#10 - Heavy Crows and Yellow Fingers

From Dwight Eisenhower's 7 heart attacks and Ancel Keys and the creation of the diet-food-pharma industrial complex. We discuss the low fat diet disaster (obesity epidemic) the cholesterol myth, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and why diets fail. A far ranging discussion that puts animal fat, butter and meat back on the menu! Join us for the ride.

Books referenced: 

Big Fat Surprise, By Nina Teicholz

The Great Cholesterol Myth. By Bowden and Sinatra

The Clot Thickens. By Malcolm Kendrick

Why We Get Fat. By Gary Taubes

Catching Fire. By Richard Wrangham

Studies: 

• Assessing the Link Between Statins and Insulin Intolerance: A Systematic Review
• Carbohydrate-based diet may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease: A pooled analysis of two prospective cohort studies
• Dyslipidemia paradox: Analysis from the veterans exercise testing study
• Unprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat Consumption: Dietary Guideline Recommendations From the Nutritional Recommendations (NutriRECS) Consortium | Annals of Internal Medicine
• Associations of unprocessed and processed meat intake with mortality and cardiovascular disease in 21 countries [Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study]: a prospective cohort study | The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | Oxford Academic
• Intake of saturated and trans unsaturated fatty acids and risk of all cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies | The BMJ
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109720356874?ref=pdf_download&fr=RR-2&rr=7ea46fafbd03114b
• Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study
• LDL-C does not cause cardiovascular disease: a comprehensive review of the current literature
• Limited effect of dietary saturated fat on plasma saturated fat in the context of a low carbohydrate diet
• Effects of a low-carbohydrate diet on insulin-resistant dyslipoproteinemia-a randomized controlled feeding trial
• Total cholesterol and all-cause mortality by sex and age: a prospective cohort study among 12.8 million adults | Scientific Reports