Popular Diets and Common Nutrition Misconceptions (Part 2)



In today’s episode, Eric Trexler continues his discussion about some of the advantages and disadvantages of popular diets, and explores some common misconceptions in the world of nutrition. Topics include low-fat diets, the Ornish diet, vegetarian diets, vegan diets, cleanses, detoxes, single-food diets, time-restricted feeding, intermittent fasting, the Mediterranean diet, seed oils, and the DASH diet.

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*TIME STAMPS*

0:00 Intro/Announcements

3:53 Healthy diet indicator criteria
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30364851/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33344879/

6:54 Low-fat diet
https://www.strongerbyscience.com/diet/

Cholesterol, Lipoproteins & Lipids: Understanding CVD Risk

The Impact of Diet on Blood Lipids

How Diet Influences Heart Disease Risk

20:47 Ornish diet

25:38 Vegetarian/vegan diet
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26853923/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35924941/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33599941/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32885996/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36045075/

34:29 Raw vegan diet

38:41 Cleanses and Detoxes

43:13 Single-food diets

50:12 Time-restricted feeding (includes breakfast skipping literature, IMO)
https://www.strongerbyscience.com/research-spotlight-if-body-comp/

1:01:04 Intermittent fasting (alternate-day fasting, 5:2 diet, etc)
https://www.strongerbyscience.com/research-spotlight-5-2-fasting/

1:06:38 Long fasting periods for health benefits

1:11:40 Mediterranean diet

1:15:17 Seed oils and vegetable oils
https://www.the-nutrivore.com/post/a-comprehensive-rebuttal-to-seed-oil-sophistry

1:21:40 DASH diet

1:23:18 Plant-based diets

1:29:30 Summary and conclusions

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