Our switch from cooking with animal fats, like butter, to cooking with vegetable oils runs back more than fifty years. It was thought that this would lower cholesterol and the rate of heart attacks.

Has switching to vegetable oils benefited our health overall or is the trend going the other way?

Dr. Joseph Mercola says that “sugar is not intrinsically evil…, however, seed oil is.” Dr. Mercola is a natural health physician and doctor of osteopathy who writes extensively on body detoxification.

What is the hidden number one source of seed oil (aka vegetable oil) in our diets?

“A lot of health experts believe that…lowering the sugar is the way to get healthy…” says Dr. Mercola.

“But when you look at almost all processed foods, there’s a lot more seed oils and there is sugar.”

What does research over recent years signal about vegetable and seed oils and cancer?

On #Vitalsigns with Brendon Fallon we ask, ‘is vegetable oil killing us?’

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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has called NATO’s decision to deny his country membership absurd. The president of the war-torn nation is set to meet with U.S. President Biden on July 12.

Vermont officials have said that flooding in the state is the worst since Hurricane Irene. We take a look at the aftermath of the intense rainstorms there, and at a California landslide that left a dozen homes clinging to the side of a cliff.

Former President Trump suffered a legal setback on July 11. The Justice Department reversed its earlier position in columnist E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit.

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A bill taking aim at TikTok is facing changes on Capitol Hill. This comes after the app spent $100 million to lobby Congress.

Federal prosecutors are now targeting the head of a Washington-based think tank, who has been charged for acting as a Chinese agent.

Dozens of Chinese military aircraft were spotted near Taiwan, flanked by warships. The fly-by followed a speech hinting at tighter ties with the United States.

The Solomon Islands and China are strengthening relations, signing nine deals in Beijing, including a policing pact.

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Lawmakers say artificial intelligence is uncharted territory, but want to find out how to navigate regulations. A first-ever classified briefing on AI took place on Tuesday.

A House committee is investigating the origins of COVID-19 and holding a hearing to find out whether Dr. Anthony Fauci and others persuaded scientists to dismiss the lab leak theory.

NATO explores the prospect of Ukraine’s membership. A researcher joins us to discuss the high-stakes meeting taking place, and what it has to do with relation with China.

The Senate scrutinizes the PGA’s merger agreement with LIV Golf. Is taking Saudi money a form of sports-washing?

A Republican presidential candidate is making an unprecedented move in what appears to be an attempt to get on the debate stage. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is offering gift cards to his donors.

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Catastrophic flooding submerges entire city blocks in Vermont. Concerns are rising over dams reaching near capacity, with more rain on the way.

Over in Atlanta, a grand jury is sworn in for the Fulton County investigation into whether or not former President Donald Trump and his allies attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

NATO leaders discuss Ukraine’s membership bid, promising a “positive message,” but stop short of giving a time frame. President Joe Biden responds amid criticism from the Ukrainian president.

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A group of House Republicans has met in Atlanta to discuss federal voting law ahead of the 2024 elections. They’re introducing what they call America’s most conservative election integrity bill in over 20 years.

President Joe Biden scores a diplomatic win. After intense lobbying by Western leaders, including by Mr. Biden, Turkey made a sudden U-turn, and is now agreeing to support Sweden’s bid to join NATO after a year of opposition.

As Western leaders gather in Lithuania, Ukrainian soldiers on the front line are calling on NATO to invite Kyiv into the military alliance. They say it may be the only way to end the war, but retired Colonel John Mills tells NTD this is a major “red line” for Russia.

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Does trying to eat less really help you to lose weight?

“People who try to eat less are actually very uncomfortable. It’s actually hard to be hungry, and we don’t like it,” says Anna Tobia of the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health at Jefferson University.

“So, the best way to lose weight is actually to control your environment.”

As part of her clinical psychologist role, Ms. Tobia helps people to curb their eating habits and to control eating disorders.

On Vital Signs with Brendon Fallon, she highlights how strategy in buying and eating food can enable weight loss and better health.

“If your weight isn’t where you want it to be, you’re not broken. And this isn’t because of some trauma that happened to you or some difficult situation. You’ve got extra weight because it’s really hard to [lose weight]”, says Ms. Tobia.

Why do we feel so compelled to eat unhealthy, fattening foods?

Ms. Tobia ties our “obesity epidemic” to the survival instincts of our ancient ancestors. Therein may just lie the clues we need to bring our cravings under tighter control.

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$1 trillion in five weeks—that’s how much debt has been added since President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed to a debt limit deal last month. We have the details.

A federal judge has denied a request from the Department of Justice in the Biden administration’s censorship case.

Western leaders are gathering at the NATO summit in Lithuania. Listen to President Biden’s reaction to Turkey’s U-turn on letting Sweden join NATO.

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Six people were killed in a stabbing at a Chinese kindergarten. What’s behind the country’s recent series of attacks?

Also on the schoolyard, war-training boot camps are finding their way into Chinese kindergartens this summer.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is vowing to end China’s Most Favored Nation Status, if he gets elected president.

China’s leader is meeting with a Russian lawmaker, while President Joe Biden is on his way to the NATO summit. Where does the world’s most powerful military alliance stand on Taiwan?

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s visit to China raised eyebrows, when she bowed multiple times to the country’s vice premier.

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“Residents are seeing homeless in the alleys, [there’s] dumpster fires, they’re cooking drugs, cooking meth … Individuals are defecating, shooting up heroin … It’s a matter of will from the city.”

Siyamak sits down with John Alley, real estate owner and co founder of The Santa Monica Coalition. Today, Mr. Alley explains why this coalition exists and why business owners in Santa Monica have decided to put up a sign saying Santa Monica is not safe.

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