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Episode 27: Nina Teicholz On The Big Fat Surprise

Episode 27: Nina Teicholz On The Big Fat Surprise

by amiel · Oct 6, 2015

What if everything you thought was true about nutrition turned out to be wrong?

If this doesn’t sound like a leadership question, think again. What you eat has dramatic impact on

  • The physical and emotional energy you bring to work
  • Your capacity to stay healthy and free of heart disease, obesity, and cancer
  • How long you live

That is the theme of this special interview with Nina Teicholz, author of the international bestseller and critically acclaimed The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat & Cheese Belong in Healthy Diet.

Nina-Teicholz

Highlights

  • 4:09 Nina’s critique of Dean Ornish’s low-fat, plant-based diet
  • 12:30 The gist of Nina’s book
  • 17:30 How Nina the vegetarian had her own big fat surprise
  • 20:10 Nina addresses objections to eating meat
  • 30:00 Why it’s harder to overeat on fats and proteins
  • 31:30 Vegetable oils and the danger of oxidation
  • 40:30 Why institutional science is an oxymoron
  • 41:45 Ancel Keys and the Big Bang of nutrition science
  • 44:00 The bloodsport of nutrition politics
  • 45:00 The flaws and limitations of Ancel Keys’s study
  • 48:00 Why sampling diets during Lent skews the data
  • 51:30 The low fat diet goes to Washington
  • 60:00 The food pyramid

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It turns out that saturated fats are unlikely to have the cardiovascular risks we thought they did.

–Nina Teicholz  Tweet this quote

Dean Ornish cites numerous studies, but in fact he did one randomized clinical trial on about 40 men. 

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Explore Additional Resources

The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz
Nina’s critique of Dean Ornish’s 3/23/15 New York Times Op-ed
Gary Taubes
USDA’s food guidelines before the low-fat craze
USDA’s original food pyramid (1992)
Chronology of dietary guidelines in U.S.
Ancel Keys on cover of Time Magazine (1961)
Seven Countries Study by Ancel Keys
Paleo f(x) conference

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Filed Under: Engagement, Nutrition, Podcast Tagged With: fat, food pyramid, heart disease, nutrition, obesity, saturated fats

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