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Nina Teicholz, PhD

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Nina Teicholz, PhD

@bigfatsurprise

Science journalist challenging nutrition dogma and flawed dietary guidelines. PhD in nutrition. NYT bestselling author. Subscribe for uncensored insights 👇

NYC

unsettledscience.substack.com

Joined February 2014

Nina Teicholz, PhD
@bigfatsurprise
Mar 20, 2025
The government HAS NO CAPS ON CHOLESTEROL..for ten years now. So why didn’t they tell you? 🤔 The U.S. government quietly dropped its cholesterol cap in 2015 (the American Heart Association did the same in 2013), yet most people still think dietary cholesterol is something to
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Nina Teicholz, PhD
@bigfatsurprise
Aug 18, 2023
Italian Senate overwhelmingly passes a bill to ban cell-based/synthetic foods. Says these fake foods are more like pharmaceutical products and should be treated as such. The Italians know about food!
efanews.eu
Synthetic food bill passes in the italian Senate
The bill prescribing a ban on the production and marketing of synthetic food and feed has passed the Senate. The hall of Palazzo Madama gave the green light to the provision with 93 yes, 28 no and 33...
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Nina Teicholz, PhD
@bigfatsurprise
Aug 31, 2025
For all those who fear the 'end of science' with the recent upheavals at the CDC, remember that "CDC" stands for "Center for Disease Control and Prevention" Yet, since its founding in 1946, chronic diseases have all skyrocketed. Uncontrolled, not prevented. In fact, just the
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Nina Teicholz, PhD
@bigfatsurprise
Mar 14, 2025
RFK Jr. says the President has lost 30 lbs, in part by (mostly) skipping the bun on his burgers. Ditch the sugars and grains to lose weight and improve metabolic health. I can't believe this message is finally getting out there!
RFK Jr. says Trump ‘lost 30 pounds’ even with all the ‘crap that he eats’
From thehill.com
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Nina Teicholz, PhD
@bigfatsurprise
Mar 17, 2025
First ever peer-reviewed low-carb/keto food pyramid!! 🔥New paper addresses all the myths vs. FACTs on these diets. i.e, they are not nutritionally deficient, not a "fad" diet, do not have harmful side effects, do not cause heart disease, and more. Link below.
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Nina Teicholz, PhD
@bigfatsurprise
Mar 18, 2025
First ever peer-reviewed low-carb/keto food pyramid!! 🔥New paper addresses the many myths that are often alleged about low-carb diets, i.e., that they are nutritionally deficient, cause heart disease, increase mortality and have harmful side effects etc. Many thanks to my
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Nina Teicholz, PhD
@bigfatsurprise
Feb 13, 2025
In DC with ⁦⁦@dr_ericberg⁩. Work on MAHA begins!
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Nina Teicholz, PhD
@bigfatsurprise
Jul 17, 2025
“We are going to ensure the new guidelines are based on science, not medical dogma.” For decades, saturated fat was vilified based on flawed science and institutional groupthink. Now, the FDA Commissioner @DrMakaryFDA is citing the very research I spent years unearthing. For
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Nina Teicholz, PhD
@bigfatsurprise
Feb 7, 2023
New chart from Tufts' new food ranking system. 53 General Mills cereals all healthier than cheddar cheese, milk, egg cooked in butter Including: Dora the Explorer, Berry Burst Cheerios, Count Chocola, Lucky Charms, Chex Chocolate. (General Mills funds a Tufts Food Inst 🤨)
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Nina Teicholz, PhD
@bigfatsurprise
Nov 5, 2023
New report: Harvard leader Willett recently had a paper linking red meat + diabetes. Yet this idea has been refuted in clinical trials. Why does Willett persist? This investigation finds the answer in a mixture of personal ambition, bad science, financial interests and personal
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Nina Teicholz, PhD
@bigfatsurprise
Nov 17, 2024
Someone nominated me to reform the US Dietary Guidelines for Americans. I have dedicated the last 10y of my life to this issue, and it would be an enormous honor to serve. To vote, go here: discourse.nomineesforthepeople.com/t/nina-teichol… (I am trying to get info filled on in this page and also moved to
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Nina Teicholz, PhD
@bigfatsurprise
Aug 10, 2025
The irony! Gates claims his fake butter is needed to improve "food security" when the greatest threat to our food security is Gates et al working to eliminate its very backbone: farmland and livestock. @ChefGruel
Chef Andrew Gruel
@ChefGruel
Aug 9, 2025
Disgusting. They are combining hydrogen, carbon and oxygen to create fat molecules then manipulate that to taste like butter. Why do this when we already have butter?
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Nina Teicholz, PhD
@bigfatsurprise
Jul 31, 2024
Olympic athletes ask for more eggs, meat: 700kg eggs + 1 tonne (2200lbs) meat flown into the Olympic village to replace fake-meat vegan options that athletes reject. theaustralian.com.au/sport/olympics…
Nina Teicholz, PhD
@bigfatsurprise
Jul 26, 2024
Athletes don't want fake meat. They know that complete proteins--crucial for sports performance--come from animal foods. Paris Olympics 2024: Food becoming an issue for athletes in Olympic village - Yahoo Sports sports.yahoo.com/paris-olympics…
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Nina Teicholz, PhD
@bigfatsurprise
Sep 30, 2019
New, most rigorous-ever reviews of red/processed meat conclude that there's only low/very low-quality evidence to show any negative health outcome. “The guidelines [on meat] are based on papers that...say there's evidence...and there isn’t” says one expert
Eat Less Red Meat, Scientists Said. Now Some Believe That Was Bad Advice. (Published 2019)
From nytimes.com