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Nutrition Guidelines Aren’t the Problem

Daily Chase #221

Mar 11, 2026
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Our friend EC Synkowski makes a point that sounds almost too obvious to take seriously: the problem with the government’s dietary guidelines isn’t that they’re wrong. The problem is that nobody follows them.

Seventy-four percent of Americans are overweight or obese, which means most people aren’t even hitting the first re…

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