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Rates of chronic diseases have spiked in recent decades. Over the same time period, the food supply has shifted toward more use of oils made from seeds, such as canola and soybean. Some people—U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., most prominently—have connected these developments. “Seeds …
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When McDonald’s stopped frying with beef tallow in the 1990s, most people saw it as a win for America’s health. What changed?Will Burgess thinks his French fries taste better now that he fries them in beef tallow. But he isn’t using the animal fat for its taste.Mr. Burgess, 36, who owns a small …
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Beef tallow has ignited a debate about what’s the healthiest fat option to use when cooking. But is this latest trend as healthy as some say it is? CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta answers your questions about how cooking with animal fats compares with plant-based and seed oils.
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Abby Langer, RDMarch 19, 2025 at 9:19 AMWhat the Science Says on Dietary Fat Lisovskaya”Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.”ONE OF THE most divisive nutrition topics right now—and there are a lot of them—is fat.Most of the recent arguments …
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If you subscribe to the “MAHA” approach to nutrition—the acronym for “Make America Healthy Again,” led by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—then you already know about beef tallow. One of the movement’s rallying cries is to “Make Frying Oil Tallow Again,” and it’s …
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Recently, seed oils have become a focal point in public discourse. Christopher Gardner, the director of nutrition studies at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, shares what he thinks the average American should know.When you scramble breakfast eggs in canola oil, order fast-food fries, or pour …
Read MoreBeef tallow is the latest craze online thanks in part to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s new health czar, who appeared at Steak ‘n Shake and gave the burger chain high praise for cooking their fries in the seed oil alternative.As the nation’s new secretary for the Health and Human Services, …
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Javier Zayas Photography/Getty Images Love him or hate him, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the current United States Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — making him a leader and key decision maker as it pertains to the country’s health, or as he and President Donald Trump …
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KANSAS CITY — While food formulators have been busy exploring the three big post-pandemic drivers of innovation — plants, protein and gut health — a new taboo has been inserted into the “bad-for-you ingredient” conversation — seed oils. The affordable, relatively stable cooking oils are used in all …
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Beef tallow has become the latest health obsession, with the support of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy has been a staunch proponent of fringe health ideas, from using Vitamin A to treat measles to drinking raw milk and using tallow for frying instead of seed …
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