
19: Is Saturated Fat Bad? Nina Teicholz
11/11/15 • 32 min
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- Book: The Big Fat Surprise
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- My resources on saturated fat
In today's podcast, I talk with Nina Teicholz. Nina is an investigative journalist and author of the International (and New York Times) bestseller, The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat & Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet (Simon & Schuster). Named a *Best Book* of 2014 by the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Forbes, Mother Jones, and Library Journal, The Big Fat Surprise has upended the conventional wisdom on dietary fat and challenged the very core of our nutrition policy. Before taking a deep dive into researching nutrition science for nearly a decade, Teicholz was a reporter for National Public Radio and also contributed to many publications, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, The New Yorker, and The Economist. She attended Yale and Stanford where she studied biology and majored in American Studies. She has a master’s degree from Oxford University and served as associate director of the Center for Globalization and Sustainable Development at Columbia University. She lives in New York city.
What You'll Learn:- Where "Fat = Bad" Came From
- The flaws in studies you see in the media
- What science actually shows
- Much more!!
- SMOOTHIES: Get 6 yummy craving-killing weightloss smoothies FREE
- Book: The Big Fat Surprise
- Nina's Website
- My resources on saturated fat
In today's podcast, I talk with Nina Teicholz. Nina is an investigative journalist and author of the International (and New York Times) bestseller, The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat & Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet (Simon & Schuster). Named a *Best Book* of 2014 by the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Forbes, Mother Jones, and Library Journal, The Big Fat Surprise has upended the conventional wisdom on dietary fat and challenged the very core of our nutrition policy. Before taking a deep dive into researching nutrition science for nearly a decade, Teicholz was a reporter for National Public Radio and also contributed to many publications, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, The New Yorker, and The Economist. She attended Yale and Stanford where she studied biology and majored in American Studies. She has a master’s degree from Oxford University and served as associate director of the Center for Globalization and Sustainable Development at Columbia University. She lives in New York city.
What You'll Learn:- Where "Fat = Bad" Came From
- The flaws in studies you see in the media
- What science actually shows
- Much more!!
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