Dr. Mark Hyman

They're a critical shift.

For the first time in decades, federal nutrition policy is beginning to reflect the science, acknowledging the harms of highly processed food, the importance of good quality protein, the reality that

You know, one diet shouldn't fit everybody, the metabolism matters, and low-carb diets can be a therapeutic diet.

This is all huge.

Now, these guidance are a foundation.

We still have more work to do, that we require more research.

We need more scientific integrity, and all that matters.

But for the first time in a long time, this is real progress, and I'm excited about it.

And the future of nutrition has to go further.

We need to spend billions of dollars on nutrition research.

It's so important because food is the biggest cause of our chronic disease epidemic.

It's the biggest cure.

It accounts for 90% of the chronic illnesses we see today, which is 90% of our healthcare bill of $5 trillion.

Really important.

We need to study personalization, nuances, prevention, not just population averages.

So here's how I would encourage you to use these guidelines.

First, focus on food quality.

reduce ultra processed food and highly processed food or get rid of it i don't really eat it it's not actually food i said this before but the definition of food i encourage you to look it up in the dictionary is something that helps support the growth and health of an organism and by definition these things are not food they make you sick they don't support your health so really important to understand that i mean i won't eat a stickers bar i'll eat a chocolate bar

but I won't eat a weird, highly processed Dorito, but I might have a corn chip.

You know, just realize what you're eating, okay?