The Big Fat Surprise

May 24 2015 by in About membership, Diabetes, Failed low-fat diets, Nina Teicholz, Saturated fat, The obesity epidemic

Does butter, meat and cheese belong in a healthy diet? And if so, how come we’ve been told the opposite for decades?

Here’s my recent interview with NYT bestselling author Nina Teicholz. Her book “The Big Fat Surprise” was called one of the best books of last year by publications like The Economist and The Wall Street Journal.

It’s a fascinating story. You can watch the first six minutes of our interview above.

Full interview and more

If you want to watch the full longer interview – and a follow-up interview on the unintended and unfortunate dangers of new vegetable oils – plus more videos, they are available on the membership site (free trial one month).

The Myth of Vegetable Oils – Nina Teicholz

Is the Mediterranean Diet Healthy? – Nina Teicholz

Vegetable Oils, the Unknown Story – Nina Teicholz

Membership

Membership also gives you immediate access to video courses, more interviews and movies about health and weight loss, among other things.

The first month is a free trial. If you choose to stay a member for more than one month it’s then $9 per month. Every dollar goes to support the Diet Doctor website and our long-term mission of revolutionizing the health of humankind. You’ll join close to 10,000 members that are powering our rapid growth.

The big fat surprise + The dangers of vegetable oils – full interviews

Try membership for free one month

Top Videos Now

6 comments

1
Pierre
May 24 2015
"And if so, how come we’ve been told the opposite for decades?"

Answer : follow the money
2
correy
May 25 2015
At the end of the day it doesnt matter why. What does matter is we understand that carbs, grains, sugar and processed foods are making us sicker and sicker. Not saturated fat. The evidence is overwhelming in favour of higher fat low carb diets over high carb low fat
3
Slipp Digby
May 26 2015
Towards the end of this video, Nina Teicholz claims none of her arguments have been contested.

This is clearly untrue, on her own webpage (http://thebigfatsurprise.com/response-critics/) she acknowledges that Seth Yoder provided a detailed rebuttal of her arguments:-

https://thescienceofnutrition.wordpress.com/2014/08/10/the-big-fat-su...

https://thescienceofnutrition.wordpress.com/2014/06/30/the-big-fat-su...

Teicholz clearly believes these represent a serious enough challenge of her arguments to claim she would address each and every one of his comments when her schedule lightens up.

She is yet to do so and until she does, perhaps she should not make this misleading claim about her arguments being unchallenged.
4
Melissa
June 15 2015
Teicholz is absolutely one of the best journalists to read on this topic. If you like this topic, be sure to check out these articles from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and the BMJ (you can get this one after registering for a FREE membership):
1)
http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21602984-why-everything-...
2)
http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230367840457953376076...
3)
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/21/opinion/when-the-government-tells-y...
4)
http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g7654
1 comment removed
6
Vincent
November 28 2018
Hi! Great site. The link to Nina Teicholz' video "The myth of vegetable oils" is broken. It links instead to the video "The big fat surprise." Could you rectify this, would love to watch her video. Thank you.

Reply: #7
7
Reply to comment #6 by Vincent
Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
November 29 2018
Thank you! Here is the direct link...
https://www.dietdoctor.com/member/interviews/teicholz#2