Why We’ve Been Wrong About Fat, Cholesterol, and Real Food for 100 Years

Описание: For decades, we were told that fat and cholesterol were the enemy.

Low-fat diets became the gold standard. Butter was replaced. Red meat was blamed.

And yet… energy collapsed, chronic illness rose, and people became more exhausted than ever.

In this conversation, Dr. Aaron Hartman sits down with Sally Fallon Morell, founding president of the Weston A. Price Foundation and author of Nourishing Traditions, to unpack what actually went wrong.

We explore:

Why low-fat dietary guidelines destabilized energy and metabolism
The biological role of saturated fat and cholesterol in the brain
How ultra-processed foods hijack appetite and dopamine
Why traditional diets supported resilience for generations
How “doing everything right” can still leave people exhausted

This isn’t nostalgia. It’s physiology.

If you’re tired, foggy, or confused by conflicting nutrition advice, this conversation will help you understand what your body has been missing.




CHAPTERS

00:00 — Why We Got Fat So Wrong

01:42 — How Low-Fat Diets Changed Human Energy

04:10 — The Biology of Saturated Fat and Cell Stability

07:05 — Why Cholesterol Is Essential for the Brain

10:32 — What Happened When Butter Was Removed

14:08 — Ultra-Processed Food and Dopamine Dysregulation

18:45 — Why Cravings Aren’t a Willpower Problem

22:30 — Traditional Diets and Nutrient Density

27:10 — Fat, Bile, and Detoxification

31:40 — Why People Feel Worse Doing “Everything Right”

36:15 — Foundations First: Food, Stress, and Recovery

41:20 — How to Think About Nutrition Without Extremes

46:05 — Where to Learn More About Real Food





ABOUT AARON HARTMAN, MD

Aaron Hartman, MD is a triple-board-certified physician, bestselling author of UnCURABLE: From Hopeless Diagnosis to Defying All Odds, and founder of Richmond Integrative & Functional Medicine. Dr. Hartman is known as _the champion of the medically abandoned_—helping people once labeled “uncurable” find REAL health and hope through the body’s natural abilities to heal and repair.

https://AaronHartmanMD.com



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— Aaron Hartman, MD