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    Good Food

    Is Fat Our Friend?

    In The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat & Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet , author Nina Teicholz casts doubts on the many low fat diet trends that thrived during previous decades. Following eight years of research, she’s come to the conclusion that fat is not our foe. Music: "Hey Brother" by Avicii

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    By Evan Kleiman • Jan 8, 2016 • 1 min read

    In The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat & Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet, author Nina Teicholz casts doubts on the many low fat diet trends that thrived during previous decades. Following eight years of research, she’s come to the conclusion that fat is not our foe.

    Music: "Hey Brother" by Avicii

    The full episode

    3 of 6
    Celebrity Diet Fails, Friendly Fats, Unpacking Pok Pok LA
    1. 0:30Attempting Celebrity Diets, from Greta Garbo to Beyoncé
    2. 8:45Big Sugar's Public Enemy Number One
    3. 20:46Is Fat Our Friend?You’re reading this
    4. 31:57Just Eat It: Two Filmmakers Find Mountains of Food Waste in Dumpsters
    5. 42:29Jonathan Gold Reviews Pok Pok Los Angeles
    6. 51:05Market Report: Radicchio
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Camellia Tse

      Producer, Good Food

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    3 of 6
    Celebrity Diet Fails, Friendly Fats, Unpacking Pok Pok LA
    1. 0:30Attempting Celebrity Diets, from Greta Garbo to Beyoncé
    2. 8:45Big Sugar's Public Enemy Number One
    3. 20:46Is Fat Our Friend?You’re reading this
    4. 31:57Just Eat It: Two Filmmakers Find Mountains of Food Waste in Dumpsters
    5. 42:29Jonathan Gold Reviews Pok Pok Los Angeles
    6. 51:05Market Report: Radicchio
    Back to Good Food