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The Mind-Gut Conversation Podcast

What Nutrition Scientists Actually Agree On with Christopher Gardner, PhD | MGC Ep. 127

Oct 12, 2026 · 57m

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Nutrition advice seems to change every week, but Dr. Christopher Gardner says the core of what we know has barely moved in fifty years. In this episode of The Mind-Gut Conversation, Dr. Mayer talks with Gardner, a professor of medicine at Stanford University, about his new book, Food Sense. Gardner has studied nutrition for more than three decades, served on the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, and sits on the scientific advisory board of the Culinary Institute of America. He is not selling a product, and he makes the case that there is much more consensus in nutrition than social media suggests. They discuss what GLP-1 weight loss drugs may and may not change about our relationship…