What the Nutrition Guidelines Still Haven't Caught Up To with Arne Astrup
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Holly and Jim discuss the complexities of nutrition science and guidelines with Dr. Arne Astrup, exploring historical dietary mistakes and current recommendations.
Everyone has been burned by nutrition advice that completely reversed itself a few years later. Eggs were dangerous, then essential. Butter was poison, then practically a health food. Fat was the enemy until we realized what replaced it might have been even worse. If you've ever thrown up your hands and wondered whether nutrition scientists agree on anything , you're not alone. What if the confusion isn't just about changing science but about how nutrition guidelines are made, who influences them, and why the U.S. and Europe keep landing in different places? In this episode, Holly and Jim sit down with one of the world’s most influential nutrition scientists, Dr. Arne Astrup, to pull back the curtain on decades of dietary dogma, trace how some of our biggest nutritional mistakes happened, and explore where the science is actually heading. Dr. Astrup has chaired the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations, led one of Europe's top nutrition research departments, and published over 700 scientific papers. He's also someone who has never been afraid to challenge the consensus, long before it was popular to do so. If you want to understand why nutrition science feels so chaotic, and what you…
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