Zoë has a PhD in public health nutrition. She struggles to find anything that is being taught in 'conventional' nutritional worlds that is true or evidence based.
For example, a common myth is that animal products, especially red meat, contain predominantly saturated fat. Firstly, any food that contains fat, contains all three types of fat: saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated, though these are in varying proportions. Secondly, dairy is the only food group that is predominantly saturated fat. Thirdly, dietary guidelines suggest eating oily fish in place of red meat, such as steak, for the purpose of reducing total fat and saturated fat, however, oily fish actually contains more of both. Finally, olive oil is touted as a healthy food, yet one tablespoon contains more saturated fat than 100 grams of pork chop. Whilst all of these foods can certainly contribute to a healthy diet, the confusion over the different types of fat is a sign that current guidelines are poorly informed.
Dr. Mariela Glandt, trained at Harvard and Columbia, is an endocrinologist with extensive experience in the treatment of diabetes. She is the founder and director of Glandt Center for Diabetes Care in Tel Aviv (www.glandt.co.il) which specializes in optimization of diabetes care through use of a very low carbohydrate diets.
