Nina Teicholz, journalist & author of the New York Times’ Best Seller, The Big Fat Surprise, shares how college professor, Ancel Keys, was at the root of the widely unquestioned nutrition policy of the diet-heart hypothesis that states low fat, low cholesterol is THE heart health anthem of the USA since the 1950’s, yet heart disease killed 700,000 Americans in 2020.

In this remastered episode, you’ll hear why your doctor is probably not equipped to give you nutritional advice, why institutionalized nutrition impacts you, the difference between polyunsaturated, saturated & monounsaturated fats, privileged nutrition & paid hecklers.

This episode originally aired in a two part series November 22 & 29, 2021.

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Ep. 204 | Are Low Fat Diets Healthy? Heart Health & Hecklers [REMASTERED]