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Part 197 - Chris Knobbe, MD on Why Seed Oils are The Single Most Harmful Ingredient in the Human Diet

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Jun 13, 2023

Dr. Chris Knobbe, a physician and researcher renowned for his work linking Western diets to chronic diseases, dives deep into the dangers of seed oils. He argues that these oils, often overlooked, are critical contributors to conditions like coronary heart disease and age-related macular degeneration. Highlighting his latest book, he exposes how modern diets have shifted from traditional practices, adversely impacting health. Knobbe emphasizes the need to revert to whole foods and questions the common perception of sugar being the main dietary villain.

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Intro

00:00 • 3min

Unveiling the Dangers of Seed Oils: A New Ancestral Diet Perspective

03:18 • 2min

The Connection Between Diet and Age-Related Macular Degeneration

05:42 • 5min

The Dangers of Processed Foods and Seed Oils

10:15 • 3min

The Seed Oil Debate

13:14 • 24min

The Impact of Traditional Diets vs. Modern Foods

37:27 • 21min

Dietary Shifts and Public Health

58:08 • 10min

The Hidden Dangers of Seed Oils

01:08:25 • 23min

The Dangers of Seed Oils and Ancestral Diets

01:31:42 • 3min

Chris Knobbe, MD, is a physician, researcher, ophthalmologist, public health advocate, and Associate Clinical Professor Emeritus, formerly of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Knobbe is known primarily for his research, publications, and presentations connecting Westernized diets and highly polyunsaturated vegetable oils to numerous chronic diseases, including coronary heart disease, hypertension, stroke, cancers, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, Alzheimer’s disease, autoimmune diseases, and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Dr. Knobbe’s research has focused greatly on the “vegetable oil hypothesis” as the primary driver of overweight and chronic disease. In 2016, Knobbe formally introduced the hypothesis that processed foods and vegetable oils are the primary drivers of AMD, which is the leading cause of irreversible vision loss and blindness in people over the age of 50, worldwide.

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SHOW NOTES

(3:06) Dr. Chris Knobbe’s latest publication: Ancestral Diet Revolution
(4:54) How Dr. Knobbe left his ophthalmologist practice in 2015 to pursue the topic of seed oils
(6:10) The connection between age-related macular degeneration and diet
(12:06) Dr. Chris Knobbes impactful use of data and graphs
(14:43) Why are seed oils more concerning than other processed foods?
(41:31) Dietary changes in populations across the globe and prevalence of disease- the modern displacement of foods
(1:04:49) The effect of sugar vs. vegetable oils on the rate of incidence in the United States
(1:18:30): Dietary lipid profile is a determinant of tissue phospholipid fatty acid composition and rate of weight gain in rats (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8463854/)
(1:26:40) Seeds oils and poor diet as a driver for cancer
(1:34:23) Diet and lifestyle is crucial in determining health outcomes regardless of genetics

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