Dark Calories

How Vegetable Oils Destroy Our Health and How We Can Get It Back

De: Catherine Shanahan MD MD

Narrado por: Eliza Foss, Catherine Shanahan MD MD

The New York Times bestselling author of Deep Nutrition explains how eight common seed oils inexplicably lead to chronic disease, and exposes the corruption that deceives doctors and consumers alike—providing a clear roadmap to recovery and rejuvenation.

Did you know that consuming a large serving of french fries—cooked in vegetable oil—delivers the toxicity of smoking 24 cigarettes? Cornell-trained biochemist turned family physician Dr. Cate Shanahan introduces us to well-respected scientists who warn that vegetable oils are a public health disaster, wreaking havoc on our bodies’ cells by depleting antioxidants and promoting free radical toxicity. Their many effects include:

·Uncontrollable hunger, leading to weight gain
·Inflammatory fat buildup under our skin and within our internal organs and arteries
·Blood sugar swings that promote bad moods and antisocial behavior
·Disrupted brain energy, concentration problems, and mental illnesses
·Intracellular oxidative stress that promotes cancer development
·Gut inflammation, bloating, heartburn, and the runs

Americans were enticed into buying these oils based on their cholesterol-lowering property, but the idea that cholesterol-lowering is beneficial was pushed on us without solid evidence to support it. In Dark Calories, Dr. Cate reveals the financial entanglements between industry and underhanded academics who created and sustain our 1950s-era, arbitrary dietary rules. As a solution, she proposes a clear, no-nonsense plan that aligns with our genetic needs and nature’s laws.

Thankfully, recovering our health is simplified by the fact that nutrients that treat one condition also tend to treat all the rest. As an added bonus, we also revive our sense of taste so that our cravings shift to wholesome, nourishing foods.

You can’t make this up!

If you value your health, you will read this book and share it with your loved ones. It’s that important.

New information presented in an understandable way.

The information was presented in a way that made sense to me. Made me rethink some of my assumptions. Will be implementing many of the suggestions.

The explanation of oils and how they impact our health was outstanding

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! The information was presented in a way that a reader with a non-medical background would understand and I appreciated what the author had to say. Overall a great read.

Dark calories

I would recommend this book for everyone to read or listen to. I found it extremely informative. It opened my eyes to the research and what is going on with our food system as well as prescription pills and all this goes on, but I would I would read this book.

Dr. Cate sets the standard for nutritional science for the lay reader

Fatburn Fix was one of my early nutrition books I read. I have now read / listened to over 40 books. Dr. Cate is the author I trust the most. They are many good authors but she makes the science accessible.

This is a deep dive into seed oils and why they are so prevalent today. I think she is the first author to do this. I truly believe that is this is the missing point in the conversation.

She gives a blueprint of principles to follow that gives people flexibility in how they eat and how their macros can be flexible depending on the person.

This a must read for people who love to read about nutrition and are looking to expand their understanding.