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Thanks to Tippsy Sake for sponsoring this episode! Use code ADAM 10％ off all products, and code ADAM30 for $30 off your first Sake Box: https://www.tippsysake.com/discount/ADAM This episode summarizes a scholarly exchange in the journal Advances in Nutrition regarding polyunsaturated fats (such as those obtained from "industrial seed oils) and their impact on human health. We begin with this 2021 paper by Dr. Glen Lawrence: "The Saturated Fat-Unsaturated Oil Dilemma: Relations of Dietary Fatty Acids and Serum Cholesterol, Atherosclerosis, Inflammation, Cancer, and All-Cause Mortality": https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33693484/ Next is this letter-the-editor rebutting Lawrence's paper by Dr. Martha Belury, Dr. Emilio Ros and Dr. Penny Kris-Etherton, "Weighing Evidence of the Role of Saturated and Unsaturated Fats and Human Health": https://academic.oup.com/advances/article-abstract/13/2/686/6556254 And this rebuttal letter by Dr. Jeff Moore: "The Dietary Guidelines Are Correct: Saturated Fat Should Be Limited and Replaced with the Proposed Alternatives to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality": https://academic.oup.com/advances/article-abstract/13/2/688/6556255 Finally, Dr. Lawrence's rebuttal to the rebuttals: "Reply to MA Belury et al. and J Moore": https://academic.oup.com/advances/article-abstract/13/2/690/6556307 Here's an earlier (2018) scholarly article on this subject that I found to be very helpful general background: "Dietary fat and cardiometabolic health: evidence, controversies, and consensus for guidance": https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6053258/ 00:00 Introduction 04:07 Definitions of key terms and other background 17:58 Why the panic is spreading 29:39 Deep dive on the science

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"Mountain yam, caramelized white chocolate, popcorn, coconut." That's an actual restaurant dessert documented by Dr. Alison Pearlman in her book, "May We Suggest: Restaurant Menus and the Art of Persuasion." Check her out on the podcast, and check out her book: https://www.agatepublishing.com/9781572842601/may-we-suggest/ Also on this episode of the pod, some more oddities from the book of 19th- and early-20th century menus I've been obsessing over, such as "diced buttered toast in cream." 00:00 Introduction 02:20 Dr. Pearlman on the how menus persuade 29:38 More oddities from historic menus 44:17 Failure of the week: the jammy egg

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On the pod this week, a conversation with Dr. Giles Yeo, obesity researcher at Cambridge University and author of "Why Calories Don't Count: How We Got the Science of Weight Loss Wrong": https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Why-Calories-Dont-Count/Giles-Yeo/9781643138275 00:00 Intro 02:52 Interview with Dr. Yeo 25:11 Fix it in the mix: a music metaphor about diets 46:45 Failure of the week: about that chicken sandwich...

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00:08 What even are GMOs? Have any foods NOT been genetically modified in some way? 11:14 What even is processed food? 12:10 How do you minimize waste in the kitchen? 15:01 How do you keep to your nutrition and exercise goals for fitness? 18:52 A vegan dish to impress non-vegans? 21:26 Failure of the week — getting angry at people for being upset 25:46 How do you cope with embarrassment? 31:17 Combination microwave-convection "speed" ovens? 33:32 Have your feelings about Billy Joel changed since you made that podcast about him? Right now I'm taking questions in the reviews for this show on the Apple Podcasts app. Leaving a real rating and review there helps other people find the show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adam-ragusea-podcast/id1611666380

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I make a bodybuilding metaphor about poultry and somehow turn it into a trailer for my new podcast, coming in March!