Show 1444: The Food Fight Over Fat: Keto and Carnivore Diets

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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For the last several decades, nutrition scientists have been debating the pros and cons of various dietary approaches. The Mediterranean diet has a lot of proponents, and we have interviewed some of them on The People’s Pharmacy. Dr. Barry Popkin and Dr. Walter Willett endorse olive oil, whole grains, fruits and vegetables with only small […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Graydon.
0:01.5	And I'm Terry Graydon.
0:03.0	Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at
0:11.5	People's Pharmacy.com.
0:15.0	Americans have been fighting about food for decades.
0:18.4	What's healthier?
0:19.4	Low fat or low carb eating patterns. This is the
0:23.2	People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.
0:30.4	We've talked with many experts about the value of a Mediterranean diet, rich in produce, and low
0:39.8	in red meat.
0:40.8	Today we're going to find out about the carnivore diet.
0:45.0	What's the difference between a carnivore diet and a ketogenic diet?
0:49.8	Our guest is Dr. Eric Westman of Duke University.
0:52.9	He started as a skeptic of the Atkins diet. Then he
0:56.5	conducted research that turned him into an advocate. Coming up on the people's pharmacy, the food
1:02.2	fight over fat, learning about keto and carnivore diets.
1:19.9	In the people's pharmacy health headlines, COVID cases are increasing, especially on the West Coast.
1:21.1	Oregon has seen a late summer surge in cases.
1:24.2	California has also seen an alarming increase.
1:29.9	Hospitalizations for COVID patients have almost doubled in recent weeks. An objective measure of viral spread comes from wastewater
1:35.3	samples. The CDC's wastewater surveillance system reports very high genomic sequencing levels
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