Erin Allman-Updike

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Shall we get into this week's episode, Erin?

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I feel like my 20s was a process of checking off everything that I was not good at to get to what I was good at.

There was a large chunk of my 20s that I was just so wanting to be out of that phase, out of my skin, and I just really regret not living in the present more.

If anyone missed last week's episode, part one of this two-part series, Erin, you walked us through the good, the bad, and the ugly, really, of how we got to be here where we are today.

So I think we all understand a lot more about where the concept of these dietary guidelines really comes from and the issues that have always been present in the creation of the dietary guidelines for America.

And this is

A very America-centric couple of episodes.

But I will talk about global dietary guidelines today as well.

But today's episode, I am mostly focused on these newest dietary guidelines that came out in January 2026.

And what I want to walk through is why it is that they've made such headlines.

Like, when was the last time we ever even heard about them being updated?