The Hidden History of Saturated Fat with Nina Teicholz

ReThink Health with Dr. Autumn Smith · Oct 22, 2026 · 50m

IN THIS EPISODE

What if one of the most widely accepted pieces of nutrition advice was never backed by solid evidence?

In this episode of the ReThink Health Podcast, I sit down with Nina Teicholz, investigative journalist and author of the New York Times bestseller The Big Fat Surprise. It's one of my favorite books. In fact, it was the first one I read that pulled together the full history of how saturated fat, animal foods, and vegetable oils came to be viewed the way they are today.

Nina wasn't always a critic of low-fat diets. She was a vegetarian for more than 20 years and struggled with…