Summary: Is cutting back on fat really going to help you live healthily and prevent chronic diseases? In this episode of the Enduring Health Podcast, Dr Shan invites Nina Teicholz, the author of The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet, to challenge mainstream conceptions about having a healthy diet. Discover today how to choose the optimal diet, what’s the best & worst for your body, and most importantly, why fat is perfectly healthy for your body. Nina urges you to look at the available evidence presented before starting any new diet regime. You might be avoiding foods that are perfectly healthy for you and consuming the food that can deprive you of the needed nutrients. KEY TAKEAWAYS In this episode, Nina breaks down: how to effortlessly lose weight and enjoy food how to burn fat instead of sugar the benefits, risks and myths behind the Keto diet the lack of evidence behind low fat diets why saturated fats and cholesterol are not the enemy a systematic takedown of the EAT Lancet paper how real science has been suppressed by pharmaceutical companies how corporate lobbyists and political influence have shaped nutritional policy BEST MOMENTS • “People need to know the science of it to get healthy.” • “Once you become a fat-burner, you can burn your own fat.” • “Your body is smart. Your body needs nutrients to live… to do everything it needs to be healthy. And your body will keep being hungry until you did what it needs to survive.” • “Being a really overweight person in modern society is painful.” • “The Nutrition Coalition does not promote one diet. We’re just saying… where’s the evidence? If you’re gonna promote diet or dietary patterns, they must be based on rigorous evidence.” VALUABLE RESOURCES • The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz • Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems | The Lancet • Wellcome • The Nutrition Coalition ABOUT THE GUEST Nina Teicholz is a professor (adjunct) at NYU’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, the Executive Director of The Nutrition Coalition, an investigative science journalist and author. Her international bestseller, The Big Fat Surprise has upended the conventional wisdom on dietary fat–especially saturated fat–and challenged the very core of our nutrition policy. The Big Fat Surprise was named a 2014 *Best Book* by The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Mother Jones, Kirkus Reviews and Library Journal. Teicholz’s writing has also been published in The BMJ, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The Independent, The New Yorker, and The Los Angeles Times among others. In addition, Teicholz has emerged was a thought leader in the field of evidence-based nutrition policy. Towards this end, she is the executive director of The Nutrition Coalition, a nonprofit, non-partisan group that is free from industry funding. • Purchase ‘The Big Fat Surprise’ here. ABOUT THE HOST Dr Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work. CONTACT METHOD Dr Shan Hussain • Connect with Dr Shan Hussain through his website at http://www.thehealthstudio.net. • If you would like to support our Podcast, please visit our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/enduringhealth Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
