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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 […]