Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.) introduced a new bill Thursday that would codify dietary guidelines updated by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Letlow is running for Senate against Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) in a May 16 primary. The legislation, obtained by Bloomberg Government, is part of an effort by Letlow to court Kennedy-aligned voters and Make America Healthy Again groups in the race.
The new dietary guidelines, issued jointly by Kennedy and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins in January, encourage meat and full-fat dairy consumption and limiting highly processed food, key pillars of the Make America Health Again movement.
Letlow said in a statement accompanying the release of the Food Reform for Effective and Sustainable Health or FRESH Act of 2026 that the MAHA movement “has fundamentally changed the conversation around food in America, forcing us to look closely at the drivers of chronic diseases and childhood illnesses.”
“By putting President Trump’s new guidelines into law, we can ensure that future bureaucrats can’t turn back the clock on the MAHA movement,” she continued.
The new Trump administration guidelines also flipped the decades-old food pyramid and placed animal-based proteins and fruits and vegetables at the top and put whole grains intake at the bottom. The move received some criticism from nutritionists who still suggest limiting saturated fat intake.
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