Jen and Dan's Natural Healing with Plants
Jen and Dan meet weekly to have real conversations about using natural methods for health including foods and herbs that boost nutrition and balance the body's systems. They use their background in health science, nutrition, and herbalism and combine them with other lifestyle modalities to reach optimal health for their own lives and the lives of their clients. Jen and Dan are 2 southerners with a passion for natural living. They met at the School of Natural Healing and discovered that they have so many common interests with the same main goal: to help their community achieve optimal health without side effects.
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Jen and Dan's Natural Healing with Plants
The 2025 Dietary Guidelines Are Full of Contradictions (Here’s What They Got Wrong)
The 2025 Dietary Guidelines: When the Science Gets Compromised
The 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans are out and on the surface, they sound familiar: eat whole foods, limit sugar, drink more water. But when you look closer, the contradictions start stacking up.
In this episode of Jen and Dan’s Natural Healing with Plants, we break down what the federal guidelines say, what they don’t say, and where they diverge from the scientific recommendations they’re legally required to follow.
We unpack:
- Why plant-based protein recommendations were largely discarded
- How saturated fat is “limited” while full-fat dairy, butter, and tallow are promoted
- Why removing vegetable subgroups changes everything (yes, potatoes can now check the same box as greens)
- What “drink less alcohol” actually means when no definition is given
- How over half of the advisory committee’s recommendations were ignored without clear justification
- Why these changes matter for school lunches, food costs, and public health, not just our personal choice
This episode isn’t about dietary ideology but transparency, science, and the real-world impact of national nutrition policy.
If you care about whole foods, plant-forward nutrition, and guidance that actually aligns with evidence, this conversation matters.
[1]: https://cdn.realfood.gov/DGA.pdf "Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030
[2]: https://nutrition.org/american-society-for-nutrition-calls-for-strong-science-in-national-nutrition-guidance/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "American Society for Nutrition Calls for Strong Science in ...
[3]: https://www.cspi.org/UncompromisedDGA?utm_source=chatgpt.com "2025-2030 Uncompromised DGA
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