Nina Teicholz is an investigative journalist and author of the International and New York Times bestseller, The Big Fat Surprise. Her book has upended the conventional wisdom on dietary fat and challenged the very core of our nutrition policy.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Saturated fat needs to be addressed in a different light
• Where did the idea that saturated fat and dietary cholesterol cause heart disease come from?
• Heart disease appeared at the same time vegetable oils were invented
• One of the byproducts of hydrogenation is trans fats
• What fat should you cook with?
• The tropical oils: coconut, palm kernel, and palm oil
• Should we fear coconut oil?
• The impact of a high unsaturated fat diet
• How the Mediterranean diet was born
• What's the deal with cholesterol?
• A diet you'll want to consider if you have a metabolic disease
• Nina's "fat" days as a vegetarian
• Fruit is full of sugar
• Children do better on a higher fat diet
• 96 percent of the claims in What The Health (documentary) are based on weak to non-existent data
• Don't fear the fat

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Related links:

Nina Teicholz - The Big Fat Surprise (book)

Nina Teicholz's website

Follow Nina Teicholz on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Saturated Fats and CVD: AHA Convicts, We Say Acquit (Medscape article)

Don't believe the American Heart Assn. — butter, steak and coconut oil aren't likely to kill you (Los Angeles Times article)

‘What the Health‘ Review: Health Claims Backed by No Solid Evidence (Diet Doctor)

Gary Taubes (books)

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