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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 […]

Ray Peat Interview with Tucker Goodrich, David Gornoski on PUFAs, Seed Oils, Benefits of Sugar, Milk

In this fascinating interview, David Gornoski and Tucker Goodrich are joined by Dr. Ray Peat, researcher of aging, nutrition, and hormones. Dr. Ray Peat talks about how his interest in nutrition science started; how changes in diet affected health in Mexico and Israel; whether sugar is harmful to our bodies; the connection between PUFAs, cancer, […]