Why does bad nutrition advice sound so convincing, and how do you know who to trust?

Registered dietitian Kylee Van Horn and journalist and elite ultrarunner Zoë Rom, hosts of Your Diet Sucks podcast, join me to expose how nutrition and fitness claims get distorted from actual research into confident prescriptions.

We break down why mechanisms and individual studies aren’t enough, how social media rewards certainty over nuance, and why women’s fitness and hormone health have become especially vulnerable to questionable claims around menopause, cycle syncing, detoxes, testing, and supplement stacks.

We also cover protein and muscle building, why “more” isn’t automatically better, how chronic underfueling can distort your perception of what your body needs, and why getting the basics of nutrition, fueling, and lifting weights right matters more than chasing optimization.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Why convincing nutrition advice fails
2:56 - Social media rewards the wrong information
9:35 - When scientific mechanisms mislead you
13:35 - How to identify trustworthy experts
19:35 - Why women’s nutrition became big business
25:35 - Menopause, metabolism, and body composition
35:05 - Cycle syncing and supplement stacks
41:35 - Protein optimization misses the basics
47:35 - Underfueling and learning your body

Episode resources:

• Podcast: Your Diet Sucks
• Website: yourdietsuckspodcast.com
• Instagram: @yourdietsuckspod

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