Episode 478: Our Take on the New Dietary Guidelines

Naturally Nourished

Ali Miller RD

Nutrition, Health & Fitness:nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 668 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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This week on the Naturally Nourished Podcast, we’re digging into the newly released governmental nutrition guidelines. If you’ve been around here for any length of time, you know our core message has always been simple: eat real food. So imagine our surprise when these updated guidelines actually move closer to that exact philosophy, emphasizing whole foods, nutrient density, and fewer ultra-processed ingredients. It’s not perfect, but it’s a meaningful shift in the right direction, and one we never thought we’d see from official policy. In this episode, we break down what the guidelines got right, where they still miss the mark, and what this all means for real families navigating grocery stores, school lunches, and confusing nutrition messaging. We also revisit Ali’s Optimal Eating Wheel she developed back in 2014 and compare it side-by-side with today’s recommendations — and yes, she was about a decade ahead of her time. We share our top critiques from a food-as-medicine lens and unpack the potential ripple effects on schools, SNAP, and institutional food systems so you can understand how these changes may actually show up in everyday life. Also in this episode: LIVE Food-as-Medicine Keto Reset Naturally Nourished Academy Mentorship Program starts 2/4 Naturally Nourished Episode 465 Naturally Nourished Academy Part 1 Naturally Nourished Episode 466 Naturally Nourished Academy Part 2 Naturally Nourished Episode 472 Good, Better, Best with Brenda Bennett Our Thoughts on the New Guidelines Realfood.gov The Power of Protein Baby Led Weaning Naturally Nourished Kids use code GIVEHEALTH Naturally Nourished Food as Medicine for the Whole Family This episode is sponsored by: This episode is sponsored by Naturally Nourished Supplements providing: Purity, Potency, and Efficacy at a value you can’t beat! My goal with Naturally Nourished supplements is to provide you with products that will enhance and reclaim the quality of life for you and your loved ones! We will always price formulas 2-5% below market industry standard and competitors. On top of this we offer subscription discounts at an additional 10% off, bundled discounts at an additional 12% off, and seasonal promotions to ensure quality formulas are accessible. Use the code PODCAST10 for 10% off your next purchase.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Naturally Nourished Podcast that delivers cutting-edge food is medicine solutions for optimal health.
0:12.8	Ali Miller is a nutrition expert sought up by the media in America's top medical institutes
0:18.3	for her revolutionary functional medicine interventions.
0:22.6	From disease treatment to prevention, every episode will empower you with ways to put yourself
0:28.3	back in control of your health. Please know, the topics discussed are for educational purposes
0:35.1	only. Now welcome, Integrative Dietitians, Ali Miller, and her co-host, Becky You.
0:43.0	Welcome to episode 479 of the Naturally Nourished Podcast. Today, we are breaking down the new
0:49.1	dietary guidelines for Americans, which were just released last week and have been getting a lot of buzz, both
0:55.9	positive and negative. We're seeing everything from this is dangerous, this is too expensive,
1:01.5	to people, you know, celebrating with their steak and butter, to big food is shaking in their
1:06.9	boots, which they probably are. So today we want to dig in and talk about what's actually changed, what misses the mark,
1:13.1	and what we're going to do with this information as dietitians who, spoiler alert,
1:18.6	have been practicing this way already for years.
1:22.5	Yes, as you all know, we are passionate about the message of eat real food.
1:26.9	And I think that big picture,
1:28.8	this is the overarching message of these changes. And all too often, we have seen for decades
1:36.2	the infiltration of various privately funded industries infiltrating nutritional guidelines.
1:43.1	I think that's one of the backlash that I've heard
1:45.1	is that, you know, there weren't hundreds of people playing a role on this. This was a small
1:49.4	independent group. But that also means that they didn't have interest groups like the Confectioners
1:54.9	Association or the Corn Refiners Association and so much more. Before we get into that and go through the guidelines
2:02.7	with a fine-tooth comb, we just want to have a quick word about naturally nourished supplements.
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