The Truth About Seed Oils, Food As Medicine, and RFK Jr. | Kevin Klatt PhD RD

The Checkup with Doctor Mike

DM Operations Inc.

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 168 minutes

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00:00 Intro

1:23 The Field Of Nutrition Right Now

09:34 What We Actually Know

14:32 High-Fat Foods/Cholesterol

25:50 Food As Medicine

36:14 Customization Of Care

47:52 Patients Getting Misinformation

54:09 Purveyors Of Misinformation

1:05:36 Nutritionists vs Dietetics

1:16:29 Who Should You Go See?

1:34:19 Pharmaceutical Advertising/Influencers

1:39:31 Good/Bad Supplements

1:47:42 MAHA / RFK Jr.

2:11:28 Magic Wand Nutrition Changes

2:28:23 Seed Oils

2:41:13 Takeaways

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0:00.0	Oh, man, I'm going to piss off some people.
0:03.5	I think seeing food as medicine is wrong on several fronts.
0:08.1	There's not a great way to look at food on several fronts.
0:10.5	In this episode, I sit down with Kevin Klat, Ph.D., and R.D., who is a research scientist
0:16.5	and instructor at UC Berkeley's Department of Nutrition Sciences and Toxicology.
0:22.2	He's earned his PhD in molecular nutrition from Cornell University and completed his
0:27.5	dietetic internship at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. Basically, he's the guy who
0:33.9	actually reads, teaches, and performs the nutrition studies everyone loves
0:38.9	to quote.
0:39.6	We dive into great detail throughout our conversation, unpacking why nutrition seems messier
0:44.8	than ever, focusing specifically on the viral claims around eggs, seed oils, and the food
0:50.9	as medicine mantra.
0:52.8	Kevin does a great job in laying out the guardrails
0:55.1	you can trust amidst all the noise.
0:57.5	What I'd like for you to pay special attention to
1:00.1	is how he answers my complex questions.
1:03.0	He rarely gives a simple sound bite answer
1:05.7	like your typical podcast bro guest.
1:08.2	Instead, he focuses on the nuance
1:10.4	to make sure you're getting the most accurate
1:12.4	and unbiased information. That's what experts are supposed to be doing. Anyway, I hope you learn as
1:18.4	much as I did throughout this conversation. Please welcome Dr. Kevin Klat to the Checkup Podcast.
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