No matter how committed you are to healthy eating, unfortunately, there's a good chance your pantry contains at least one of these incredibly sneaky and dangerous ingredients. I’m talking about vegetable oils, like corn, peanut, safflower, soybean and more. In fact, about one third of Americans' caloric intake comes from these toxic seed oils - yet most people don't know what they even are, or how they impact health. For example, my guest reveals that consuming a large serving of french fries—cooked in vegetable oil—delivers the toxicity of smoking 24 cigarettes! My guest today is Dr. Cate Shanahan, a Cornell-trained biochemist turned family physician and New York Times bestselling author. In her groundbreaking new book, "Dark Calories: How Vegetable Oils Destroy Our Health and How We Can Get It Back," Dr. Shanahan exposes how seed oils are sabotaging our health, and provides a blueprint for taking back control. We explore how these vegetable oils made their way into almost every pantry in America (if you guessed low cost and high profit, you’re on to something!), the shocking evidence linking these oils to serious disease, and what you can do to eliminate them from your diet for good. #VegetableOils #OxidativeStress #MetabolicDiseases #CornOil #CanolaOil #SoybeanOil #CottonSeedOil #GrapeseedOil #ProcessedOils #AmericanHeartAssociation #Cholesterol On this episode you’ll learn: 00:00 - The surprising process seed oils undergo to even be considered “edible” 04:07 - The origins of the myth that saturated fat is unhealthy (and why it’s actually NOT true) 11:27 - How you’ve been LIED to by the American Heart Association (and other health organizations) 15:08 - The surprising truth about cholesterol (and why it’s not the enemy it’s made out to be) 17:35 - How consuming seed oils compares to smoking cigarettes! (and the surprising way they’re both destroying your health) 19:05 - The deadly condition exacerbated by seed oils (and how it may be the root cause of many other ailments) 21:35 - Why feeling “hangry” could indicate a much deeper health issue (and how never to feel victim to cravings or hunger pains again) 27:54 - The 2-week jumpstart plan you can begin today to help reverse metabolic damage — Order Dr. Gundry’s latest book “Gut Check” here: https://www.amazon.com/Gut-Check-Microbiome-Transform-Emotional/dp/0062911775?&tag=dgpodcast.-20 Dr. Gundry is the author of The Plant Paradox - A New York Times Bestselling book. Please subscribe to The Dr. Gundry Podcast to learn more about Polyphenols, Leaky Gut, Lectins, and other essential information.