Dark Calories

How Vegetable Oils Destroy Our Health and How We Can Get It Back

By: Catherine Shanahan MD MD

Narrated by: Eliza Foss, Catherine Shanahan MD MD

The New York Times bestselling author of Deep Nutrition explains how a group of eight little-known oils cause the cellular damage that underlies virtually all chronic disease, exposes the corruption that deceives doctors and consumers into eating them, and gives us a clear roadmap to recovery and rejuvenation.

Did you know that eating a large serving of french fries—cooked in vegetable oil—delivers the toxicity of smoking 24 cigarettes?

Cornell-trained biochemist turned family physician Dr. Cate Shanahan introduces us to well-respected scientists who warn that vegetable oils are a public health disaster, wreaking havoc on our bodies’ cells by depleting antioxidants and promoting free radical toxicity.

Their many effects include:

• Uncontrollable hunger, so we need drugs to maintain our weight
• Inflammatory fat buildup under our skin and within our internal organs and arteries
• Blood sugar swings that promote bad moods and antisocial behavior
• Disrupted brain energy, concentration problems, and mental illnesses
• Intracellular oxidative stress that promotes cancer development
• Gut inflammation, bloating, heartburn, and the runs

Americans were enticed into buying these oils based on their cholesterol-lowering property, but the idea that cholesterol-lowering is beneficial was pushed on us without solid evidence to support it. In Dark Calories, Dr. Cate reveals the financial entanglements between industry and underhanded academics who created and sustain our 1950s-era, arbitrary dietary rules.

As a solution, she proposes a clear, no-nonsense plan that aligns with our genetic needs and nature’s laws. Thankfully, recovering our health is simplified by the fact that nutrients that treat one condition also tend to treat all the rest. As an added bonus, we also revive our sense of taste so that our cravings shift to wholesome, nourishing foods instead.

You can’t make this up!

If you value your health, you will read this book and share it with your loved ones. It’s that important.

New information presented in an understandable way.

The information was presented in a way that made sense to me. Made me rethink some of my assumptions. Will be implementing many of the suggestions.

The explanation of oils and how they impact our health was outstanding

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! The information was presented in a way that a reader with a non-medical background would understand and I appreciated what the author had to say. Overall a great read.

Dr. Cate sets the standard for nutritional science for the lay reader

Fatburn Fix was one of my early nutrition books I read. I have now read / listened to over 40 books. Dr. Cate is the author I trust the most. They are many good authors but she makes the science accessible.

This is a deep dive into seed oils and why they are so prevalent today. I think she is the first author to do this. I truly believe that is this is the missing point in the conversation.

She gives a blueprint of principles to follow that gives people flexibility in how they eat and how their macros can be flexible depending on the person.

This a must read for people who love to read about nutrition and are looking to expand their understanding.

Clear Explanation of Seed Oils & Their Impact on Our Health

A must-read for everyone to fully understand how these seed oils came about and became incorporated in the standard American diet . Clear explanation of why they are so bad for us and how to eliminate them.

love this book

This may explain some of the current health problems that exist now that seem to confound the health caregivers.

eye opening

It was quite eye-opening, and I'm glad to learn this information and know that i've already been taking a lot of these steps

I beleive this information is finally hitting the nail on the head with 90% of our populations health problems.

I beleive this information is finally hitting the nail on the head with 90% of our populations health problems, including being over weight! Great book!

Dark Calories!! Truth!!

Great book. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will recommend the book. I wish doctors would wake up and read it.

Very interesting

I enjoyed the solutions to getting more energy and healing yourself and your body. I enjoyed the new way of looking at food and a true farmer to the table concept