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The Anthony Amen Show brings you real conversations about health, fitness, mindset, and the pursuit of becoming your strongest self. Hosted by Anthony Amen, founder of Redefine Fitness, NASM certified trainer, and lifelong student of human performance. This podcast breaks down health and wellness in a way that is honest, practical, and empowering.
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Breaking News: The Food Pyramid Is Officially Broken
RFK’s shift on U.S. dietary guidelines sparks a hard reset on low fat dogma and the war on red meat. We connect the dots between chronic disease, ultra processed foods, and a return to real, satisfying meals built on protein and natural fats.
• Why flipping the food pyramid challenges low fat norms
• The scale of chronic illness and obesity in the U.S.
•The case for saturated fat and red meat in a balanced diet
• The role of sugar and ultra processed foods in weight gain
• Why older studies fell short and how industry swayed views
• Practical targets for protein, fat, and real food choices
• Simple swaps like butter and whole milk for better satiety
Nutrition just got a plot twist: the old low fat playbook is out, and real food is back in the spotlight. We dig into RFK’s move to flip the food pyramid logic and explore what it means for anyone tired of chasing conflicting diet rules while feeling worse year after year. With chronic conditions rising and obesity entrenched, we ask a simple question what if the default guidance has been steering us away from the foods that keep us strong and satisfied?
We break down why saturated fat and red meat deserve a fair hearing, not a blanket ban, and how shaky, industry influenced research helped sugar and ultra processed foods skate by for decades. You’ll hear a frank look at study quality, confounders, and why observational headlines rarely translate into smart decisions at the dinner table. Then we get practical: how to center meals on protein, include natural fats, and use fruits and vegetables to round out a plate that actually keeps you full. From butter over margarine to whole milk instead of skim, we show why simple swaps can change your energy, cravings, and mood.
By the end, you’ll have a clear blueprint to cut the noise: eat real food, prioritize protein, hit your fat targets, and choose carbs that match your activity. No moralizing, no macros obsession just a balanced approach that respects how the body works and fits real life. If this conversation helps you rethink your plate and your pantry, share it with a friend who’s still stuck in the low-fat maze, subscribe for future segments, and leave a quick review to tell us what you want unpacked next.
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Hello everyone, we got a special segment for you. It's a breaking news segment on the Anthony Amos show, and we're gonna do more of these in the future as they come. So, what's the breaking news? Well, we're gonna tie it into health and fitness, and as whether you like the guy, hate the guy, it doesn't really matter. When things affect this industry for better or for worse, we're gonna talk about it. So RFK just came out today and announced that he's changing the dietary guidelines of what we pitch. So for those that don't know, between 2020 and 2025, we use something called My Plate. And kids are learning that in school, it's a circular, it says eat a quarter of fruit, quarter of veggies, proteins, etc., focus on low-fat foods. Prior to that, what we had for the last 25 years is the food pyramid. The food pyramid was branched like this, and you kind of work all the way up. Well, eat more fruits, veggies, all the way up the sugar. Well, RFK said, screw that. We're gonna turn that food pyramid upside down and we're gonna start thinking about nutrition differently starting today. And let me tell you, I am all for it. Thank God, someone is actually taking our health and our fitness and our nutrition into the limelight because this is what we needed. I don't care what you think about his opinions. We have a chronic health issue in this country. 75% of people have at least one chronic health condition. I'm gonna repeat that. 75% of people in this country have a chronic health condition. The obesity rate is over 60%. The overweight percentage is upwards of 75-80%. It is disgusting on a whole new level, and we're wondering why we keep getting sicker and unhealthier and unhappier. This is the reason, and we need change. And I have come to agree with that is actually right, and that is saturated fats. Looking at things such as red meat and cow was pushed down. You were told not to eat it, that's bad. Limited on what you're eating that, we're changing that. You need to eat red meat, you need to eat meat in general, and you need to eat more of it than you're currently consuming. There, there's nothing wrong with having a 12-ounce steak. Nothing. Don't sit here and say, well, my doctor told me that's gonna cause chronic. The studies are horrible. When you start looking at them from a standpoint of how many people are in the study, what limiting factor symptoms is a single blind or double blind? There's they're all over the place. The wishy-washing is based on shit poor advice. And they were done over 15 years ago, and this war on red meat needs to end. Instead, we're gonna talk about things like overconsumption of sugar. I've talked about this many times on the show before. Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the government was trying to figure out why people were getting gaining so much weight, because that's when it all started coming oversight. And they're like, well, maybe it's sugar, and they did a study, and it turned out that it wasn't sugar, it was fats. And now that we look at that study, we see that the company that sponsored it was the Coca-Cola company, who was telling everybody that it wasn't sugar, it was fats. Obviously, that sounds so screwed up nowadays, but that was the advice that was coming up from nowadays. Well, the news is out. Ultra processed foods, high sugary foods, absolute garbage. Don't need it. You need to eat real food. That includes butter, yeah, not low-fat butter, not margarine, butter. That includes when you look at milk, not 2% milk, not low-fat milk, not 1% milk, whole fat milk. And your meats need to be consumed more. You need to hit your fat goals, you need to hit your protein goals. They matter more than the carbohydrate goals. You do need a balance of everything. So, yet again, breaking news, huge fan of this. Food pyramid, flipped upside down, eat more meat, eat more fruits, eat more veggies, hit your protein goals, hit your fat goals, and you'll feel happier and healthier in the future. If you love this and you want more, reach out, happy to do it. Thanks, guys. Until next time.
