset workshop for women 40 years and older at Orchard Nutrition on Thursday, Jan. 15, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., breaking down a diet similar to the new food pyramid.
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