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Synergee
So, Kelly, let me ask you something. If the government has been giving us food guidelines for over 40 years, why are we sicker than ever?
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Synergee
You know, we went from the food pyramid telling us to eat 6 to 11 servings of grains a day to my plate with half fruits, half vegetables, a little protein as a dairy on the side.
00:09:05:04 – 00:09:10:01
Synergee
And yet the rates of diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome kept climbing.
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Synergee
So today we’re going to ask the question. Did the pyramid fail us? Is the plate actually better or are both missing something very critical? Integrative health in Ridgeland MS.
00:09:19:20 – 00:09:26:02
Synergee
And guys, here’s the truth. Guidelines are built for populations, but health is built for individuals.
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Synergee
And if you’re over 50, if you care about muscle, brain health, blood sugar, and actually enjoying the next 20 years of your life, the conversation and this conversation matters.
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Synergee
So today we’re going to break down what the food pyramid got wrong. And what my plate improved and what a truly metabolically healthy plate should look like.
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Synergee
This isn’t about bashing the system. It’s about understanding it so you can make better decisions for your body. So let’s dig in.
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Synergee
Let’s first talk about the history of the food pyramid. I couldn’t believe it when we were researching Ray Kelly like the other day, we were sitting there talking like the food pyramid, 1992 to 2011.
00:10:12:17 – 00:10:18:20
Synergee
Yeah. And what was on that started? I mean, I feel like they started making recommendations in the 70s, and I think the 80s was when we got our first food pyramid. Right. But to your point, it was all grain based.
00:10:27:04 – 00:10:30:23
Synergee
You know, the whole bottom floor of that pyramid was grain.
00:10:31:00 – 00:10:40:09
Synergee
And then the top was fats and oils. And they said, oh just use them sparingly. And right in the middle was protein. And like you said a little sprinkle of dairy. It makes your body feel good. And then the whole milk mustache.
00:10:44:19 – 00:10:50:01
Synergee
Yeah. So there is a lot to unpack with, the original food pyramid and then the transition over to my plate.
00:10:50:01 – 00:11:11:01
Synergee
I think my plate thing was made to keep it simpler. I think they were saying, hey, people are not eating the way we’re recommending anyway. So I think that transition from pyramid to my plate was kind of to keep it simple. And I think simple is better. And then what we have that came out in 2026 where everything was flipped on its head.
00:11:11:01 – 00:11:13:21
Synergee
Right. We got a pyramid on its head.
00:11:13:23 – 00:11:19:22
Synergee
And I think that was intentional. You know, I think that was to say, hey, we got to do something different.
00:11:19:24 – 00:11:26:13
Synergee
Yeah. Yeah. And we had that in between. Right. Which is the plate which divided it up on this key little plate right into little sections of the plate, you know, fruits and vegetables and grains and protein and dairy. And the question that we hear all the time is like who actually wins? You know what’s right. And is there actually a right and a wrong?
00:11:42:19 – 00:11:46:21
Synergee
What is it? I mean, what do you say when you get asked that question?
00:11:46:23 – 00:11:50:24
Synergee
it kind of makes you scratch your head and lean back and think about why were these written in the first place?
00:11:50:24 – 00:12:09:22
Synergee
The first iteration of recommendation for our food had to do with food production, and it had to do with feeding the world, not what Americans really needed. It needed to be healthy. Right? And what we see what any anytime these guidelines come out, we see industries start really promoting the foods that are recommended in the nuts in a processed way.
00:12:15:05 – 00:12:38:07
Synergee
Yeah, right. So what I loved about 2026 was we’re talking about real whole food. That does not matter that we’re talking about it because industry is still doing what industry does. So we’re seeing a scene on the internet, these little packets of protein. Right. They’re gummies that are heavy in protein that are being promoted to help improve protein intake.
00:12:38:07 – 00:12:54:22
Synergee
Right. And I know I’m getting ahead of myself talking about what’s here now, but I’m just saying, even back in the day when these recommended recommendations for all these grains, what happened? Yeah. Finally, cereal that came out. So all of a sudden, cereal was a healthy breakfast with all of this loaded carbohydrates that were highly processed and refined and then added sugar over time.
00:13:00:02 – 00:13:21:11
Synergee
Right. And a pyramid. Also, besides the excess of grains there became this huge fatphobia. Right. Well, that happened when in the late 80s, fast food, like everything became this. Yeah. That’s free. I remember getting a two factor book that was all about, you know, controlling fat consumption. So fat became the enemy. And I remember those interim cakes.
00:13:22:10 – 00:13:32:23
Synergee
Do you remember the fat free cakes? There was this, like, I ate that every day because it was fat free, right? And it had grain in it. So, I mean, that’s gotta be healthy, right?
00:13:33:03 – 00:13:50:06
Synergee
Yeah. And then the whole sugar free craze. Oh. Poor sugar. Oh, but just put the artificial stuff in there, because that’s going to be better for you because that’s less in calories. And now, you know, I think we understand that no matter what happens. And going back to your point, the industry looks at this and goes, how can we capitalize? How can we profit? How can we profit from that? And you know, I think it’s just so important to understand, and all of these different eras, how that, you know, there were certain things that brought attention to food, which that part is important. But unfortunately, it definitely created confusion among consumers and, and the challenge and actually the scary part is, there became no differentiation between processed food and whole foods.
00:14:24:16 – 00:14:29:22
Synergee
None. So they weren’t talking about the quality of food at all.
00:14:30:03 – 00:14:41:15
Synergee
Right. And I think I think the message has been less sugar. You know, we’ve been watching this freight train of momentum build for metabolic dysfunction for many, many years.
00:14:41:17 – 00:14:49:14
Syenrgee
This is not a new problem, but it is a catastrophic problem that we’re facing today. And I think the, you know, the pandemic, I’m just going to call it, created such awareness around people that were metabolically unstable and the impact that having an insult like a virus could, could do to the body. Right. So I think our awareness of the value of whole food is very different today than, say, it was six years ago.
00:15:12:12 – 00:15:13:17
Synergee
Would you agree with that, Lori?
00:15:13:23 – 00:15:35:18
Synergee
I do agree with that. And it needed to happen because what we did say what we did see as you say in the pandemic is people that were metabolically dysregulated, you know history of a poor glucose metabolism, hypertension, high cholesterol and quite frankly those that didn’t even know right there. And they were in that state of dysfunction, not necessarily disease. Their outcomes were far worse during that time period. Yeah. So yeah, I mean, I think that we needed more attention to nutrition and nutrient value.
00:15:48:17 – 00:16:03:02
Synergee
Let’s, you know, nutrient density of food, quality of food, more awareness of it. So what did the pyramid get all wrong? Excessive grains like fatphobia, no differentiation between processed and whole foods and no, that metabolic individuality.
00:16:03:02 – 00:16:11:24
Synergee
And then the plate came along. What my plate right improved was visual simplicity. I mean, that plate was cool, right? It was, I think, so far better than the pyramid.
00:16:12:03 – 00:16:15:09
Synergee
Personally, maybe it’s because I’m a visual person, I liked it.
00:16:15:11 – 00:16:19:12
Synergee
I did too, and I have to ask myself all the time what should my plate look like?
00:16:19:14 – 00:16:23:19
Synergee
I don’t know if you get that question, but I love that question. Like, what should my plate look like?
00:16:23:21 – 00:16:29:10
Synergee
Because that’s something that’s practical. It’s something we can anchor onto, and it’s something that we can really help, you know, navigate.
00:16:29:15 – 00:16:53:22
Synergee
And I mean, the simplicity of it and then they did emphasize more vegetables, which we know is so important to overall health and well-being. Not necessarily quality. Again, you know, but definitely more vegetables and getting, you know, more fiber with those vegetables, but also portion awareness, I think that’s something that my plate did get right to, or at least improved it right.
00:16:54:02 – 00:17:08:08
Synergee
But what it still missed was it didn’t talk about again quality ultra processed foods. Insulin response to certain foods. Glycemic load again individualization I think we try to take a food plan and try to make it right for every decade.
00:17:10:01 – 00:17:25:08
Synergee
Everyone. This is right for everyone. And I think what you and I have learned over our combined experience in Food First clinics, regenerative nutritional, holistic practice, is that there is not one way. There are core foundational principles of eating whole food farm to plate. Eating nutrient dense foods, you know, sourcing well. But we also know throughout the seasons of life how we need to eat, what we need to eat. How much of it we need to eat, even the timing of our food that changes over the seasons of the years, but that also changes with the seasons that we walk through and women.
00:17:52:15 – 00:17:56:06
Synergee
We’re a perfect example of that. We have lots of seasons stuff too. Lots of opportunity for change, right? Lots of skin health.
00:18:00:10 – 00:18:05:15
Synergee
Yeah. And then when you were in a healing phase, we may need to eat in a particular way versus when we’re, you know, not necessarily in the healing phase, but the bottom line, healthy nutrition wins every time.
00:18:10:14 – 00:18:29:07
Synergee
And we need to remember that is the foundation of what we need to be pursuing. And I love what I wanted to read a little bit about. I pulled the guidelines and I do want to make sure that we put these in the show notes for people to reference back to, but it says to make America healthy again, we must return to the basics.
00:18:29:09 – 00:18:55:24
Synergee
American households must prioritize diets built on hold, nutritionists, nutritional dense food, protein, dairy, vegetables, fruit and healthy fats. And, you know, I would have balked at the dairy in the past of being there. But with the advent of the awareness around C15, I do think that dairy has its place. There are some of us that are dairy sensitive, that really shouldn’t need dairy for metabolic reasons and need reasons. Then if you’re not dairy sensitive, doing organic for fat dairy has a place in the diet, I think.
00:19:02:00 – 00:19:11:23
Synergee
Yeah, well, it’s sourcing matters. Sourcing matters? Yeah. Policy matters. And go back. Go back to C15. For those that don’t know about C15 and, we have an episode that will have aired or will be airing, you’ll have to check it out, but it’s on a particular molecule, if you will. C15 that is from and source from, it’s a, it’s a saturated fat and it has so much promise in relationship to improving overall metabolic syndrome.
00:19:37:14 – 00:19:49:04
Synergee
And so I would have balked as well. I’m still very cautious, very, very cautious because for here in the United States, it is very, very hard for us to source clean dairy.
00:19:51:10 – 00:20:02:08
Synergee
So true, so, so true. Yeah. So knowing your sourcing, and knowing your metabolic status to know how you should be eating in, in the proper ratios, I think is important too.
00:20:02:10 – 00:20:09:02
Synergee
Yeah. And this is where all of, you know, some of the things we just consistently reinforce is whole foods, non-GMO, organic, when possible, you know, less of the, the processed, ultra processed, and none would be better. But we don’t live in a bubble, and we do live. We live. And also protein prioritization. I do think that it is very, very important to prioritize the standard American diet.
00:20:29:14 – 00:20:48:23
Synergee
You know, high carbohydrates, low protein. And then on top of it, unfortunately, when protein is chosen, it’s not quality protein. And to your point now at the food industry, everything’s about protein. And you’ll pick up a bar, you know, that’s supposedly protein. And you look at it, it has more sugar, it doesn’t have a whole lot of protein in it, and the type of protein that is in it.
00:20:55:07 – 00:21:00:04
Synergee
And, and the other oils that are in it, it’s not healthy at all.
00:21:00:07 – 00:21:00:18
Synergee
Detrimental.
00:21:00:22 – 00:21:08:02
Synergee
And what I’m also seeing, you know, on the market is a lot of food, meat substitutes that are high in protein.
00:21:08:02 – 00:21:20:18
Synergee
Right. And so again, thinking through the lens of is that food processed. So let’s talk about processed food. Let’s just get that simple. So what would you say Laurie. How would you define processed food?
00:21:20:20 – 00:21:36:15
Synergee
Yeah. So any food that’s been changed in any way from its natural source, you know. So it’s when we say whole food and we don’t even say our preference isn’t even minimally processed. It’s not a process. So the whole food farm to plate and it is the ingredient. It is the ingredient.
00:21:40:24 – 00:21:53:15
Synergee
And then there are minimally processed foods and there’s a lot of convenience foods. Today we’re going to the market and you’re picking up, say, celery that’s already been washed and chopped. You’re picking up vegetables that are in a medley that’s already been washed.
00:21:53:15 – 00:22:11:07
Synergee
And ready. And I see a lot of consumers buying those things for convenience. They’re easy to throw in a pan and cook. Those had the meal minimally processed. So we have to think about how long it has been there. You know, as it sits and as it’s been managed, it has lost some of its nutrient value. So we’re going to get more density from foods that are truly whole foods, right.
00:22:15:12 – 00:22:26:17
Synergee
And it’s so important you speak of the time thing from harvesting to your plate. The less time there is between those two, the more nutrient density that that will have. And of course how you cook it changes that too. And kind of talking about, the convenience of things, and just even, you know, disease states or levels of dysfunction that some people have to eat, they don’t tolerate rolls, you know, they have to cook.
00:22:44:00 – 00:22:58:10
Synergee
And so, then what would that look like? So but thinking about just the sourcing of food and the food as a whole, you know, the metabolic plate, what would you say the ideal metabolic plate would be for, for most or do you have that?
00:23:02:23 – 00:23:07:24
Synergee
Yeah. I don’t know that I have that in my head. What I would say is that fiber is important.
00:23:07:24 – 00:23:12:03
Synergee
And I don’t think we talk about fiber enough. And we typically will get that if we’re getting 9 to 13 servings of fruits and vegetables, a day. And that’s hard to get. We need about 35g, 30, 25 to 35g of fiber a day. What I would say about that is it is if your GI tract is a little bit of a mess, you may not tolerate that right away.
00:23:28:15 – 00:23:30:22
Synergee
And so working your way up to that and even getting the vegetable composition and working your way up to that. Yeah, definitely protein. And I think protein with every meal for most people to stabilize blood sugar, make sure that we’re absorbing and we have a capacity for absorption. And so if we’re eating just all of our protein in one meal, we’re not absorbing all of that.
00:23:49:22 – 00:24:13:22
Synergee
And so we need to break it up into servings so that we can get maximum absorption to build muscle and have some structural integrity. Right. I do think quality fats are important, for sure. You know, we need fat in our diet. So olive oil, avocado if you can tolerate, nuts and seeds, things like that that really have other nutrients in them as well.
00:24:13:22 – 00:24:23:09
Synergee
Minerals, to support that healthy fat consumption. I think if we if we have a healthy gut, that would be kind of what I would recommend that we prioritize.
00:24:23:11 – 00:24:28:03
Synergee
Yeah. And no mandatory dairy. Right. Not mandatory dairy.
00:24:28:05 – 00:24:36:17
Synergee
No. And no ultra processed or processed would be best. But again it’s it’s looking at, you know, that whole bad. Better, best. Yep. And making choices that are more often best or better. You know.
00:24:49:22 – 00:24:57:14
Synergee
Yeah. We recognize you guys are busy. You know, life is hectic at times. And we’re running from one thing to the other. We have events, we’re eating out.
00:24:57:16 – 00:25:14:19
Synergee
And so we’re saying no processed foods, right? That would be ideal. That would be the best possible way to eat. And I say control what you can control. You know, control what you have at home, control what you buy, those packages that you buy and the foods that you buy at home. Meal prep to make it easier.
00:25:14:21 – 00:25:19:01
Synergee
What would you say, Lori, about just the convenience aspect of getting the food?
00:25:19:06 – 00:25:42:13
Synergee
Well, you know, we are busy and we’re going to, you know, that whole eating out versus eating in. I think sometimes people think it’s easier to eat out. And the reality is, we kind of get into almost a rhythm of doing that. And there are so many food delivery sources now that make eating home easier.
00:25:42:15 – 00:26:10:15
Synergee
And they can be quality. So step back, evaluate the areas that you know of all of these things we’ve listed today. If there’s one area for yourself that you know would be the biggest lever you could pull right now, and I would say that if if that lever for you is, you know, it’s a time issue, it’s look at the other things that are available out there that can make things more convenient, but not less healthy.
00:26:10:17 – 00:26:23:03
Synergee
And I use Green Chef. I know some people use sunbasket, you know, some people. There’s so many different options out there now, we don’t have to resort to eating out.
00:26:23:05 – 00:26:34:16
Synergee
That’s right. I’ve used the methodology of East Green Chef before. So I do think that we do. We’ve got more than we’ve ever had to make pulling off a whole food based diet easier.
00:26:34:19 – 00:26:39:16
Synergee
So true enough, step back, look at your resources and see what that provides.
00:26:39:18 – 00:27:08:22
Synergee
And I want to go back to one other, you know, thing that I would say that really constitutes a metabolic plate. And a recommendation is recognizing that it has to be personalized for your age, for your hormones, for your blood sugar, for, you know, your age and stage, if you will. And that’s where working with a qualified health care practitioner is helpful, because after you’ve done some of these changes, it’s digging deeper into your current metabolic status.
00:27:09:03 – 00:27:31:20
Synergee
And then using food. Truly, food is medicine is powerful medicine. And so these guidelines are intended just as that. They’re guidelines. They’re guidelines. But be intuitive. Be intuitive. Like when you eat particular foods. How do they make you feel? That’s extremely important to think about. Two.
00:27:32:01 – 00:27:55:12
Synergee
So I want to go back to the conversation a little bit on protein, because I think this is a really important conversation to have a lot of the backlash that has been talked about from these current guidelines was the increase in protein recommendations, and the argument was that Americans already get too much protein, which I’m thinking, what are they looking at?
00:27:55:12 – 00:27:58:10
SYnergee
I’m just confused by that. Are you confused by that?
00:27:58:12 – 00:28:13:16
Synergee
I am baffled by that. I mean, what person coming into your clinic just asking the question, what person have you had or number of people have you had coming in already getting ample protein?
00:28:13:18 – 00:28:15:02
Synergee
Very little.
00:28:15:04 – 00:28:18:22
Synergee
Very few. Very few of my population is getting adequate protein.
00:28:19:03 – 00:28:40:21
Synergee
Yeah. And so I was confused by that statement. Confused by that concern. We know that our protein needs go up as we age to preserve lean muscle mass. And so we and I feel like absorption of protein goes down as we age. That’s what I see in my practice. And maybe my subset of patients have more gut challenges.
00:28:40:21 – 00:28:55:00
Synergee
Perhaps I get that, but I would say they’re the average American people. And typically the absorption does go down as we age, which makes it more important that we focus on quality proteins, to preserve muscle mass.
00:28:55:06 – 00:29:26:00
Synergee
And the push back on protein I hear a lot is if I get more protein I’ve always heard that it’s going to create kidney disease. And I always banter back or ask the question of if you pull back on protein what are you going to eat. And normally it’s more carbohydrates. And if you think about that through the lens of the relationship of food to one of the major causes of kidney disease, which is diabetes related blood sugar.
00:29:27:17 – 00:29:46:09
Synergee
Right. So what ends up happening is so, so who wins? What is better? And the reality is, eating more quality protein and having a nice well distributed plate, if you will, with good quality vegetables and healthy fats. That’s a win for your kidneys every time.
00:29:46:15 – 00:29:56:11
Synergee
And then monitor whatever changes you make. Monitor your biometrics over time to see what is happening with your kidney function. That’s really the best way to know.
00:29:56:13 – 00:30:23:00
Synergee
Yeah. So you know metabolic nuance is there. You know there’s always individuality that has to be remembered. I’m going to go back to these guidelines. And those guidelines are you know when we say that what is the most ideal way of looking at your nutrition is whole food, farm to plate, non-GMO, organic, nutrient dense diet.
00:30:23:00 – 00:30:27:02
Synergee
And that doesn’t get enough attention. Do you agree, Kelly?
00:30:27:04 – 00:30:35:20
Synergee
Yeah. So to your point earlier, the length of time from when something is harvested to when it’s on your plate dictates the nutrient density.
00:30:35:22 – 00:30:53:19
Synergee
So leaning on your farmer’s markets, leaning on your local farmers to help with some of your nutrition, I think is really important too. We mentioned some food delivery places. Obviously that’s not local organic. That’s not all of what we would eat. If we’re ordering that you do grains, you have probably three days a week and then you have other things the other day.
00:30:53:19 – 00:31:01:12
Synergee
So it’s part of that diet. It’s whole food based, organic, but not necessarily, you know, close by. Right.
00:31:01:17 – 00:31:17:00
Synergee
Yeah. So the other question I get a lot is you know because on it was the food pyramid right. Originally it was whole grains and being so heart healthy. So when you have a person that has that ingrained how do you how do you speak to that.
00:31:17:02 – 00:31:42:09
Synergee
It is a hard one because I think oatmeal has done such a tremendous job in making themselves known for being heart healthy, right? Yeah. I mean, what am I going to do? Where is my heart going to do without oatmeal? And so, you know, we have the fortunate opportunity to measure inflammatory markers so we can actually look and see if food creates inflammation for a given person.
00:31:42:11 – 00:32:02:24
Synergee
And, and I can say most of the time it is right. Most of the time that grain is creating a burden of inflammation. That’s not helping anyone. And so I try to take it back to what their body is telling us. Right. Because it’s one in of one. We’re not looking at the population. What does the population need?
00:32:03:04 – 00:32:24:11
Synergee
The other question I get beyond heart health is fiber. How am I going to get my fiber if I’m not consuming grains? And, you know, there’s all of your fruits and vegetables? I mean, I think an apple is really rich in fiber. So there’s plenty of opportunity to get fiber in. And we should be eating those vegetables anyway.
00:32:24:13 – 00:32:24:24
Synergee
That’s right.
00:32:25:04 – 00:32:49:12
Synergee
Seeds are nuts. You know there’s so many other alternatives. And grains as a whole unfortunately are very pro-inflammatory. And a lot of the reason it’s not just it’s what we do, it’s what our food industry has done. Right. Yeah. So it’s what our food industry has done to the grains. And in many cases, particularly wheat, it’s, you know, indigestible, you know, gluten is too, too many.
00:32:49:14 – 00:33:07:08
Synergee
But also it’s not just in digestibility, it’s also the spray and the chemicals and the things like that that, you know, our crops unfortunately in grains and have exposure to. So yeah, I’m, I’m with you I, I, you know as a runner you are too right. We ate oatmeal carbs. I can’t or you know, maybe Fig Newtons I had as a runner super easy to grab and go. I was right, yeah, a little bit of great. A little bit of figs. So yeah, we’ve been there, we’ve done that. Yeah. And, we now know the inflammatory burden that that can create over time.
00:33:25:14 – 00:33:31:00
Synergee
So why does no one talk about insulin and government guidelines? Have you thought about that?
00:33:31:04 – 00:33:42:04
Synergee
You know, insulin is not even something that we talk about in primary care, right. And so we’re not even measuring, I mean, patients coming into me. I don’t know about you, Lori, but they’ve never had their insulin checked, but they’ve had their hemoglobin and have their hemoglobin A1C checked. They don’t have glucose.
00:33:47:13 – 00:34:02:03
Synergee
Yeah, but no one’s looking at insulin. To our postprandial insulin levels. And so I’m not surprised, I’m disappointed. Right. But I’m not surprised that it’s not something that’s being looked at because I don’t think it’s being measured for most people.
00:34:02:05 – 00:34:15:05
Synergee
Yeah. So true. So true. So you know the pyramid fed the population. You said it earlier the plate simplified it but neither optimizes it. None of them do.
00:34:15:07 – 00:34:39:13
Synergee
And I think you, you, you, you kind of, led us to this earlier. You know, these guidelines are very much averages, and health has to be personal. It’s very individualized. There are core foundational principles that we all should be adhering to. But how we apply them over the seasons does have to change to get the outcomes that we want in integrative health in Ridgeland MS.
00:34:39:13 – 00:35:08:17
Synergee
And those outcomes are, you know, living a more anti-inflammatory lifestyle and promoting vitality, hormone balance, mobility, brain optimization and all the things to just live not longer, to live better, to live better. So if you want to live long enough to enjoy retirement, you need more than my plate. Do you agree?
00:35:08:22 – 00:35:16:09
Synergee
I agree, and listen, she said, if you want to live long in retirement and enjoy the entire retirement, right?
00:35:16:09 – 00:35:38:16
Synergee
Not just live long to retire, but actually enjoy retirement, right? We want to be strong. That’s the message. We really want to be strong. And your foundation of nutrition is what kind of it’s going to dictate your strength and your agility as you age. And so, there is not too young to start making these changes and make 1 or 2 changes at a time.
00:35:38:16 – 00:35:55:08
Synergee
Don’t overwhelm yourself with making all the changes. We can be obsessive about what we’re doing to you, and we’re not talking about that. We’re talking about just getting back to the foundation. Keep foods simple. Enjoy it. Slow down. When you’re eating, talk to your family while you’re eating.
00:35:55:12 – 00:36:20:00
Synergee
Bring in those senses. Smell it. Look at it. You know, just slow down. You know, we we. Yeah. Chew it. We rush into meal time, and none of those things are addressed in the guidelines, but those are the things that we need to do in addition to understanding what to eat. It’s how we also eat it.
00:36:21:09 – 00:36:46:17
Synergee
I think this last iteration was a good attempt, bringing some awareness to whole food based eating and getting rid of processed foods completely. But my concern is we’re all subject to marketing. And so there’s marketing messages that you’re going to see with Eat More Protein, take the supplement. Are around consumerism. And so just be aware that that’s not holding consistent with what the true guidelines are.
00:36:46:22 – 00:36:50:12
Synergee
So as we wrap up today, super excited to be here with you guys to talk functional medicine in Ridgeland MS.
00:36:50:12 – 00:37:09:02
Synergee
As always, we’re going to put the most updated guidelines in our show notes for you guys to peruse. And, send us some questions back. Let us know what you want to be hearing about. And, we look forward to seeing you soon in integrative health in Ridgeland MS.
00:37:09:04 – 00:37:35:08
Synergee
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