#59 Sylvia Tara, The Secret Life of Fat, Interview
The Not Old - Better Show
Paul Vogelzang
4.7 • 106 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2016
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Sylvia Tara, The Secret Life of Fat, Interview
As part of our Smithsonian Associates, Art Of Living series, we are joined today by Sylvia Tara, who holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from The University of California, San Diego and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr Tara was a healthcare management consultant with McKinsey & Company, and has worked for the world's largest biotechnology companies.
After an extended battle with fat, Dr. Tara became fascinated with its resiliency and embarked on a mission to better understand it. This book is the culmination of years of research and interviews with physicians, patients and leading scientists. The Secret Life of Fat will forever change how you think about this misunderstood organ.
Tickets to see Dr Tara, and hear about her new book are available at the Smithsonian Associates web site: smithsonianassociates.org
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| 0:00.0 | Fat is an obsession, a dirty word, a subject of national hand-wrigging and our least understood |
| 0:18.2 | body part. |
| 0:19.8 | The secret life of fat brings together historical perspective in cutting edge research to reveal fat's true identity, an organ that is critical to our health. |
| 0:31.0 | Written by Sylvia Tara, who holds a PhD in Biochemistry and an MBA. |
| 0:36.0 | Dr. Terra will be joining the Smithsonian Associates Series Thursday, January 5th, 2017, |
| 0:42.0 | talking about The Secret life of fat. |
| 0:45.0 | Whether we're young or old, male or female, |
| 0:48.0 | whether it's an extra 100 pounds or the last five, |
| 0:51.0 | we think about it and torture ourselves over it every day of our lives. |
| 0:56.6 | On the national stage, it sparks criticism, mockery, political debate, and a $60 billion |
| 1:02.1 | industry dedicated to its elimination. |
| 1:05.0 | And yet, we understand next and nothing about it. |
| 1:08.0 | In the secret life of fat, Sylvia Tara draws upon her biochemistry expertise to explain fats multiple, misunderstood, and |
| 1:17.0 | positive hidden functions. |
| 1:19.1 | Joining me here on the not-old better show is Dr Sylvia Tara. And then join us Thursday |
| 1:25.8 | January 5th at 6.45 p.m. in Washington DC at the Dylan Ripley Center |
| 1:31.1 | for Sylvia Tara and the Secret Life of That. Dr. |
| 1:49.0 | Cipitero, welcome to the show. |
| 1:48.0 | Dr. Cipitero, welcome to the show. |
| 1:51.0 | Well, thank you. |
| 1:52.0 | Great to be here. Good. Well, I have to tell you I think one of the most |
| 1:55.6 | interesting things about you honestly if I may say is this combination that you |
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