34 Is the American Heart Association Misleading Us About Coconut Oil?

The InForm Fitness Podcast

Adam Zickerman and Mike Rogers discuss a recent USA Today article citing The American Heart Association’s report advising against the use of coconut oil (http://bit.ly/USAToday_CoconutOil_AHA).
However, could this study contain some flaws? Could the trusted, highly respected AHA actually be skewing the results of their study? Adam and Mike breakdown the data behind the recent AHA study and point out the obvious flaws that could be misleading the population to eliminate natural oils (such as coconut oil) for unnatural oils (such as canola oil).

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34 Is the American Heart Association Misleading Us About Coconut Oil? Transcript

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SPEAKERS

Tim Edwards, Mike, Adam

Adam 00:05

Interestingly, however, the AHA experts do not make the same efforts at all to scrutinize the trials, I do support their hypothesis. If I'm going to error, it's going to be saturated fat, a natural substance that human beings have been living with and evolving with since the beginning of time. People listen to this, I mean, and they're acting like juveniles. They have this idea that they can't let go of and damn it. I'm right. And I'm going to I'm going to skew it to show that I'm right. But you know what, this isn't a game. They're not cheating in a game right now. All right, that people's lives are at stake here and people and industries are at stake here. Millions and millions of people's health are at stake here. They're telling people to get rid of what is seemingly natural to human beings. Instead, eating things that are not natural that is not something we evolved I mean, like, we don't know we don't know but like God if we don't know don't make those kinds of huge recommendations like that. It's it's, it's scary.

Tim Edwards 01:19

Hey, inform nation Welcome to episode number 34 of the inform fitness podcast 20 minutes with New York Times bestselling author, Adam Zickerman and friends and I really think today, this episode might be the first 20 minute episode we've had in quite a long time. And there are many reasons for that. One of them is the fact that Sheila Melody is actually off gallivanting around France as we speak, so she will not be joining us here.

Mike 01:45

Yeah, she's such a windbag. Anyway, she just like keeps on rambling and rambling around. That's why we're going like over 45 minutes

Tim Edwards 01:51

I know poor Sheila, she's she just keeps talking and she won't let us get a word in edgewise. She's throwing things at us that her radio right now listening to this.

Adam 02:02

listen to Mike, putting down Sheila without her being here to defend herself.

Mike 02:09

It was supposed to be like really ironic, because we all know that. I got nothing to say keep talking.

Tim Edwards 02:17

And Sheila always jumps in

Adam 02:18

Mike didn't think I was being sarcastic.

Tim Edwards 02:22

Well, of course, for those of you who are new to the podcast voices you are hearing,

Mike 02:27

Well, I wasn't prepared to defend myself. So that's why...

Tim Edwards 02:33

you're hearing the voice of Mike Rogers, the general manager of inform fitness there at inform fitness headquarters.

Adam 02:40

The real windbag of this podcast.

Tim Edwards 02:43

I just can't keep my mouth shut. Also, of course, the man you just heard is the founder of inform fitness, Adam Zickerman and Adam. You know, a few episodes ago we were we spent a lot of time talking about your ketogenic diet, that 90 day journey that you embarked upon right towards the beginning of 2017. And you had tremendous results with this new diet plan. And we've yet to see your bloodwork results. I'm assuming that's coming pretty soon, but the items that you mentioned that you the food that you were eating on this diet, were some items that we've been told for decades, to stay away from saturated fats and such. And that is the title or the topic for today's podcast.

Adam 03:25

Yes, yes. So saturated fat, is has been vilified for the last 50 years and continues to this day to be vilified by the American Heart Association with a recent advisor they put out can't be more than a couple of weeks ago at this point. And I remember when it came out, Mike ran to me and said, Adam, did you see this? Right, Mike?

Mike 03:53

Yeah, yes, I was like, Adam, you see this? No, I Oh, yes. I think the just like that like Atos like Adam comma, pause. Did you see this?

Tim Edwards 04:05

just for effect right

Mike 04:06

Well, here's the deal. You know, something, you know, we're always bringing things to each other's attention. You know, when we see something published online, and frankly, the first thing I saw as about two weeks ago, was a headline that says, it turns out coconut oil is bad for you.

Tim Edwards 04:22

I saw the same thing

Mike 04:23

says the AHA and I was like, whoa, okay. All right. Well, I cannot wait to read this because,

Adam 04:30

ah, a American Heart Association as revered

Mike 04:34

right.

Adam 04:34

That's an institution.

Mike 04:36

That's what I get very excited about it. I've been excited to to actually read studies. I'm not just articles ever since I read good calories, bad calories by Gary Taubes about I don't know, like about 12 or 13 years ago. And because I mean, that was I don't know why whatever. Who knows. It was a long time ago. It seems like Um, but uh, anyway, it You know, he, he wrote a fantastic book. And through the research in that book, which really really was talking about this, it was talking about carbohydrates and, and fats and proteins and everything. But the thing is, through his research, you learn and he brings atten...