Dark Calories: How Vegetable Oils Destroy Our Health and How We Can Get It Back
Jun 2024 · Hachette UK
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The New York Times bestselling author of Deep Nutrition explains how eight common seed oils cause the cellular damage that underlies virtually all chronic disease, exposes the corruption that deceives doctors and consumers alike, and gives us a clear roadmap to recovery and rejuvenation.
Did you know that consuming a large serving of french fries—cooked in vegetable oil—delivers the toxicity of smoking 24 cigarettes?
Cornell-trained biochemist turned family physician Dr. Cate Shanahan introduces us to well-respected scientists who warn that vegetable oils are a public health disaster, wreaking havoc on our bodies’ cells by depleting antioxidants and promoting free radical toxicity.
Their many effects include:
As a solution, she proposes a clear, no-nonsense plan that aligns with our genetic needs and nature’s laws. Thankfully, recovering our health is simplified by the fact that nutrients that treat one condition also tend to treat all the rest. As an added bonus, we also revive our sense of taste so that our cravings shift to wholesome, nourishing foods instead.
Did you know that consuming a large serving of french fries—cooked in vegetable oil—delivers the toxicity of smoking 24 cigarettes?
Cornell-trained biochemist turned family physician Dr. Cate Shanahan introduces us to well-respected scientists who warn that vegetable oils are a public health disaster, wreaking havoc on our bodies’ cells by depleting antioxidants and promoting free radical toxicity.
Their many effects include:
- Uncontrollable hunger, so we need drugs to maintain our weight
- Inflammatory fat buildup under our skin and within our internal organs and arteries
- Blood sugar swings that promote bad moods and antisocial behavior
- Disrupted brain energy, concentration problems, and mental illnesses
- Intracellular oxidative stress that promotes cancer development
- Gut inflammation, bloating, heartburn, and the runs
As a solution, she proposes a clear, no-nonsense plan that aligns with our genetic needs and nature’s laws. Thankfully, recovering our health is simplified by the fact that nutrients that treat one condition also tend to treat all the rest. As an added bonus, we also revive our sense of taste so that our cravings shift to wholesome, nourishing foods instead.
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About the author
Physician-scientist Cate Shanahan, MD, synthesizes complex information into a flawlessly logical argument so that readers can become change-makers for a better world. Her works help to inspire entire movements, including bone broth, live-culture ferments (esp. kombucha), and seed oil-free business empires. Together with NBA legend Gary Vitti, she created the LA Lakers PRO Nutrition program, which has been emulated by elite championship teams around the planet. She runs a telehealth practice as well as a health-education website, DrCate.com, and lives with her family on a peaceful lake in Florida.
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