David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, FACLM, the founding director (1998) of Yale University’s Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, Past-President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and Founder/President of the True Health Initiative, and Wisdom Labs’ Parneet Pal discuss eating well for longevity and vitality. Dr. Katz dispels myths about fad diets and offers guidance on what a truly healthy diet looks like. 

Conversation includes: The big business of nutrition, the profit of consumer’s confusion, lifestyle as medicine, how the environment is affected by the meat and dairy industry, the holistic approach to diet, health and well-being, and the false narrative on saturated fat. 

Links: 

• Dr. Katz
  
• The True Health Initiative
  
• Jim Hamblin article in The Atlantic
  
• Dr. Katz article “No Nutrition News”
  
• The Truth About Food 
  

Show Notes

• 2:34 – Why is there so much confusion about what to eat? 
  
• 5:00 – The role of science in our diets
  
• 5:42 – The big business of nutrition and pharma
  
• 7:35 – The six domains of lifestyle medicine 
  
• 13:16 – Healthy people are productive people
  
• 15:36 – What should we be eating?
  
• 20:39 – The environmental impact of animal products
  
• 21:53 – The lowdown on saturated fat 
  
• 29:00 – Choosing a wholesome dietary pattern