I’m a big fan of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s crusade to improve the nation’s health. I even have a “Make America Healthy Again” bumper sticker plastered on my car.

Let’s hope that both parties can come together to tackle the scourge of obesity, diabetes, and other disabling conditions related to bad diets. It’s a national scandal that America has some of the highest rates of these diseases and thus one of the lowest life expectancy rates of any advanced economy in the world.

But what won’t improve health is initiatives that come from the Left and the Right to ban certain foods and drinks. Remember the crusade in New York to ban certain sugary drinks and “Big Gulps”? It was a spectacular flop.

I must confess that I eat way more sugar and junk food than is good for me, but I don’t ever want the nutrition police telling me I can’t have that chocolate donut or a greasy hamburger. That’s why Kennedy’s crusade against seed oils, which have been a widely accepted part of the American diet........

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