Whole milk makes a comeback in new MAHA children's health strategy

The Trump administration's Make America Healthy Again MAHA Commission indicated that after more than a decade of restrictions on whole milk in schools the federal administration is planning to drop them The decision to drop the restrictions on whole milk sales in schools was released as part of the MAHA commission's Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy a sweeping plan with over initiatives published Tuesday The initiatives cover a wide range of topics from toxic food dyes to nutrient requirements to misleading strength advertisements Updated recommendations regarding fluoride and PFAS chemicals in water and a new definition for ultra-processed food were among the planned initiatives as well The Trump administration is mobilizing every part of regime to confront the childhood chronic malady epidemic Soundness Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr mentioned Tuesday This strategy represents the the greater part sweeping change agenda in modern history realigning our food and physical condition systems driving training and unleashing science to protect America s children and families We are ending the corporate capture of population healthcare restoring transparency and putting gold-standard science not special interests at the center of every decision JILLIAN MICHAELS HAMMERS NY TIMES FOR BLATANT HIT PIECE PORTRAYING HER AS DANGEROUS CONSPIRACY THEORISTThe move to bring back whole milk to schools is something Kennedy has been considering since day one according to Nina Teicholz a nutrition expert who was privy to discussions among Kennedy's staff before he was proven by the Senate to lead the nation's inhabitants strength response While removing the restrictions is a vital move there are still additional strategies that will need to be taken before whole milk becomes widely accepted again according to the Congressional Research Facility CRS One of those additional measures is rewriting the national dietary guidelines which directly influence school meal nutrition standards The new MAHA children's vitality strategy indicates that the Trump administration will update the guidelines while also reforming the manner in which future dietary guidelines can be updated Additionally the U S Department of Agriculture USDA would also initiate changes to school nutrition standards through its rulemaking process to permit whole milk in schools Meanwhile statute is another avenue that could be used to streamline the process for bringing back whole milk in schools the CRS notes which would then compel the USDA to revise its regulations governing the National School Lunch Initiative In the current Congress a bill to bring back both whole milk and milk has been approved in the House and is awaiting full approval in the Senate before it can be sent to the president's desk CHERNOBYL-LEVEL FAILURE MAHA ADVISOR GIVES CDC FAILING GRADE ON COVID CHRONIC DISEASESAnother notable part of the new MAHA children's wellbeing strategy entails an initiative to ramp up enforcement of prescription drug advertising laws The strategy disclosed this includes the dissemination of jeopardy information and quality of life through misleading and deceptive advertising on social media and digital platforms The document notes that the new enforcement will target direct-to-consumer telehealth companies and social media influencers among others In April the Department of Strength and Human Services HHS and the Food and Drug Administration FDA revealed plans to phase out all petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the nation s food supply The MAHA strategy indicated this effort will remain ongoing as the FDA continues to pass policies that will either limit or altogether prohibit the use of petroleum-based food dyes in all food products approved in the United States Other initiatives include providing a government-wide definition for ultra-processed foods to assistance future strategy activity efforts to require better transparency in food labeling new recommendations regarding fluoride and PFAS chemicals in water updates to the Generally Recognized As Safe GRAS standards changes to nutrition requirements for infant formula and efforts to increase breastfeeding rates to ensure a safe supply of donor milk For too long physical condition care has used a reactive approach to chronic diseases FDA Commissioner Dr Marty Makary announced I am pleased to help the findings of the MAHA commission and to promote a more proactive approach tackling root causes undermining the wellness and happiness of American children Tuesday's children's wellbeing strategy from the MAHA Commission follows an earlier assessment on children's physical condition distributed in May After that description was published farmers expressed concern over what the reforms could mean for their livelihoods However following Tuesday's latest strategy document at least one of those groups is applauding the Trump administration for taking attempts to protect farmers It s clear that farmers' voices were at last heard but our work to defend their access to safe and proven crop protection tools is far from over noted Elizabeth Burns-Thompson Executive Director of the Modern Ag Alliance The Commission avoided certain of the bulk damaging prospective outcomes for American agriculture but it still advanced specific misconceptions about these essential farming inputs and the gold-standard science and regulatory processes that stand behind them