Join me in Episode #266 for a two-hour exchange with Dr Walter Willett, the most cited nutritional scientist in the world. An absolute powerhouse of knowledge, Dr. Willett has published over 2000 studies and shares key insights in this episode to help you lay the foundations of a healthy diet.
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If you’re looking to recentre your nutrition philosophy with the guidance of a true expert, this is the episode for you. Dr Willett’s approach steps away from silver bullet solutions and embraces a comprehensive approach that can be applied to almost any diet, leaving you with actionable advice you can implement right now.
Dr. Walter Willett is a physician, epidemiologist, and Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He served as Chair of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard for 25 years. Much of his work has been on the development of methods, using both questionnaire and biochemical approaches, to study the effects of diet on the occurrence of major diseases. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the recipient of many national and international awards for his research.
Specifically, we discuss: 00:00 - Introduction 04:10 - Which Foods Should You Eat to Stay Healthy? 06:39 - Does the Quality of Foods Matter? 08:29 - The Impact of the Average American Diet on Health 11:05 - Do We Have Sufficient Evidence on How Nutrition Impacts Our Health? 14:03 - Key Tasks/Leaves to Make Healthy Choices 15:09 - How Diet Patterns Have Changed from the 70s till Now 18:20 - Walter Willet: A Nutrition Story 19:40 - Ancel Keys' Research on Fat 27:45 - Three Large Observation Studies by Walter Willet and His Team 33:12 - Advantages of Large Observation Studies over Randomized Control Trials 39:40 - Correlation and Causation in Nutrition 51:23 - Food Frequency Questionnaire: Importance of Methods for Measuring Dietary Intake 55:44 - Biochemical Analysis in Three Cohort Observations of Walter Willet's Studies 1:01:02 - Are Low-Fat Diets Good for Cardiovascular Health? 1:03:04 - Polyunsaturated Fats and Cardiovascular Disease 1:08:41 - Benefits of Switching from Saturated Fat to Unsaturated Fats 1:09:13 - Is Dairy Bad or Good? 1:12:09 - Should You Consume Full-Fat or Low-Fat Dairy? 1:16:25 - Daily Recommendation for Dairy Consumption 1:21:26 - Can You Be Healthy Without Consuming Dairy? 1:23:45 - Confusion Surrounding Unprocessed Red Meat 1:26:40 - What is Substitution Analysis? 1:28:30 - Insights into the Research Process 1:30:06 - Contrast and Exposure in Research 1:34:13 - Safe Intake of Red Meat 1:35:02 - Is Grass-Fed Beef Good for Me? 1:37:05 - Is White Meat Better Than Red Meat? 1:37:46 - Fish vs. Legumes: A Comparison 1:41:15 - Dietary Cholesterol and Its Impact on Human Health 1:44:45 - The Best Diet for a Healthy Life 1:47:36 - Outro
More from Dr Walter Willett: - Harvard Academic Profile: - Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating:
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By: The Proof with Simon Hill Title: Mastering the Art of Healthy Eating: Diet Tips and Nutrition Research | The Proof Podcast EP #266 Sourced From: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx2JUtngxkw
