Kevin C Klatt, PhD, RD
@kcklatt.bsky.social
Assistant Prof, @uoftnutrisci.bsky.social . Experimental #Metabolism Researcher, #Dietitian.
Associate Editor, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
By way of: UC Berkeley, Baylor CoM, NIH, Cornell
Kcklatt.substack.com
Associate Editor, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
By way of: UC Berkeley, Baylor CoM, NIH, Cornell
Kcklatt.substack.com
Pinned
This year's Annual Review of Nutrition is out and full of really great reads.
My contribution details the broad history of nutritional guidance in America & covers the forces (science/politics/culture) that have driven the evolution of nutrition guidance.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
My contribution details the broad history of nutritional guidance in America & covers the forces (science/politics/culture) that have driven the evolution of nutrition guidance.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
A lot of generative AI makes slop for me but the time saving from targeted presentation generators is very real - by no means a perfect ready to go slide deck, but infinitely better than the templates out there for getting the basis of a slide deck going (with huge time savings on design/formatting)
February 6, 2026 at 5:34 PM
A lot of generative AI makes slop for me but the time saving from targeted presentation generators is very real - by no means a perfect ready to go slide deck, but infinitely better than the templates out there for getting the basis of a slide deck going (with huge time savings on design/formatting)
Weird flex for Alabama when it consistently gets a failing grade on all major maternal and child health metrics.
February 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Weird flex for Alabama when it consistently gets a failing grade on all major maternal and child health metrics.
This new Epstein files release has made clear that perceived health & wellness expertise is an efficient route to get in proximity to power &move in elite circles. Biomed has always had the folks who do it for ego &prestige but the rise of wellness influencers has made it easier than ever to cash in
February 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM
This new Epstein files release has made clear that perceived health & wellness expertise is an efficient route to get in proximity to power &move in elite circles. Biomed has always had the folks who do it for ego &prestige but the rise of wellness influencers has made it easier than ever to cash in
Recording of our convo here: open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
January 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Recording of our convo here: open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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New JIMD Podcast
I speak with Jean-Marie Saudubray and Manuel Schiff about six decades of progress in inherited metabolic diseases from early chromatography to genomics and the changing identity of the field.
A rare, fascinating look at our history.
open.spotify.com/episode/5ve2...
I speak with Jean-Marie Saudubray and Manuel Schiff about six decades of progress in inherited metabolic diseases from early chromatography to genomics and the changing identity of the field.
A rare, fascinating look at our history.
open.spotify.com/episode/5ve2...
December 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
New JIMD Podcast
I speak with Jean-Marie Saudubray and Manuel Schiff about six decades of progress in inherited metabolic diseases from early chromatography to genomics and the changing identity of the field.
A rare, fascinating look at our history.
open.spotify.com/episode/5ve2...
I speak with Jean-Marie Saudubray and Manuel Schiff about six decades of progress in inherited metabolic diseases from early chromatography to genomics and the changing identity of the field.
A rare, fascinating look at our history.
open.spotify.com/episode/5ve2...
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What do the new dietary guidelines get right, and where do they fall short?
Tomorrow at 1:30pm ET, @drjessicaknurick.bsky.social, @kcklatt.bsky.social, and @jeremyfaust.bsky.social will break down the key changes. Register for the webinar: ehgroup.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #MedSky
Tomorrow at 1:30pm ET, @drjessicaknurick.bsky.social, @kcklatt.bsky.social, and @jeremyfaust.bsky.social will break down the key changes. Register for the webinar: ehgroup.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #MedSky
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: MedPage Today | The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in the New Dietary Guidelines. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the we...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: MedPage Today | The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in the New Dietary Guidelines. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the we...
ehgroup.zoom.us
January 22, 2026 at 9:21 PM
What do the new dietary guidelines get right, and where do they fall short?
Tomorrow at 1:30pm ET, @drjessicaknurick.bsky.social, @kcklatt.bsky.social, and @jeremyfaust.bsky.social will break down the key changes. Register for the webinar: ehgroup.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #MedSky
Tomorrow at 1:30pm ET, @drjessicaknurick.bsky.social, @kcklatt.bsky.social, and @jeremyfaust.bsky.social will break down the key changes. Register for the webinar: ehgroup.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #MedSky
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Just spoke to The Hill about how the dismantling of the NIH is impacting science in America. We still face a cliff of unfathomable heights, w easily 1000+ labs poised to close in the next year due to funding ending. A generation of young scientists lost because there is nowhere for them to train.
January 20, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Just spoke to The Hill about how the dismantling of the NIH is impacting science in America. We still face a cliff of unfathomable heights, w easily 1000+ labs poised to close in the next year due to funding ending. A generation of young scientists lost because there is nowhere for them to train.
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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America’s Would-Be Surgeon General: Trust Your ‘Heart Intelligence’? www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/... via @theatlantic.com
Me: “...someone who seems to pull things out of thin air & then look for sciencey-sounding rhetoric”
@kcklatt.bsky.social: "...woo-woo stuff that has no data behind it."
Me: “...someone who seems to pull things out of thin air & then look for sciencey-sounding rhetoric”
@kcklatt.bsky.social: "...woo-woo stuff that has no data behind it."
America’s Would-Be Surgeon General Says to Trust Your ‘Heart Intelligence’
Casey Means thinks improving health is a spiritual project.
www.theatlantic.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:26 PM
America’s Would-Be Surgeon General: Trust Your ‘Heart Intelligence’? www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/... via @theatlantic.com
Me: “...someone who seems to pull things out of thin air & then look for sciencey-sounding rhetoric”
@kcklatt.bsky.social: "...woo-woo stuff that has no data behind it."
Me: “...someone who seems to pull things out of thin air & then look for sciencey-sounding rhetoric”
@kcklatt.bsky.social: "...woo-woo stuff that has no data behind it."
The saddest part of MAHA is that real energy on nutrition and environmental regulations has been tarnished by becoming bedfellows with a movement based around appeals to nature, fostering anti-vaccine sentiments, and overpromising on other risks and treatments (e.g., acetominophen, leucovorin).
January 20, 2026 at 7:13 PM
The saddest part of MAHA is that real energy on nutrition and environmental regulations has been tarnished by becoming bedfellows with a movement based around appeals to nature, fostering anti-vaccine sentiments, and overpromising on other risks and treatments (e.g., acetominophen, leucovorin).
HHS is putting out bizarre propaganda on the other site about the nutrient density of butter and beef tallow. Have genuinely only seen these claims from wellness influencers and butter promoting websites.
January 13, 2026 at 12:33 AM
HHS is putting out bizarre propaganda on the other site about the nutrient density of butter and beef tallow. Have genuinely only seen these claims from wellness influencers and butter promoting websites.
For all of the fetishization from this HHS of other countries (e.g., Europe's food additive regs, Denmark's vaccine schedule, Japan's low obesity rates etc), it is interesting how international comparisons didn't play into the new DGAs meaningfully, with the USA now being a clear outlier in recs.
January 12, 2026 at 5:58 PM
For all of the fetishization from this HHS of other countries (e.g., Europe's food additive regs, Denmark's vaccine schedule, Japan's low obesity rates etc), it is interesting how international comparisons didn't play into the new DGAs meaningfully, with the USA now being a clear outlier in recs.
Journalists, please get quotes on the Dietary Guidelines from non-USA nutrition scientists. Not only because our guidelines deviate so heavily from them, but because there's a high risk of retribution for American scientists speaking up, and speaking up honestly.
January 12, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Journalists, please get quotes on the Dietary Guidelines from non-USA nutrition scientists. Not only because our guidelines deviate so heavily from them, but because there's a high risk of retribution for American scientists speaking up, and speaking up honestly.
Interesting to see that the directors of major centers for birth defect prevention and nutrition are out at the CDC right when the Dietary Guidelines toss recs for any refined grains - the only mandatory fortification of folic acid in the food supply that's been wildly successful at reducing NTDs
20 out of 25 CIO director positions at CDC are vacant and filled by actings (or eliminated), just in the past year via CDC Data Project www.cdcdataproject.org/leadership-c...
January 11, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Interesting to see that the directors of major centers for birth defect prevention and nutrition are out at the CDC right when the Dietary Guidelines toss recs for any refined grains - the only mandatory fortification of folic acid in the food supply that's been wildly successful at reducing NTDs
If you want to know why most dietitians push back on the 'eat real food' framing, it's b/c most of us have worked in clinical practice, seen people literally starving to death from disease, & had the patient or a well-meaning family member question enteral feeding because formula isn't 'real food'
January 10, 2026 at 3:47 PM
If you want to know why most dietitians push back on the 'eat real food' framing, it's b/c most of us have worked in clinical practice, seen people literally starving to death from disease, & had the patient or a well-meaning family member question enteral feeding because formula isn't 'real food'
Now would be a great time for academia to start valuing SciComm in service, tenure & promotion. The status quo of publishing in pay-walled journals for narrow audiences in the dozens & handwaving about 'broader impacts' is a threat to your funding, a broader understanding of science & public health.
January 10, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Now would be a great time for academia to start valuing SciComm in service, tenure & promotion. The status quo of publishing in pay-walled journals for narrow audiences in the dozens & handwaving about 'broader impacts' is a threat to your funding, a broader understanding of science & public health.
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The most painful part of the dietary guidelines for me specifically
Threading a gift link, and @kcklatt.bsky.social's Substack post now has some excellent additional context on the guidelines' treatment of plant-based diets that's worth a read
Threading a gift link, and @kcklatt.bsky.social's Substack post now has some excellent additional context on the guidelines' treatment of plant-based diets that's worth a read
January 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM
The most painful part of the dietary guidelines for me specifically
Threading a gift link, and @kcklatt.bsky.social's Substack post now has some excellent additional context on the guidelines' treatment of plant-based diets that's worth a read
Threading a gift link, and @kcklatt.bsky.social's Substack post now has some excellent additional context on the guidelines' treatment of plant-based diets that's worth a read
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A great detailed explainer here! bsky.app/profile/kckl...
For anyone interested in the new Dietary Guidelines, here's a breakdown and my thoughts:
kcklatt.substack.com/p/ambiguous-...
kcklatt.substack.com/p/ambiguous-...
Ambiguous DGAs & The Rancher's Pyramid
Tame on the surface, more underneath
kcklatt.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:52 PM
A great detailed explainer here! bsky.app/profile/kckl...
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Great, in-depth take on the new Dietary Guidelines by @kcklatt.bsky.social.
He digs deep in the sat fat vs. seed oil issue, and also makes a point that's important about the standards of evidence the DGAs purport to use.
kcklatt.substack.com/p/ambiguous-...
He digs deep in the sat fat vs. seed oil issue, and also makes a point that's important about the standards of evidence the DGAs purport to use.
kcklatt.substack.com/p/ambiguous-...
Ambiguous DGAs & The Rancher's Pyramid
A nothing-Burger on the surface, more underneath
kcklatt.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Great, in-depth take on the new Dietary Guidelines by @kcklatt.bsky.social.
He digs deep in the sat fat vs. seed oil issue, and also makes a point that's important about the standards of evidence the DGAs purport to use.
kcklatt.substack.com/p/ambiguous-...
He digs deep in the sat fat vs. seed oil issue, and also makes a point that's important about the standards of evidence the DGAs purport to use.
kcklatt.substack.com/p/ambiguous-...
In 2026, let's care as much or more about the process of how we come to conclusions about nutrition recommendations than the actual conclusions themselves. We bastardize nutrition science when we focus on the vibes of the outcomes and not the methods.
January 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
In 2026, let's care as much or more about the process of how we come to conclusions about nutrition recommendations than the actual conclusions themselves. We bastardize nutrition science when we focus on the vibes of the outcomes and not the methods.
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I just read all 90 pages of the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines, and I will apologize for the length and wonkiness of my take on it.
This is pretty detailed, and you may not have the stomach or patience for it, but here goes.
A very long 🧵
cdn.realfood.gov/Scientific%2...
This is pretty detailed, and you may not have the stomach or patience for it, but here goes.
A very long 🧵
cdn.realfood.gov/Scientific%2...
cdn.realfood.gov
January 8, 2026 at 12:56 PM
I just read all 90 pages of the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines, and I will apologize for the length and wonkiness of my take on it.
This is pretty detailed, and you may not have the stomach or patience for it, but here goes.
A very long 🧵
cdn.realfood.gov/Scientific%2...
This is pretty detailed, and you may not have the stomach or patience for it, but here goes.
A very long 🧵
cdn.realfood.gov/Scientific%2...
Nutrition colleagues who are teaching and feel like they just lost a bunch of material (DGAs, MyPlate) - this is a great opportunity to teach critical thinking, spot what's changed and critically evaluate the why.
January 8, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Nutrition colleagues who are teaching and feel like they just lost a bunch of material (DGAs, MyPlate) - this is a great opportunity to teach critical thinking, spot what's changed and critically evaluate the why.
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Excellent summary. In the details, Kevin Klatt wrestles with how to balance the indications that the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) are a fairly mild or "ambiguous" appeal to real foods against other indications that they are a radically unscientific pro-meat-and-butter agenda.
For anyone interested in the new Dietary Guidelines, here's a breakdown and my thoughts:
kcklatt.substack.com/p/ambiguous-...
kcklatt.substack.com/p/ambiguous-...
Ambiguous DGAs & The Rancher's Pyramid
Tame on the surface, more underneath
kcklatt.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Excellent summary. In the details, Kevin Klatt wrestles with how to balance the indications that the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) are a fairly mild or "ambiguous" appeal to real foods against other indications that they are a radically unscientific pro-meat-and-butter agenda.
For anyone interested in the new Dietary Guidelines, here's a breakdown and my thoughts:
kcklatt.substack.com/p/ambiguous-...
kcklatt.substack.com/p/ambiguous-...
Ambiguous DGAs & The Rancher's Pyramid
Tame on the surface, more underneath
kcklatt.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:40 PM
For anyone interested in the new Dietary Guidelines, here's a breakdown and my thoughts:
kcklatt.substack.com/p/ambiguous-...
kcklatt.substack.com/p/ambiguous-...
Glad to see gender-affirming care finally make it into the DGAs.
January 7, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Glad to see gender-affirming care finally make it into the DGAs.