In this week's episode, we talk about the role of fat in our diet, particularly good fats such as butter. We look at lessons from our past such as the work of Weston A Price and also look at cultures that use butter in their diets and the impact that this has on their lives.

 

Show notes

0.19 Myths about what we should be eating - good fats vs. bad fats

0.32 Butter and it's alternatives

0.48 Lessons from the past

1.00 Weston A. Price - butter, good fats and the health of the community

1.19 Fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K)

1.46 The Problem of the oxidation of fats that we consume

2.29 Oxidation vs. Antioxidants

3.38 Butyrate in butter important for our gut and diet and the lowered risk of cancer

4.30 Saturated fats through our food sources - for more information on this, listen to this The Good Doctors episode

5.03 Margarine

6.25 The logic of butter

7.15 Is it a natural food?

7.38 Longevity and diet - learning from the French. There is very interesting TED talk by Dan Buettner about his global study on longevity. You can watch that here.

8.27 Learning from other cultures