Gen Z vs. Ultra-Processed Food: Meet the Girls Fighting Back

2026-04-29

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🌿 Earthley creates truly natural, non-toxic herbal remedies made with simple, real ingredients you can trust. Use code ancestral10 for 10% off → https://www.earthley.com The generation raised on ultra-processed food is starting to fight back. In this episode, Corey and Christine welcome Lexi Noel, a 19-year-old Gen Z health advocate, baker, and co-founder of the MAHA Girls account, for the first installment of their new series: MAHA Girls Gen Z and How One Generation Is Changing the Future of Food. From being...

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The generation raised on ultra-processed food is starting to fight back. In this episode, Corey and Christine welcome Lexi Noel, a 19-year-old Gen Z health advocate, baker, and co-founder of the MAHA Girls account, for the first installment of their new series: MAHA Girls Gen Z and How One Generation Is Changing the Future of Food. From being diagnosed with anorexia at 13 to healing through real, whole foods, Lexi's story challenges everything we've been told about what "healthy" looks like for young people.

Together, they explore what Gen Z actually grew up eating, why protein greenwashing is the new fat-free era, and how a generation glued to social media is both the problem and the solution when it comes to nutrition education. Lexi gets honest about navigating social events with her own food, the accusations that promoting real food "creates eating disorders," and what it's actually like to be the only one in your friend group who cares about ingredients.

✨ Topics Covered in This Episode:

✔️ Lexi's journey from anorexia to healing through real food

✔️ Why eating disorder clinics may be getting recovery wrong

✔️ What Gen Z actually grew up eating vs. what millennials ate

✔️ The protein greenwashing trend and why labels like "organic" aren't enough

✔️ How to navigate social situations when you eat differently

✔️ Practical swaps for going from standard American to real food

✔️ Budget-friendly tips including Dollar Tree real food finds

✔️ How teens living at home can talk to parents about healthier eating

✔️ Advice for college students in dorms with no kitchen

✔️ Why peer-to-peer health advocacy matters for Gen Z

✔️ The MAHA movement and what gives Lexi hope for the future

🧠 More About This Episode:

Lexi Noel is a Gen Z health advocate and the founder of Divine Eats, a paleo and keto bakery rooted in real, single-ingredient foods. After being diagnosed with anorexia at 13 and healing through whole food nutrition, Lexi began sharing grocery store swap videos and ingredient education on social media, building a following across Instagram and TikTok. She is also a co-founder of the MAHA Girls account alongside Grace and Penelope, where they empower young women to reclaim their health through real food and non-toxic living. Lexi and the MAHA Girls were recently featured on CNN.

This episode is for any parent raising kids in an ultra-processed world, any Gen Zer trying to eat better on a budget, and anyone who wants to understand what's actually shifting in the youngest generation's relationship with food. It's honest, practical, and full of hope.

📚 Resources & Links Mentioned:

📍 Follow Lexi – https://www.instagram.com/lexinoelv

📍 Book – Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon Morell

📍 Book – Deep Nutrition by Catherine Shanahan

📍 Book – Eat Like a Human by Dr. Bill Schindler

📍 Book – Good Energy by Casey Means

📍 Earthly – https://www.earthly.com (code: ancestral10 for 10% off)

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