Brad Marshall - The Croissant Diet

Brad Marshall is a former cancer researcher who now raises and sells the meat from pigs raised in a very special way that he sells on FirebrandMeats.com

We talk about:

• Brad’s genetics and cancer research background
• His interest in food and move into farming
• How pig breed and feed dictates fat content
• Corn in USA vs barley in northern Europe and northern USA
• Brad’s struggles with weight and use of Atkins / keto
• The Hyperlipid blog
• Linoleic acid danger and abundance of it in the restaurant industry
• Valerie Reeves’ thesis on stearic acid leading to The Croissant Diet
• The protons thread on Hyperlipid explained in more simple terms
• Why saturated fat is so good for satiety vs. linoleic acid being so bad
• Why carbohydrates per se are not the main problem
• The Croissant Diet as the other French paradox
• The hypothalamus
• Why calories in calories out is so simplistic
• The recent history of making pigs more lean
• Traditional people would go to great lengths to remove PUFA from foods
• Lack of diversity on farms

Valerie Reeves’ thesis - https://uknowledge.uky.edu/physiology_etds/3/

Brad can be found at:

Blog - https://fireinabottle.net/blog/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/fire_bottle

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fireinabottle

Website - https://firebrandmeats.com

Ally can be found at:

Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleocanteen

Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleoally

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/paleocanteen

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/AllyHouston