What I still keep wondering is why Kennedy thinks he knows better than the people who have actual education in the subject. He does not have that education.

The Trump administration announced new dietary guidelines on Wednesday, including an inverted food pyramid that places red meat and whole-fat dairy at the top alongside fruits and vegetables.

“We are ending the war on saturated fats,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during a press conference at the White House this week. “My message is clear. Eat real food.”

But saturated fats—>cholesterol. Why is Bad Kennedy telling us to up our cholesterol?

The new guidelines encourage research-backed practices like eating more whole foods including fruits, vegetables and whole grains, as well as reducing intake of highly processed foods. But it also offers different guidance [from] what health experts say about eating large amounts of red meat, whole milk and cheese.

Why does it? Why does he think he’s qualified to ignore what health experts say? He is not a health expert. He’s what’s commonly known as a crank. He has crank ideas about diet. He also has a job that empowers him to enshrine his crank ideas in government health advice. That’s bad.

Having too much saturated fat in your diet can lead to spikes in your cholesterol levels and increase your chances of heart disease and stroke, according to the American Heart Association. Full-fat dairy tends to be high in saturated fat.

Why is Bad Kennedy so happy to urge 340+ million people to increase our chances of heart disease and stroke? Why does he feel so entitled to take that risk? Why doesn’t his lack of actual education in the subject give him pause?