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Publisher's Summary
Dish up the red meat, eggs, and whole milk! In this well-researched and captivating narrative, veteran food writer Nina Teicholz proves how everything we've been told about fat is wrong.
For decades, Americans have cut back on red meat and dairy products full of "bad" saturated fats. We obediently complied with nutritional guidelines to eat "heart healthy" fats found in olive oil, fish, and nuts, and followed a Mediterranean diet heavy on fruits, vegetables, and grains. Yet the nation's health has declined. What is going on?
In The Big Fat Surprise, Teicholz reveals how 60 years of nutrition science has gotten it so wrong: how overzealous researchers have made basic scientific mistakes that, through a mix of ego and bias, allow dangerous misrepresentations to become dogma, and how scientists who dared oppose this consensus have been ostracized. For eight years, Teicholz has pored over the massive research literature and interviewed hundreds of leading experts to unravel the shockingly distorted claims of nutrition studies. She brings these researchers to life and shows how their ambitions, loyalties, and rivalries have undermined a field of research already full of difficult pitfalls.
With a lively narrative style akin to Michael Pollan's in The Omnivore's Dilemma and the scientific rigor of Gary Taubes in Good Calories, Bad Calories, Teicholz convincingly upends the conventional wisdom about all fats. Her groundbreaking claim is that more dietary fat leads to better health, wellness, and fitness. Science shows that reducing the saturated fat in our diets has been disastrous for our health as a nation, and we can, guilt-free, welcome these "whole fats" back into our lives.
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- bella s
- 2018-09-16
great book
if you are interested in the history of how our food recommendations have been established, this is the book for you! I highly recommend this book for anyone who is searching for answers as to why we are tired, obese and sick
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- MRKy Waters
- 2018-06-26
Fantastic all around!
Her understanding and work ethic around actual science is truly exceptional and calls to action legitimate scientists.
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- Vesna
- 2019-02-10
The Science Coming to Light
This review of the literature is eye opening.
I am grateful for this book. I've always trusted the science in nutrition and medicine because I don't have the know how or the time to review the literature. So glad that someone did.
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- Sarah L Robinson
- 2018-11-10
Everyone who wants to be healthy needs to listen
A thorough assessment of the evidence that has shaped our dietary advice over the last century.
You cannot miss out on this read if you want to avoid chronic diseases, reverse diabetes and metabolic disorder/heart disease.
Hear the evidence yourself and STOP FEARING SATURATED FAT.
I see the results of the standard North American diet in my treatment chair everyday. I practice Podiatry. Current guidelines are not improving outcomes. People are getting sicker. It is time for us to go back to our (now) science based traditional foods and get away from modern dogma based seed oils and carbohydrates.
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- Spencer Kanen
- 2018-09-21
Boring beyond boring
Just blathering on and on about study after study and the fight between scientists from the fifties to current.
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- Whootie_Who
- 2018-09-20
Should be renamed "More lies my Government told me
It is historically interesting how the wisdom of the ages was swept away by the Hubris of one man, and that how like any government program, once a course has been choosen.. it is next to impossible to stop or reverse it.
The heart-health hypothesis is such a program where personal bias beat real-world evidence for 50 years.
This is a great book and should be sold with the book that reveals the real source of the western-diseases - Sugar by Gary Taubes
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- Dylan Macleod
- 2018-09-18
Turning nutrition as you know it on its head
Through an incredible amount of research and interviews, Nina Teicholz paints a picture of a one sided nutrition war. I found this book to be incredibly interesting and informative, shedding light on why we think about food the way that we do. It's time to take a close look at our health and ask the question "why do I feel so bad all of the time?" #Audible1
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- YYC Gal
- 2018-09-13
Eye Opening...
Confirms everything I have come to believe about
dietary fat actually being good for you. Debunks all the low fat lies with solid research. #Audible1
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-05-28
great supporting references!
great read! i reaply enjoyed the trip down memory lane and recounting how we came to be where we are. Reminds me of my professor from nutrition class saying "SHOW ME THE DATA". thank you for references so many articles!
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- Walter C
- 2018-04-24
Spot on! I've lost 30+ lbs on a low carb diet
This should be a must listen for all doctors and dieticians or anyone who wants to eat delicious food and be healthy...
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- Ted
- 2014-07-08
Great book. Challenges your belief system.
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would recommend it to a friend because it addresses "numero uno" : health.
What does Erin Bennett bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
She is one of the best narrators I have heard. I have heard the author speak in a podcast and Bennett brings her persona into the story. In this way she is like a good actor.
Any additional comments?
This is one of those books that changed long-held beliefs and reset my worldview. Every few years I run across one. The last time was "Power to Save the World: the Truth about Nuclear Energy" by Gwyneth Cravens. It overthrew decades of received wisdom--what I thought I "knew."
"Big Fat Surprise" does the same thing for the energy source used in our bodies.
This book, like the other, doesn't just make assertions. Seemingly paradoxical ideas are backed up with a lot of convincing history and evidence. Along the way you will learn some nutrition science. And some science history-- including the political corruption of science. If you are disposed to have popular orthodoxies challenged and overturned this is a great book. The kind of book one reads several times.
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- Cole
- 2015-04-15
Helped me lose 37lbs
Tons of great information I really enjoyed this book and it really has help me change my life for the better I'm down 37 pounds and 15% body fat thank you Nina
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- TJ
- Lehi, UT United States
- 2014-12-11
Most accessible book on the most screwed up field.
I've read a lot of books on nutrition, having dealt with weight problems my entire life. It wasn't until I started learning the actual science of nutrition that I was able to lose weight, keep it off, and become healthy. There are a handful of books I would recommend as starting places for others who want to follow that path, and, at the top of the list, is The Big Fat Surprise.
Understanding why we are so healthy requires a 50 year dive into history as scientists decided how they thought the world was, stretched the numbers in their experiments to make it look like they were right, then used political persuasion to push those beliefs in an experiment on hundreds of millions of people. The low fat diet, so beloved by dietitians and nutritionists everywhere, was NEVER tested in a controlled fashion before being dumped on the American people, and, with half of the country obese, the results speak for themselves.
Erin Bennett does a great job narrating, keeping the material fresh and interesting throughout. Reading this book is much like peeking behind the Wizard's curtain, and, once you do, you can never look at nutrition the same again.
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- Happy
- los angeles, ca, United States
- 2015-01-13
The Big Fat Surprise
Read several books on this subject, food, from veganism to all protein. Was a vegetarian at one time and have since gone the other way. Since neither vegetables or meat are a religion with me, I decided on the food that made me feel good. This book explains why meat, with its fat is good for you. After experimenting, I agree with the author because I feel better, my memory is better, glucose levels are better and not hungry all the time. This is not a diet book, just a book that explains why fat may not be the devil and why vegetables may not be angels.
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- Michael
- Indianola, IA, United States
- 2014-06-29
A big fat lesson in corporate and scientific corru
What made the experience of listening to The Big Fat Surprise the most enjoyable?
The book isn't afraid of chipping away at the misinformation, corruption & outright lies against the American people by those who are supposed to have our best interests at heart (no pun intended).
What did you like best about this story?
The in depth research of old studies showing their flaws.
Which character – as performed by Erin Bennett – was your favorite?
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Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
No
Any additional comments?
As a physician, I was shocked to learn that most, if not all, I had been taught to tell my patients is most likely incorrect.
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- Brian Corbin
- Tallahassee, FL
- 2014-05-20
Must read!
Outside the books of Gary Taubes, she has written a definitive book covering the history of nutrition, especially lipids. She goes into areas previously uncovered. It is presented in an organized, glowing way. This should be required reading for anyone who offers nutrition advice. Great book!
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- mark s. zumhagen
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2 reasons this is a must read!
Like many MDs across the country I have been astounded at the research that is invalidating the low fat diet dictum that has been embraced for so long. Ms Teicholz' book admirably and accurately shows us the validity of the low carb approach to improved health, but just as importantly shows us how we came to embrace such a misguided viewpoint about saturated fat consumption. Science is valid, but we quickly come to realize how easily it is manipulated by competing interests and agendas. You must read this book for your health, your family's health, and the health of mankind. Mark Zumhagen MD
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- Lance
- Maryland, United States
- 2014-07-13
Politics aside, some folks respond to LCHF diets
If you're one of these people, this book is great as a resource so that you can understand more of how we all got to this point in time.
How you may have eaten what was inappropriately labeled "healthy" food in the grocery store and found yourself with a number of illnesses. How you might start to explore finding a diet that could cure your illnesses (she mentions a number of researchers such as Volek and Phinney). How you can understand why your doctor who seems pretty reasonable can be so completely against a system that is working for you.
There is so much in this book. I have not read Taubes. But if you are one of the multitude of Americans who are realizing that they must take responsibility for their health, I would highly recommend this book. Shocking to hear how the trans-fats became outlawed, even more shocking to realize that whats next is not necessarily tried and true. The establishment has banished saturated fat and is sticking to the story, come hell or high water. You also get the inside story on the Mediterranean diet, olive soybean and palm oil. You can't make this stuff up. Although many are attacking the author for exactly that. Reality always trumps fiction. Science is settled despite the rapidly increasing obesity rates. You want to know why healthcare costs so much? This is a great book to start to understand that government and doctors have duped the public into a system that values conformity of message over adversarial scientific truth seeking. This is all about to change and this book will help you understand why.
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- KellysHero718
- 2015-02-02
Big Edible Oil Worse Than Big Oil
Just as it ought not to surprise any of us that health in America has declined since 1960, so ought it not surprise us that a low-fat, high carb diet is the cause. Everything the heart-diet hypothesis was designed to protect has been made worse. Some will be surprised at the culprits this author claims are behind this tragedy, but it seems pretty obvious in this interesting and well-researched book.
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- Kathleen
- TN
- 2015-03-10
Eye Opening information
Book was very well researched. I had some knowledge on the topic before reading but was blown away by the overwhelming research the author presented in support of her conclusions. I am more than convinced. Excellent, life changing book and well worth taking the time to listen carefully.
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