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And they made Americans sick.
How Washington’s Food Advice Backfired
In the late 1970s, a Senate committee told Americans to reduce fat intake. The first federal dietary guidelines followed in 1980.
What happened next was not a coincidence.
Food manufacturers stripped fat from products and replaced it with sugar and refined carbohydrates. Grocery store shelves filled with low fat foods that were anything but healthy.
Obesity rates exploded.
Today, more than 40 percent of Americans over age 20 are obese. Nearly 15 million children are affected. Chronic disease is now the norm, not the exception.
The government response never changed.
Year after year, Americans were told to eat less fat and more carbohydrates, even as the data showed the strategy was failing.
Dr Oz says the real culprits were hiding in plain sight.
White flour. White rice. White sugar.
These refined carbohydrates drive insulin spikes that force the body to store fat and trigger relentless hunger.
As Oz explained, "Paradoxically, it's not eating fat that makes you fat. It's sugar that makes you fat, because your body processes it and stores it for future use,"
That understanding has existed in medicine for years.
Washington ignored it.
The Biology the Bureaucrats Ignored
Nutrition experts have long warned that refined carbohydrates are metabolically destructive.
When foods are heavily processed, fiber and nutrients are stripped away. What remains enters the bloodstream quickly, sending blood sugar soaring and insulin surging.
That cycle damages metabolism, promotes fat storage, fuels inflammation, and increases cravings.
Repeat it long enough and insulin resistance follows.
This is not controversial science. It is basic physiology.
Yet federal guidelines promoted exactly these foods for decades.
Even the American Heart Association stamped approval on sugar loaded low fat products, giving consumers a false sense of safety.
Food companies made billions. Americans grew sicker.
Trump Reverses 45 Years of Failure
President Trump’s new dietary guidelines mark a historic shift.
For the first time, the federal government explicitly warns Americans to reduce ultra processed and refined carbohydrates such as white bread, crackers, and tortillas.
The focus has moved to protein, healthy fats, vegetables, fruits, and whole foods.
The grain heavy food pyramid is gone.
In its place is a model based on how the human body actually works.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr summed it up simply when he said, "My message is clear: Eat real food."
That message directly contradicts decades of government advice.
It also threatens powerful food industry interests that relied on Washington protection.
Democrats Did Nothing While Americans Suffered
Before 1980, obesity rates remained relatively low.
After the guidelines changed, they skyrocketed.
Despite controlling Congress for long stretches, Democrats never reversed course.
President Biden had four years to reform dietary policy. He did nothing.
Meanwhile, Trump’s team prepared a full reset grounded in medical reality.
Trump’s Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins warned that more than 40 percent of American children now suffer from at least one chronic health condition.
Three out of four young Americans are unfit for military service due to health problems.
Those outcomes are not accidents. They are policy failures.
Science Was There All Along
Medical journals have published evidence for years showing refined carbohydrates drive obesity and harm brain health.
High sugar diets hijack dopamine reward systems, mimicking addiction.
Chronic exposure fuels inflammation, insulin resistance, and cognitive decline.
The evidence was not suppressed. It was ignored.
Food industry lobbying ensured sugar filled products remained protected, labeled heart healthy, and aggressively marketed to children.
That era is ending.
A New Direction for American Health
Oz says the industry is already responding to the new guidelines.
“We’ve gotten America to realize what we’ve all, in medicine, known for quite a while – if you eat healthy fats, the right amount of carbohydrates and focus on protein, you’re much better off,” Oz said.
Alongside dietary reform, Oz also highlighted the launch of Trump’s new Trump RX website aimed at lowering prescription drug costs.
“It’s fair. It will save money, it will save lives,” Oz said.
For the first time in decades, the federal government is telling Americans the truth.
Sugar and refined carbohydrates made the nation sick.
Protein and healthy fats did not.
Trump’s Make America Healthy Again movement is undoing what bureaucrats and Big Food protected for 45 years.
And Americans may finally get their health back.
