Four of the nine scientists involved in crafting and reviewing the new guidelines disclosed financial ties to the dairy and meat industries, including receiving research grants and consulting and speaker’s fees. When asked about the vague wording on alcohol during the briefing, Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said alcohol can be consumed “in small amounts,” and that “there was never really good data to support” the prior daily limits. Kennedy has claimed that these so-called seed oils are “one of the driving causes of the obesity epidemic.” There’s little evidence to support that — nutrition experts say the bigger concern is the ultraprocessed foods that are cooked in these oils.
Author: Aria Bendix
Published at: 2026-01-07 23:32:56
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