670: Why food quality matters more than calories | Dariush Mozaffarian, M.D.

“The food industry is experimenting on us without data and knowledge,” says Dariush Mozaffarian, M.D., DrPH. Mozaffarian is a cardiologist, Director of the Food is Medicine Institute at Tufts University, and author of the book, Food is Medicine (Holt/Macmillan). He serves as Distinguished Professor, Dean Emeritus, and Jean Mayer Professor; and is clinically active in cardiology at Tufts Medical Center. His work aims to create the evidence and translation for a food system that is nutritious, equitable, and sustainable. He has authored nearly 700 scientific publications, and has served in numerous advisory roles. His work has been featured in leading media outlets, and Thomson Reuters has named him as one of the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds. Dr. Mozaffarian received his B.S. in biological sciences from Stanford, M.D. from Columbia, Doctorate in Public Health from Harvard, and clinical training in internal medicine at Stanford and in cardiology at the University of Washington. He is married, has three children, and actively trains as a Fourth Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo. 00:00 - The last century of nutrition science 07:03 - The single-nutrient mistake 10:50 - Pellagra & the birth of enriched flour 13:45 - Macros vs. food quality 17:05 - The 3 buckets of food 21:56 - What’s the deal with red meat 24:46 - Episode break 27:14 - Cholesterol absorbers & plant sterols 31:05 - How low-fat & Big Tobacco fueled ultra-processing 33:24 - The truth about seed oils 38:06 - Sweeteners & additives 41:41 - Flipping the script on the food system 47:28 - The problem with calorie counting 52:16 - Inside a cardiologist's shopping cart Referenced in the episode:  Buy Mozaffarian’s book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250394287  Visit the Food Is Medicine Institute website: https://tuftsfoodismedicine.org/  We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: [podcast@mindbodygreen.com](mailto:podcast@mindbodygreen.com). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices