RFK Jr. hosting new cooking show with celebrity chefs, easy meals

Key Points:

• Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is launching “The Real Food Show” on July 30 to promote healthy eating by demonstrating affordable, easy-to-make meals aligned with the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
• The show will emphasize fermented foods like kimchi, sauerkraut, and yogurt, with recipes aimed at costing less than $5 per serving, featuring celebrity chefs Andrew Gruel and Robert Irvine.
• Kennedy advocates cooking at home as a way to improve nutrition, reduce loneliness, and reconnect families, highlighting that many Americans have lost cooking skills despite home cooking being common.
• Known for his passion for fermented foods and a mostly carnivore diet, Kennedy also admits to a weakness for desserts and has experimented with veganism, though he finds it unsustainable.
• Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again movement has bipartisan support and focuses on combating chronic childhood diseases by reducing environmental toxins and ultra-processed foods.