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How Polyunsaturated Fats (PUFAs) Impair Metabolism and Energy Production

How Polyunsaturated Fats (PUFAs) Impair Metabolism and Energy Production

Together let's understand why the PUFAs in seed oils (and high intakes of conventional pork/chicken/eggs) can change how your body makes energy. The first thing to understand is that not...

How Polyunsaturated Fats (PUFAs) Impair Metabolism and Energy Production

Together let's understand why the PUFAs in seed oils (and high intakes of conventional pork/chicken/eggs) can change how your body makes energy. The first thing to understand is that not...

Saturated Fat Was Never the Villain: Why Cholesterol Became the Wrong Target

Saturated Fat Was Never the Villain: Why Cholesterol Became the Wrong Target

We were told saturated fats were the bad guys, and that “heart-healthy” polyunsaturated fats would save us. But that story was wrong. New research (and the re-analysis of old research)...

Saturated Fat Was Never the Villain: Why Cholesterol Became the Wrong Target

We were told saturated fats were the bad guys, and that “heart-healthy” polyunsaturated fats would save us. But that story was wrong. New research (and the re-analysis of old research)...

Could This Saturated Fat Help Fight Cancer? The Metabolic Power of Stearic Acid

Could This Saturated Fat Help Fight Cancer? The Metabolic Power of Stearic Acid

I am deeply fascinated (okay, maybe borderline obsessed) with how different types of dietary fatty acids impact metabolism and overall body function. This obsession has made me an avid reader...

Could This Saturated Fat Help Fight Cancer? The Metabolic Power of Stearic Acid

I am deeply fascinated (okay, maybe borderline obsessed) with how different types of dietary fatty acids impact metabolism and overall body function. This obsession has made me an avid reader...

Best Low PUFA Foods for Metabolic Health: What to Eat & What to Avoid

Best Low PUFA Foods for Metabolic Health: What to Eat & What to Avoid

We’ve swapped traditional saturated fats for modern unsaturated ones, and now our biology, our metabolism, and our waistlines are paying the price.   The type of fat you eat doesn’t...

Best Low PUFA Foods for Metabolic Health: What to Eat & What to Avoid

We’ve swapped traditional saturated fats for modern unsaturated ones, and now our biology, our metabolism, and our waistlines are paying the price.   The type of fat you eat doesn’t...

Healthy Sizzle: Choosing the Best Fats for Cooking

Healthy Sizzle: Choosing the Best Fats for Cooking

The types of dietary fats we consume and cook with are critical to metabolic health. Over the past century, Western diets have undergone a profound transformation, shifting from traditional saturated...

Healthy Sizzle: Choosing the Best Fats for Cooking

The types of dietary fats we consume and cook with are critical to metabolic health. Over the past century, Western diets have undergone a profound transformation, shifting from traditional saturated...

PUFAs in Goat Milk? The Hidden Impact of Modern Feed

PUFAs in Goat Milk? The Hidden Impact of Modern Feed

They’re unsaturating goat milk now?!  It sounds crazy... but it’s happening. In the name of “health,” researchers and some industrial dairies are intentionally feeding goats things like canola oil and soybean...

PUFAs in Goat Milk? The Hidden Impact of Modern Feed

They’re unsaturating goat milk now?!  It sounds crazy... but it’s happening. In the name of “health,” researchers and some industrial dairies are intentionally feeding goats things like canola oil and soybean...

Grass-Fed Dairy is the Best Source of a Newly Discovered Essential Fat

Grass-Fed Dairy is the Best Source of a Newly Discovered Essential Fat

Are you missing out on an essential nutrient? Odds are, yes - thanks to the modern food system and outdated nutrition dogma. This essential nutrient is found in abundance in...

Grass-Fed Dairy is the Best Source of a Newly Discovered Essential Fat

Are you missing out on an essential nutrient? Odds are, yes - thanks to the modern food system and outdated nutrition dogma. This essential nutrient is found in abundance in...

Seed Oils vs. Tallow: Which Fat Fuels a Healthy Metabolism?

Seed Oils vs. Tallow: Which Fat Fuels a Healthy Metabolism?

The types of dietary fats we consume and cook with are critical for our metabolic health. Over the last century, Western diets have dramatically shifted... moving away from traditional saturated fats...

Seed Oils vs. Tallow: Which Fat Fuels a Healthy Metabolism?

The types of dietary fats we consume and cook with are critical for our metabolic health. Over the last century, Western diets have dramatically shifted... moving away from traditional saturated fats...

The Beauty of Butter

The Beauty of Butter

Is butter one of the healthiest fats to exist? I think so! The best fat to sauté eggs in, or spread across sourdough bread. However, sourcing is important! (More info...

The Beauty of Butter

Is butter one of the healthiest fats to exist? I think so! The best fat to sauté eggs in, or spread across sourdough bread. However, sourcing is important! (More info...

Practical Tips to Improve Dietary Fat Choices and Boost Metabolic Health

Practical Tips to Improve Dietary Fat Choices and Boost Metabolic Health

Over the past century, there has been a dramatic shift in the types of fats consumed in the typical Western diet. Traditional diets, which contained saturated fats from animal sources,...

Practical Tips to Improve Dietary Fat Choices and Boost Metabolic Health

Over the past century, there has been a dramatic shift in the types of fats consumed in the typical Western diet. Traditional diets, which contained saturated fats from animal sources,...

How to Undo PUFA Damage and Restore Metabolic Health

How to Undo PUFA Damage and Restore Metabolic Health

Can you restore Metabolic Health with Cheese?Let's dive into why I think the answer is YES!Many are now well aware of the health consequences of overconsuming unsaturated fats in our...

How to Undo PUFA Damage and Restore Metabolic Health

Can you restore Metabolic Health with Cheese?Let's dive into why I think the answer is YES!Many are now well aware of the health consequences of overconsuming unsaturated fats in our...