Yes, Bread is Bad
Not all bread is created equal. Here's what the new 2025 Dietary Guidelines mean for America.
My mom makes the best sourdough. I'm not giving that up.
But the white bread that's been shoved down America's throat for 50 years? The highly processed carbs masquerading as nutrition while we got fatter and sicker era just ended.
Yesterday, the HHS and USDA released the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
It's the most significant reset of federal nutrition policy in decades. And no matter your politics, there should be joyous bipartisan support for this outcome.
The White House and Dept. of Agriculture
The headline. Eat Real Food.
The reality check. Nearly 90% of U.S. healthcare spending goes toward treating chronic disease. Most of it is linked to diet. Over 70% of American adults are overweight or obese. One-third of our teenagers have prediabetes. And 77% of military-aged youth can't even qualify to serve because diet-related conditions have destroyed their health.
We've been running a 50-year experiment on the American population. We replaced real food with processed garbage and called it "progress." The results are in. We failed.
@Bryan_Johnson breaks down the extent of the ultra-processed food complex in our food system. here
The War on Protein and Fat is Over
The [new food pyramid] https://x.com/HHSGov/status/2008961851439133083)
flips everything, literally. Protein, dairy, and healthy fats now sit at the top. Not the bottom. Eggs are back. Red meat is back. Full-fat dairy is back. No more low-fat yogurt loaded with sugar pretending to be healthy.
For the first time, federal guidelines explicitly call out the danger of highly processed foods. The guidance is clear. Avoid packaged, ready-to-eat foods that are salty or sweet. Avoid sugar-sweetened beverages. No amount of added sugar is considered part of a healthy diet.
Whole grains? Yes. (sourdough bread—it's 4 ingredients) White bread, flour tortillas, crackers, packaged breakfast foods? Significantly reduce.
This is common sense. It's what your grandmother knew before Big Food spent billions convincing us otherwise as they added hundreds of ingredients we could not pronounce and our bodies are unable to digest.
Why Real Food Policy Matters for Hunger Relief
I've been working on something at @wydeorg that connects directly to this moment.
Millions of Americans are obese and still hungry because they do not eat REAL FOOD.
Read that again. You can be overweight and malnourished at the same time. Hunger isn't just about calories. It's about nutrition. It's about meals that actually feed your body, not just fill your stomach.
That's why we built $EAT.
Phase One was always about ending food insecurity. We're funding 1 billion meals through trading fees that flow directly to verified nonprofits. Every transaction on WYDE's impact exchange generates real funding for real people who need food.
Phase Two was always about what comes after. Once people have access to meals, the question becomes what kind of meals. This is where food quality enters the equation.
The new dietary guidelines just gave us the federal framework to push for better. Real food. Whole food. Food that heals, not harms.
We didn't build $EAT to just count calories distributed. We built it to eventually advocate for the quality of those calories. Because a country where everyone eats but everyone eats garbage is still a sick country.
What Happens Next for American Nutrition
The guidelines are just paper until they become policy. Until school lunches change. Until SNAP incentivizes real food over soda. Until hospital cafeterias serve meals that heal.
But paper matters. Federal guidelines influence everything from military nutrition to what gets subsidized in agriculture to what doctors recommend.
This is the beginning.
And for the first time in decades, the government is telling Americans the truth about food. Eat real food. Prioritize protein. Avoid processed garbage. Your grandparents were right.
Now let's make sure everyone can afford to follow that advice.
That's the mission. That's why @wydeorg
exists. That's why eat.ong was created.
No matter your politics. Left, right, center. You should be celebrating today.
Real food won.
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wyde.org | wyde.org/eat |
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