On January 7, 2026, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brooke Rollins released the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030 with a direct mandate: Eat Real Food. The guidance rejects engineered, ultra-processed products and prioritizes clean protein, whole foods, and fewer additives. Schools are aligning, milk standards have shifted, and Mike Tyson amplifies the message nationally. For Chef Janine, this marks long-awaited vindication.

This essay examines how the sugar and prepared-foods industries reshaped nutrition science by redirecting attention away from sugar and refined carbohydrates and toward dietary fat. Through targeted research funding, media amplification, and policy influence, a manufactured scientific consensus was embedded in dietary guidelines. The resulting restructuring of the food supply closely tracked the rise of modern chronic diseases, revealing how corporate power shaped public heal