Ep. 363 Challenging the Diet-Heart Hypothesis: Reevaluating Nutrition and Health with Dr. David Diamond

Everyday Wellness with Cynthia Thurlow ™

Cynthia Thurlow

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Science, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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I am honored to connect with Dr. Dave Diamond today. Dr. Diamond is a professor at the University of South Florida in their Department of Psychology, Molecular Pharmacology, and Physiology. He has a Ph.D. in biology, specializing in behavioral neuroscience. In our discussion today, Dr. Diamond talks about his journey as a neuroscientist and his interest in heart disease, and we discuss how Ancel Keys, the nutritional department at Harvard, and governmental dietary guidelines have significantly hindered our state of health. We explore the diet-heart hypothesis, the effects of seed oils and low-fat diets, the misconceptions surrounding cholesterol, metabolic errors, and the role of insulin resistance in coronary artery disease and metabolic health. We also scrutinize the implications of scientific misconduct, the effects of statins, and the role of nutrition in shaping lipid panels. Join us for today’s valuable, insightful, and informative conversation with Dr. Dave Diamond. IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: How Dr. Diamond became a leading voice in heart disease research The negative impact of a low-fat, high-carb diet How the American Heart Association ignored the effects of sugar on heart disease How seed oils have contributed to the obesity epidemic Why a low-carb diet could increase the risk of heart disease How the demonization of cholesterol deflects from nutritional factors exacerbating poor metabolic health How the benefits of statins get overstated How statins can lead to strokes and heart attacks and contribute to metabolic damage The perils of scientific misconduct and the profit-driven pharmaceutical industry The benefits of a low-carb diet Connect with Cynthia Thurlow Follow on Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Check out Cynthia’s website Submit your questions to [email protected] Connect with Dr. David Diamond On X (Twitter) Email Dr. Diamond: [email protected]

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0:00.0	Welcome to Everyday Wellness Podcast. I'm your host, Nurse Practitioner Cynthia Thurlow.
0:07.0	This podcast is designed to educate, empower, and inspire you to achieve your health and wellness goals.
0:14.0	My goal and intent is to provide you with the best content and conversations from leaders in the
0:19.2	health and wellness industry each week and impact over a million lives.
0:23.4	Today I had the honor of connecting with Dr. Dave Diamond. He's a professor in the department's
0:34.7	psychology, molecular pharmacology, and physiology at the University of South
0:39.1	Florida and he has his PhD in biology with a specialization in behavioral neuroscience.
0:45.8	Today we spoke at length about his background as a neuroscientist and his interest in heart
0:50.5	disease, how Anselke's the Harvard Nutritional Department and
0:54.8	government dietary guidelines have derailed our health so significantly.
0:59.6	The role of the Diet Heart hypothesis, the impact of seed oils in a low-fat diet, the demonization of cholesterol, the errors of
1:07.9	metabolism and how insulin resistance plays a role in coronary artery disease and poor metabolic health, the role of
1:14.8	scientific misconduct, the impact of statins, as well as the role of
1:19.8	nutrition on our lipid panels. This is an incredibly helpful, insightful, and
1:27.2	informative discussion. I will definitely be having Dr Diamond back with good
1:31.8	reason as you will soon see.
1:33.7	Well Dr Diamond, such a pleasure to connect with you, bring you and introduce you to my everyday wellness community.
1:44.5	I would love to really start the conversation with your background because you started as
1:48.3	a neuroscientist and now you are what I believe to be a leading voice speaking about some of the research
1:56.6	that's been done around not just the Diet Heart Hypothesis but also cholesterol and driving mechanisms of coronary artery disease as well as treatment.
2:06.0	Well, thank you for inviting me, Cynthia.
2:08.0	I appreciate being unable to share with you with my history, my experience, and how I'm sharing that information
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