Diet Doctor Podcast #47:
Adele Hite, PhD
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Many people like catchy sound bites. Many like separating the world into “good” and “bad.” Not Adele Hite. She has made it her mission to ensure we question dietary dogma, accept nothing at face value, and understand the science behind our beliefs. And, she keeps us focused on the implications of all this, too.
While her voice is not always popular, I would argue it is desperately needed.
As both an RD and a PhD (who wrote her thesis on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans), few people are as equipped as Adele to understand the intersection of nutritional science and policy.
In this interview, we dissect the dietary guidelines from an angle many have not heard before, and we delve into topics where myths are widespread such as vegetable oils, gluconeogenesis and more.
Warning: listening to this episode may open your eyes to a more careful interpretation of nutrition research!
About the video
Virtual podcast recorded and published in May 2020.
Podcast host: Dr. Bret Scher
Managing producer: Hari Dewang
Editing: Hard Day Production
Table of contents
2:08 Welcome, Adele Hite
3:20 ‘Questioning everything’ is her true personality
4:15 Adele’s PhD thesis on the US dietary guidelines
5:40 The dietary guidelines is more political than scientific
7:40 The changes in the US dietary guidelines
9:38 The truth behind ‘Healthy America’ headlines
11:20 How Adele responds to “The US guidelines makes us fatter”
14:10 Food industries upon dietary guidelines
18:08 In 1960s dietary guidelines were made for clinical populations
19:00 How low-carb diets were not included in the guidelines
24:50 Dietary guidelines: it’s your choice!
31:55 The guidelines vs low carb, which one do we need?
41:20 Weight gain and metabolic health issue
44:05 Metabolic health, obesity and diabetes correlations
49:05 Is a guideline with low carb diets necessary?
54:10 Vegetable oils and food fear, according to Adele
58:50 High protein issue
01:03:57 Where to find Adele Hite
Many people like catchy sound bites. Many like separating the world into “good” and “bad.” Not Adele Hite. She has made it her mission to ensure we question dietary dogma, accept nothing at face value, and understand the science behind our beliefs. And, she keeps us focused on the implications of all this, too.
While her voice is not always popular, I would argue it is desperately needed.
As both an RD and a PhD (who wrote her thesis on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans), few people are as equipped as Adele to understand the intersection of nutritional science and policy.
In this interview, we dissect the dietary guidelines from an angle many have not heard before, and we delve into topics where myths are widespread such as vegetable oils, gluconeogenesis and more.
Warning: listening to this episode may open your eyes to a more careful interpretation of nutrition research!
TranscriptAbout the video
Virtual podcast recorded and published in May 2020.
Podcast host: Dr. Bret Scher
Managing producer: Hari Dewang
Editing: Hard Day Production
