{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Dr. Chris Knobbe: Is it the Seed Oils or the Carbohydrates? - Ep 105","description":"Dr. Chris Knobbe joins host Doug Reynolds on the LowCarbUSA\u00ae podcast to discuss his work researching the impacts of Westernized diets and highly polyunsaturated vegetable oils on health. Dr. Knobbe, an internationally recognized expert on diet and health, will deliver a presentation titled \u201cOmega-6 Apocalypse: Vegetable Oils, Overweight, and Chronic Disease \u2013 What\u2019s the Evidence?\u201d at the 8th Annual San Diego Symposium for Metabolic Health held August 17-20, 2023. In this engaging interview, Dr. Knobbe talks with Doug about the seed oils and other dietary culprits behind the growing epidemic of obesity and metabolic disease. He discusses his research linking processed foods and vegetable oils to not only widespread chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease, hypertension, stroke, cancers, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, Alzheimer\u2019s disease, and autoimmune diseases, but also age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of irreversible vision loss and blindness in people over the age of 50, globally. If you're interested in the intersection of diet and disease, or simply want to better understand the true impact of your food choices, this episode is not to be missed. Dr. Knobbe dissects the potentially catastrophic effects of modern dietary habits and offers insightful perspectives that could change the way we view our plates \u2013 and our health \u2013 forever. Dr. Knobbe discusses the deleterious effects of seed oils, particularly their contribution to chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, coronary heart disease, and more. He argues that while refined sugars and flours are problematic, he is especially concerned with the role of seed oils in the worsening health statistics we\u2019re seeing. Doug pushes back on Chris\u2019s view that seed oils may have an even bigger role in our metabolic health crisis than even sugar and other processed carbohydrates, and a fascinating discussion ensues. ","author_name":"LowCarbUSA Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/www.lowcarbusa.org\/","html":"