{"podcast":{"title":"Your Diet Sucks","slug":"your-diet-sucks-6971106","podcast_index_feed_id":6971106,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f80e2600/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://yourdietsuckspodcast.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/41516768/41516768-1719320406685-95de49af9cb17.jpg","author":"Zoë Rom","episode_count":58,"summary":"Diet culture, you've met your scientific match. Hosted by an elite ultrarunner/journalist and a registered dietitian, Your Diet Sucks dismantles the myths, trends, and pseudoscience that screw up how we think about food, health, and fitness. Subscribe to bonus episodes here: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/microcosm-coaching0/subscribe","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T20:20:00.266832+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-diet-sucks-6971106"},"episode":{"title":"How Nutrition Guidelines Became Political","slug":"how-nutrition-guidelines-became-political","published_at":"2025-10-29T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-diet-sucks-6971106/how-nutrition-guidelines-became-political","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-diet-sucks-6971106","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/microcosm-coaching0/episodes/How-Nutrition-Guidelines-Became-Political-e3a67h6","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f80e2600/podcast/play/110353382/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-28%2F59774126-344b-79e2-d28a-f3f060d3d8c7.mp3","summary":"Support us on Patreon!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Get YDS tees, mugs, hats and more on Tee Public! This week on Your Diet Sucks , Zoë and Kylee dive headfirst into the messy, fascinating world of food policy, the history, politics, and corporate influence that quietly shape what ends up on your plate. From the creation of the first dietary guidelines to the low-fat craze that reshaped grocery store shelves, we unravel how government agencies, industry lobbyists, and “expert” committees turned nutrition advice into a political negotiation. ​ Tailwind → tailwindnutrition.com, code YOURDIET20 = 20% off first order. ​ Janji → janji.com, code YDS = 10% off first order. ​ Microcosm Coaching → ⁠⁠microcosm-coaching.com⁠⁠ , book a free consultation call. We talk about how the USDA’s dual role, both promoting agriculture and protecting public health, set the stage for decades of conflict, and how the sugar and processed food industries learned to play the game better than anyone. It’s a story full of backroom deals, scientific sleight of hand, and the kind of marketing spin that turned “moderation” into the most profitable word in nutrition. Thanks to Janji for supporting YDS! Your Diet Sucks is hosted by Zoë Rom and Kylee Van Horn, RDN, and brings a skeptical, evidence-based lens to the big stories shaping how we eat, move, and live.","meta_description":"Support us on Patreon!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Get YDS tees, mugs, hats and more on Tee Public! This week on Your Diet Sucks , Zoë and Kylee dive headfirst into the messy, fa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4425,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/your-diet-sucks-6971106/episodes/how-nutrition-guidelines-became-political/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-diet-sucks-6971106/how-nutrition-guidelines-became-political.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}