Ep 209 Dietary Guidelines Part 2: Why is there protein in everything?

Ep 209 Dietary Guidelines Part 2: Why is there protein in everything?

From This Podcast Will Kill You by Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

May 5, 2026 · 59 min · Season 9

About this episode

The episode discusses the latest dietary guidelines, focusing on the role of protein and the implications of recent changes.

If you’ve come across the latest dietary guidelines, a few things may have caught your attention: a big ol’ steak front and center in the new “inverted pyramid”, beef tallow and butter recommended as “healthy” fats, a declaration that the war on protein is ending. “Since when have we been at war with protein?” you may reasonably ask. In part 2 of our episodes on dietary guidelines, we get to the bottom of the latest iteration of these guidelines and investigate which changes are good (there are a few), which are bad (definitely a few there), and which are somewhere in between. Then we explore what science has actually shown about what constitutes a “healthy” diet. Tune in for a lively discussion that features lots of complaining about protein-enriched products, exasperated sighs, and a few shocking revelations about “the American diet.” Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/3WwtIAu See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

  • dietary guidelines
  • protein
  • healthy fats
  • American diet
  • nutrition
  • science

Keywords

  • dietary guidelines
  • protein
  • healthy diet
  • nutrition
  • American diet
  • beef tallow
  • butter

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Organizations: Exactly Right, iHeartPodcasts

Products: beef tallow, butter

Places: American

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