Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
How best-selling nutrition & weight loss books use emotion as a weapon.
0:00 Stories are weapons
1:35 Controversy
4:46 Conflict
5:32 Teicholz fib about Ancel Keys
8:32 Taubes fib about Ancel Keys
9:25 Did Ancel Keys cherry pick?
13:47 Study areas
14:46 Misdirection
17:40 Saturated fat
19:38 Keys other studies
21.56 Fear Factor diets
26:53 Body image
28:28 What makes us feel good
29:45 Conclusions
MY SPREADSHEET OF POPULAR WEIGHT LOSS AND NUTRITION BOOKS:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17Z9ZhGe3G18KdSaoHJLjGeFRlGvhcK2N9XHBE9lc7wE/edit?usp=sharing
THE SEVEN COUNTRIES WEBSITE:
sevencountriesstudy.com
FAT FICTION, THE MOVIE:
youtu.be/TUADs-CK7vI
MIKE MUTZEL'S VIDEO ON THE STARVATION PROJECT:
Fasting Research Benefited by Hated Nutrition Researcher, Ancel Keys
youtu.be/V0vIE2YTi2w
PAPERS CITED:
Comparative ecologic relationships of saturated fat, sucrose, food groups, and a Mediterranean food pattern score to 50-year coronary heart disease mortality rates among 16 cohorts of the Seven Countries Study
nature.com/articles/s41430-018-0183-1
The Seven Countries Study (2017)
academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/38/42/3119/4600167
Ancel Keys: The legacy of a giant in physiology, nutrition, and public health
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/obr.13196
Fat In The Diet and Mortality From Heart Disease
drive.google.com/file/d/1F-il-HPsyOn6eE1mqwi37t8DfvZ3dOf5/view?usp=sharing
The diet and 15-year death rate in the seven countries study
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3776973
How best-selling nutrition & weight loss books use emotion as a weapon.
0:00 Stories are weapons
1:35 Controversy
4:46 Conflict
5:32 Teicholz fib about Ancel Keys
8:32 Taubes fib about Ancel Keys
9:25 Did Ancel Keys cherry pick?
13:47 Study areas
14:46 Misdirection
17:40 Saturated fat
19:38 Keys other studies
21.56 Fear Factor diets
26:53 Body image
28:28 What makes us feel good
29:45 Conclusions
MY SPREADSHEET OF POPULAR WEIGHT LOSS AND NUTRITION BOOKS:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17Z9ZhGe3G18KdSaoHJLjGeFRlGvhcK2N9XHBE9lc7wE/edit?usp=sharing
THE SEVEN COUNTRIES WEBSITE:
sevencountriesstudy.com
FAT FICTION, THE MOVIE:
youtu.be/TUADs-CK7vI
MIKE MUTZEL'S VIDEO ON THE STARVATION PROJECT:
Fasting Research Benefited by Hated Nutrition Researcher, Ancel Keys
youtu.be/V0vIE2YTi2w
PAPERS CITED:
Comparative ecologic relationships of saturated fat, sucrose, food groups, and a Mediterranean food pattern score to 50-year coronary heart disease mortality rates among 16 cohorts of the Seven Countries Study
nature.com/articles/s41430-018-0183-1
The Seven Countries Study (2017)
academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/38/42/3119/4600167
Ancel Keys: The legacy of a giant in physiology, nutrition, and public health
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/obr.13196
Fat In The Diet and Mortality From Heart Disease
drive.google.com/file/d/1F-il-HPsyOn6eE1mqwi37t8DfvZ3dOf5/view?usp=sharing
The diet and 15-year death rate in the seven countries study
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3776973
