An Upside-Down Food Pyramid, "Emerging" Evidence, & What Would Really Make Us Healthier
The Consistency Project
EC Synkowski
4.9 • 562 Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
We're exploring the recently updated USDA dietary guidelines and their implications for your health.
You’ll learn about the practical takeaways from these guidelines, including the importance of whole foods and the limitations of current recommendations.
By understanding these changes, you will be better equipped to make informed choices that can positively impact your nutrition and overall well-being.
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ABOUT THE SHOW
The Consistency Project aims to simplify nutrition, health, and well-being by breaking down the concepts and actions we can all take to live fuller, more functional lives.
ABOUT US
📍 EC Synkowski is a Certified Nutrition Specialist® (CNS), a Licensed-Dietitian Nutritionist (LDN), and Certified CrossFit Level 4 Coach (CF-L4). She's the founder of OptimizeMe Nutrition and the creator of the #800gChallenge®. Find her on social media.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Consistency Project podcast. I am Patrick Cummings here as always with |
| 0:04.3 | E.C. Sinkowski. Every week we aim to simplify the principles and practices of nutrition, health, and fitness. Thank you so much for tuning into the show. How the heck are you, E.C. Wonderful. How are you doing? I'm great. I'm great. We're going to talk about, I was really excited when you sent me know that we were going to do this because this is one of those things that I was like, I should send EC and text to see if we're going to talk about this. But I was like, I think we're going to. So we are. We're going to talk about the recently released and updated dietary guidelines here in the U.S. specifically. We're going to talk about your five practical takeaways from your review of the guidelines, right? |
| 0:38.0 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:38.8 | All right, cool. |
| 0:40.9 | Before we jump in, just a very quick reminder to folks. |
| 0:45.8 | If you haven't yet checked out the Three Pillars Method app, well, what are you waiting for? |
| 0:46.7 | ThreePillers Method.com. |
| 0:48.4 | If you listen to this show, that is the natural next best move for you. Three Pillars Method.com. |
| 0:56.7 | Okay, let's talk about these guidelines. |
| 0:58.4 | They were everywhere that I looked for about two days when they came out. |
| 1:03.4 | So let's get a little bit of, in case anybody else is maybe not on the internet too much. |
| 1:06.7 | What's going on here? |
| 1:07.5 | What are we talking about? |
| 1:08.2 | Why are we talking about it now? |
| 1:09.7 | Yes, the USDA releases new dietary guidelines every five years. And to do that, before the new |
| 1:16.6 | guidelines come out, they have a dietary guidelines advisory committee that reviews all of the |
| 1:21.6 | existing research, any new research since the last guidelines were issued, and makes these |
| 1:26.4 | scientific recommendations for potential |
| 1:28.3 | changes in the guidelines. And so that committee report came out at the end of December |
| 1:34.2 | 2024. And it's a joint effort between the USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services. |
| 1:40.1 | And when that report comes out, it is actually also submitted to the public and available for public comment. |
| 1:46.6 | And so it's between that report and then the public comment that ultimately the USDA and the HHS then author these new guidelines. |
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