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Ep. 302: The New U.S. Alcohol Guidelines Caved to Big Alcohol — And Why That’s Dangerous
When the U.S. government released the new 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, most people probably didn’t notice what didn’t make headlines.
But something important changed.
For the first time in decades, the federal government removed specific drinking limits from its alcohol guidance. Gone was the already-weak recommendation of no more than one drink per day for women. Also missing? Any clear warning about alcohol’s well-established link to cancer.
What replaced it was vague language encouraging people to “drink less.”
That might sound harmless. Reasonable, even.
But when you look…
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