Dr. Mark Hyman

plain yogurt, ideally Greek yogurt, which is iron protein, is not the same as sugar-sweetened dairy substitutes.

Okay, what's missing?

Well, saturated fat limits remain, and I think there's some nuances there on personalization.

Some people do really, really well with saturated fat, and as a doctor who's seen thousands, tens of thousands of patients, you know, it's really humbling because you read something in a book or in a study that

And then you go, wait a minute, it doesn't apply to everybody.

And you realize there's a lot of nuance here that depends on your genetics.

It depends on your response to saturated fat.

Some patients of mine have dropped their cholesterol 100 points by eating tons of butter and coconut oil, which is saturated fat.

And others have done exactly the same and their numbers go crazy bad.

So it's really about personalization and your metabolic health.

So food isn't just like a nutrient isolation.

It's how the whole food matrix behaves in the body.

That's really important.

The next big idea that was in these guidelines was a certain metabolic reality, which it probably was, it was underappreciated.

It was a single sentence, but it's revolutionary, which is this.

Some people with chronic disease may benefit from lower carbohydrate diets.

Okay, this is a big sentence and it's sort of in there quietly, but if you know what you're reading, it's revolutionary.

That's never been said before.

And we have a carbohydrate intolerant population.

When I mean carbohydrates, I don't mean broccoli.