Americans Lean In To Meatier Diet, Despite Health Concerns It Raises
The protein craze promoted by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has more people adding red meat and poultry to their diets. Health experts say overloading on inflammation-inducing saturated fats and meat-based minerals can cause myriad problems. Plus, the nonbuzz about raw milk.
Protein-hungry shoppers are buying more meat with their health top of mind. Health experts, however, wish theyd think beyond the butcher counter. More than three-quarters of U.S. consumers saw meat and poultry as part of a healthy, balanced diet last year, up from 64% in 2020, according to an annual survey from food industry groups FMI and the Meat Institute, released last month. Forty-five percent are actively trying to prepare more meals containing meat or poultry, while another 31% are doing so off and on, the survey found. (Bellis, 4/11)
Mark McAfee, chief executive of Raw Farm, the countrys largest raw-milk producer, got an unexpected text last year from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. proposing a conversation about raw milk once FDA Commissioner Marty Makary was confirmed. The meeting never happened. In the months that followed, McAfee said, his outreach to the health secretary went unanswered. Kennedy, who once took shots of raw milk at the White House alongside a wellness influencer, stopped publicly championing the product. (Siddiqui, 4/11)
The Environmental Protection Agency is sitting on dozens of approvals for uses of forever chemicals at the direction of Administrator Lee Zeldin, over fears that it could anger Make America Healthy Again activists, according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak with the media. (Spring and Weber, 4/13)
In the early 2020s, interest in GLP-1 weight loss drugs exploded. Now, as we move deeper into the decade, a new buzzword is taking over: peptides. And the demand for peptides continues to surge. The GLP-1s put it on the map, and then people were like, Well, whats next? said Evan Miller, founder and CEO of Gameday Mens Health, a concierge mens health network that provides peptides and other care. (Howard, 4/13)
The party of business is now chock-full of voters who distrust food and pharmaceutical companies and want to regulate them. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is one of them and the health secretarys drive to spread that message in Washington is proving costly for industry. (Chu, 4/11)
Sure, Americans know Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mehmet Oz. But Marty Makary? Calley Means? (Gardner and Wiederkehr, 4/13)
