The 2025 Dietary Guidelines with Nina Teicholz: A Turning Point for Public Health?

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) have the potential to shape the health of millions, but are they based on outdated or flawed evidence? In this powerful interview, Dr. Bret Scher and investigative journalist Nina Teicholz expose the controversial history of dietary policy, challenge the methodology of the DGA Advisory Committee, and discuss the urgent need for change to address rising rates of metabolic and mental health disorders. And they try to answer the burning question from the guidelines: Will eating more beans, peas, and lentils make all of us healthier?

What you will learn in this interview:

• What is the importance of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans?
• How is the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee committee selected?
• How is the DGA created and what is the quality of evidence?
• What are the conflicts of interest in current and past DGA committees?
• How are decades-old biases shaping current dietary policies?
• How is the DGA failing to consider individual needs?
• What do we know about the upcoming 2025 DGA?
• What are we hoping for in the upcoming 2025 Dietary Guidelines?

This timely discussion brings both hope and urgency as they address the question: Will the next guidelines reflect the latest research or continue to steer us in the wrong direction?

Expert Featured:

Nina Teicholz

X: @bigfatsurprise

IG: @ninateicholz

Substack: https://unsettledscience.substack.com/

Publications Mentioned

Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

• https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov/2025-advisory-committee-report

Redesigning the Process for Establishing the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK469833/

Report: Nearly Half of Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Have Conflicts of Interest

• https://usrtk.org/investigations/dietary-guidelines-advisory-committee-conflicts/

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