I thought this was a great lecture, especially the part where he discussed the financial interests of the panel that recommended the cholesterol levels where statins should be administered. I think all but one of the members accepted drug money, and one of them even owned stock in companies that made statins. Outrageous!

Thanks for posting. I plan to go through it again.

BTW, with my own mother, I found that my own raving about paleo/primal living didn't have much of an obvious impact, but after playing her lots of podcasts (captive audience in the car), it must have sunk in. Now she's more successfully applied herself to this lifestyle than I have, and she's had great physical and mood improvements to show for it. (At 73, she has the figure of a supermodel, and more energy than her students in their 20s and 30s). So I think it just has something to do with it being hard for parents to hear any wisdom from their children. Perhaps it implies too much role reversal?

Neurosurgeons are a crazy bunch. Fearless, dealing with all sorts of dreadful cases. It makes you think about things. I'll update the rest of my answer when I hear more.

This is a total guess, but maybe it has something to do with the brain being largely made up of fat. Perhaps neurosurgeons recognize the important role that fats play in the health of our brain more than other types of docs. On the other hands, cardiologists (like dr. oz) are constantly exposed to disease-ridden fatty hearts and maybe this reinforces, for them, the idea that fat is the devil.

I know that dietary fat is totally different from the fat in your brain and in and around your other organs, but the association seems to make sense.