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Talia Cecchele and Kate Sweeney discuss the implications of dietary guidelines on recovery and nutrition.

JOIN THE RULE BREAKER WAITING LIST: Sign Me Up! What are dietary guidelines actually for and what happens when we start treating them as rigid rules for how we should eat? In this episode of Food is Food, Talia is joined by registered dietitian nutritionist Kate Sweeney to unpack the confusion around dietary guidelines, nutrition labels, recommended dietary allowances, calories, sugar, salt, saturated fat, food pyramids and even the infamous 10,000-step goal. Together, they explore why popula...

People in this episode

Host: Talia Cecchele

Guest: Kate Sweeney

Topics covered

• dietary guidelines
• nutrition
• recovery
• health
• food labels
• calories
• fitness

Keywords

• dietary guidelines
• nutrition labels
• recommended dietary allowances
• calories
• sugar
• salt
• saturated fat
• food pyramids
• 10,000-step goal

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