“Nearly 60% of the American diet is made up of ultra-processed foods, and childhood obesity now affects more than one in five American children,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said.
Nearly 2,000 Americans in nine states have become ill in a rapidly expanding Cyclospora outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce imported from central Mexico. At least 98 people have been hospitalized. What began as an investigation into shredded lettuce served at Taco Bell has become a broader warning about how vegetables are grown, processed, packaged, and […] The post The Lettuce Outbreak Proves Why America Needs the MAHA Revolution appeared first on StoneZone .
Nearly 2,000 Americans in nine states have become ill in a rapidly expanding Cyclospora outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce imported from central Mexico. At least 98 people have been hospitalized. What began as an investigation into shredded lettuce served at Taco Bell has become a broader warning about how vegetables are grown, processed, packaged, and distributed throughout the United States. It is also a reminder of why President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have made the health of the American people a central priority. The Make America Healthy Again movement is a commitment to cleaner food, safer agriculture, stronger oversight, greater transparency, and personal responsibility.…Open
“Healthy” confections, whether marketed as “better-for-you” or “functional,” have overwhelmed grocery and convenience stores, and even found their way into gyms and supplement shops.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) attributes the issues of obesity and diabetes among American youth to the food industry producing and advertising junk food to children.
Even with the Trump administration working to Make America Healthy Again, highly processed, unhealthy foods remain common in many pantries across the United States. Processed foods are those which have been altered from their original state. This includes washing, packaging, cooking, pasteurizing, heating or chopping. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , released a Dietary Guideline for Americans for 2025 through 2030 which looked to encourage prioritizing “high-quality protein, healthy fats, fruits, vegetables and whole grains – and avoiding highly processed foods and refined carbohydrates,” according to a 2025 HHS press release . (RELATED: Gains Over Grains: Trump Admin…Open
Growing demand for fiber-rich grains is boosting the premium flour industry, which offers less processed, but pricier, alternatives to the classic grocery store brands.
Businesses are finding different (and more costly) ways to fry foods as shoppers demand alternatives to seed oils as part of the Make America Healthy Again movement.