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yellowcanine

(36,893 posts)
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 03:46 PM Jun 18

RFK Jr and J.D. Vance on a sauerkraut, beef and pickles "diet."

https://www.rawstory.com/white-house-sauerkraut/

A fermented food fad is permeating the White House, with some of President Donald Trump's top officials touting its health properties, but onlookers held their noses in disgust.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Vice President JD Vance have all jumped on board the sauerkraut train, reported the Wall Street Journal, which noted they had weighed the resulting sulfurous odors as worth the risk.

The 72-year-old Kennedy was the first to convert to the diet touted by Dr. Sean O’Mara, who urges high-profile patients to eat fermented cabbage and other pickles, along with grass-fed beef, and abstain from alcohol and sugary food to reduce visceral fat and boost their gut microbiome.


Don't get on an elevator with those two!
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hlthe2b

(115,205 posts)
2. JHC... while I agree that fermented foods are good for you those containing cruciate vegetables
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 04:17 PM
Jun 18

--will be hard for a GI tract not accustomed to it, thus, gas.

Have they ever thought about starting with plain, unflavored active-culture yogurt or kefir daily? Maybe with some fruit? Geebus. A gentle, yet highly effective to influence gut biome--without all the gas.


And all that meat on top of it? Good gawd.

NeoTrajan

(93 posts)
3. Both sauerkrout and pickles are saturated in salt
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 04:33 PM
Jun 18

So, this is not a good combination for those with hypertension/high blood pressure

wnylib

(26,837 posts)
6. So, will they convince the orange menace to add pickles and sauerkraut
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 05:40 PM
Jun 18

to his diet? They could tell him that they go well with burgers and fries and appeal to his German heritage on the sauerkraut.

One way for Shady Vance to get to the WH.



ms liberty

(11,453 posts)
5. Oh Good God in Butter. The morans are absofucking ignorant, gullible, idiots who forgot everything they ever learned
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 05:06 PM
Jun 18

When they die, I want to see the obituary list every one of the ridiculous food fads these people immersed themselves in and the corresponding diseases those fads fueled.

mwmisses4289

(5,190 posts)
7. Ugh. Sauerkraut.
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 06:11 PM
Jun 18

That is on my list of the nastiest foods humans consume. Icky, gross nasty stuff. Yuk.

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