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2026-02-17
Understanding the New Dietary Guidelines with Monique Yohananwith Monique Yohanan, MD, MPH
In this episode of the Health Policy Podcast, host Brian Hyde interviews Monique Yohanan, MD, MPH, a Senior Fellow at Independent Women, about the newly released dietary guidelines for Americans. Yohanan discusses the shift from the traditional food pyramid to a focus on protein, healthy fats, and fiber, emphasizing the importance of real, minimally processed foods. She also addresses the role of politics in dietary recommendations and the implications of these guidelines for public health and nutrition.
Notable quotes
“Big picture, think about the old food pyramid and flip it upside down.”
“This is a diet that's fine if you're vegan, it's fine if you're keto.”
“The reality is the old dietary recommendations were a setup for people to eat more calories and to gain weight.”
“We are all very different and the exact form of this, which is why I don't think it's a good idea to focus on number of servings or anything.”
“If your grandmother wouldn't recognize it, probably not a great idea to eat it.”
“Eating high protein foods and full fat dairy is that you get full faster.”