Dr. Bret Scher on Debunking Low Carb Studies and Recommending Fat as a Cardiologist

Nov 8, 20182 min read

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Ok everyone, we’re back early! The Harvard studies and researchers need debunking. Low carb diets reduce lifespan? Coconut oil is pure poison? I’ve had enough of this insanity. Not only is Monsanto funding a lot of their studies, but I think they really believe this vegan stuff and it’s turning them into bad scientists. Good scientists don’t have pre-existing beliefs and they should work to disprove their theories. I think they need some more saturated fat in their diet to help their brains work better. So I got Dr. Bret Scher, who is an intellectual powerhouse to help debunk their nonsense. He’s a cardiologist, a speaker, a podcaster, a scholar, and a gentleman.

So let’s kick off season 2 with a bang. I’ve been planning and searching for guests for the past couple months and have talked to some really interesting people so far. This is going to be good everyone, looking forward to it.

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Show Notes

It is hard for the average person to decipher what a scientific study is really saying, therefore people have to rely on news outlets
Low-Carb diets can shorten life expectancy study
Similar study in 2010, these studies just follow various individuals for many years and see who gets certain medical conditions and look for associations
Low-Carb and longevity study looked at low carb diets in which 37% of calories came from carbs, these are not true low carb diets
The collected data from this study was drawing associations rather than causations
This study includes a paragraph stating how at baseline the individuals on low carb diets tended to smoke more, exercise less, and were a higher percentage at diabetics (they were less healthy from the beginning of the study and the study cannot control these factors)
This study only collected data twice and asked participants to fill out a questionnaire based on what they can remember about what they ate over the course of the past several years
Senator McGovern’s warnings
High fat diet causes diabetes study, mice were force fed crisco and got diabetes
Harvard researcher talking about saturated fat in coconut oil
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2018/aug/22/coconut-oil-is-pure-poison-says-harvard-professor
Minnesota coronary experiment
Sydney diet heart study
Carrie Diulus
LDL responds to injury in the vessel wall
LDL to HDL ratio is a far more effective way to measure cholesterol rather than just being frightened by a high LDL
Low carb approach is not one size fits all, however all doctors should at least consider it as a potential tool
Making it financially viable to actually take care of patients in big healthcare institutions