A few years ago, I discovered that a well-known vegan doctor who sells DHA supplements had secretly designed and run a study to “prove” that vegans are deficient in omega-3s.
The problem? His own data showed the opposite — vegans actually had higher average omega-3 blood levels than non-vegans.
Before publishing, he quietly removed his name from the paper — because if the journal disclosed that the study was done by someone selling the supplement, people might have said, “Wait… isn’t this like the egg industry telling us eggs are heart-healthy?”
In this re-release, I show how that study — and others like it — helped create the modern obsession with “healthy fats” in the vegan world, even though the pioneers of plant-based medicine (McDougall, Esselstyn, Ornish, Pritikin, Kempner) reversed disease on low-fat, starch-based diets, and advised keeping all fats very low.
This isn’t just about one doctor. It’s about how commercial bias quietly shapes what people believe about health — even inside our own movement.
Here are links from the original 2019 video I’m replaying:
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