Brad Marshall is a former cancer researcher who now raises and sells the meat from pigs raised in a very special way that he sells on FirebrandMeats.com
We talk about:
- Brad’s genetics and cancer research background
- His interest in food and move into farming
- How pig breed and feed dictates fat content
- Corn in USA vs barley in northern Europe and northern USA
- Brad’s struggles with weight and use of Atkins / keto
- The Hyperlipid blog
- Linoleic acid danger and abundance of it in the restaurant industry
- Valerie Reeves’ thesis on stearic acid leading to The Croissant Diet
- The protons thread on Hyperlipid explained in more simple terms
- Why saturated fat is so good for satiety vs. linoleic acid being so bad
- Why carbohydrates per se are not the main problem
- The Croissant Diet as the other French paradox
- The hypothalamus
- Why calories in calories out is so simplistic
- The recent history of making pigs more lean
- Traditional people would go to great lengths to remove PUFA from foods
- Lack of diversity on farms
Valerie Reeves’ thesis - https://uknowledge.uky.edu/physiology_etds/3/
Brad can be found at:
Blog - https://fireinabottle.net/blog/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/fire_bottle
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fireinabottle
Website - https://firebrandmeats.com
Ally can be found at:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleocanteen
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleoally
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/paleocanteen
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/AllyHouston
