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Dr. Ray Peat, Brad Marshall on Reductive Stress, Solutions to PUFA Obesity (Part 2)

David Gornoski continues the discussion with Dr. Ray Peat and Brad Marshall. Is it really the seed oils driving the obesity explosion or is it other PUFA-high foods? What is reductive stress and how is it causing obesity? Is reductive stress connected to PUFAs? What are Dr. Peat and Brad’s differing solutions to this crisis? […]

Dr. Ray Peat, Brad Marshall on the History of PUFA and Obesity (Part 1)

David Gornoski sits down with Dr. Ray Peat and Brad Marshall for a fascinating discussion on the damage from high PUFA diets. What is the ideal diet for children? How are children being exposed to PUFAs in their current diets? What caused the low metabolic rates in women in the 1930s? What is causing the […]

My Big Fat Panel: How Seed Oils Cause Obesity

David Gornoski sits down with Dr. Cate Shanahan, Dr. Ray Peat, Tucker Goodrich, Brad Marshall, and Dr. Petro Dobromylskyj. The conversation revolves around the question of what causes obesity. What explains the correlation between seed oil consumption and rising obesity in America? If obesity is a signaler, what is it saying? Listen to the full […]

Escaping the Low Energy Seed Oil Curse with Brad Marshall

In this podcast, David Gornoski sits down with Brad Marshall, author and blogger at Fire in a Bottle. The two talk about the disastrous impact on health in our society thanks to the increasing consumption of linoleic acid from seed and vegetable oils. How effective would the cutting out of seed oils be compared to […]

Brad Marshall on Ancestral Diet, PUFAs vs Saturated Fat, Metabolic Health, SCD1 Theory of Obesity

David Gornoski sits down with Brad Marshall, author and blogger at Fire in a Bottle. In this podcast, Brad and David talk extensively on how PUFAs (polyunsaturated fatty acids) affects our body; the difference between saturated fat and PUFAs and what our body prefers; the Croissant Diet; our ancestors’ preference for fatty meat; the root […]