# 508: Why Nutrition Became Political (And How It's Destroying Your Health) with Keri Glassman

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Published: 2026-02-17T08:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://levelingup.libsyn.com/508-the-new-food-pyramid-controversy-glps-and-more-with-keri-glassman
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## Resource

What if everything the government told you to eat for 30 years was literally backwards? If you're over 45 and you've been confused by decades of conflicting nutrition advice, this conversation is for you. You've been told to eat fat-free and then full-fat. You've been told carbs are evil and then that you need them. The food pyramid told us to load up on bread, pasta, and rice while keeping fat to a bare minimum. We followed that advice. And we got fatter, sicker, and more inflamed than ever. Now the entire framework has been flipped upside down. This isn't your fault. The recommendations actually were wrong, and they're finally correcting course. Nutrition has somehow become political. The real reason the old food pyramid was designed the way it was has nothing to do with what's actually healthy for your body. Spoiler alert: it was about fear of fat, preventing deficiency, and keeping people fed cheaply. Optimization? That wasn't even on the radar. In this episode, Natalie sits down with registered dietitian Keri Glassman to break down the 2025 dietary guidelines, how the government's shift from "preventing disease" to "supporting optimal health" changes literally everything about nutrition that we've seen for decades, the specifics that the new guidelines finally got right (and the nuances they still missed), the seed oil debate and what actually matters, how GP1's are becoming genuinely life-changing for some women, and why the glamorization of eating disorders on social media connected to these drugs is deeply concerning…and more! But understanding what changed is only half the battle. The bigger conversation is about learning to trust your own body's signals, understanding that your nutrition needs over 45 are different than at 25, and finding what actually works…

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