The Checkup with Doctor Mike
The Truth About Seed Oils, Food As Medicine, and RFK Jr. | Kevin Klatt PhD RD
23 Apr 2025
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Full Episode
Oh man, I'm gonna piss off some people. I think seeing food as medicine is wrong on several fronts. There's not a great way to look at food on several fronts.
In this episode, I sit down with Kevin Klatt, PhD and RD, who is a research scientist and instructor at UC Berkeley's Department of Nutrition Sciences and Toxicology. He's earned his PhD in molecular nutrition from Cornell University and completed his dietetic internship at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.
Basically, he's the guy who actually reads, teaches, and performs the nutrition studies everyone loves to quote. We dive into great detail throughout our conversation, unpacking why nutrition seems messier than ever, focusing specifically on the viral claims around eggs, seed oils, and the food as medicine mantra.
Kevin does a great job in laying out the guardrails you can trust amidst all the noise. What I'd like for you to pay special attention to is how he answers my complex questions. He rarely gives a simple soundbite answer like your typical podcast bro guest. Instead, he focuses on the nuance to make sure you're getting the most accurate and unbiased information.
That's what experts are supposed to be doing. Anyway, I hope you learn as much as I did throughout this conversation. Please welcome Dr. Kevin Klatt to the Checkup Podcast. Nutrition. It's become a bit of a buzzword. Least controversial topic. Right? Most people agree nutrition is important, but they agree for vastly different reasons. Participate in vastly different food camps.
It used to be left, now it's right, then it's left, then it's right. I think the field of nutrition is the most confusing it's ever been. You're an expert in the field. Ostensibly, yeah. Although people don't like the word expert. I was going to say, don't call me that.
But unlike most podcasters these days or health gurus or health podcast guests, you truly are an expert because you've actually put in the time to do the research, to understand what is being said, to understand when someone quotes a research article, what was studied, what was missed, where the limitations are.
What's your gut take on the field of nutrition right now if you were to give a banner for it?
Oh my goodness. I mean, the field of nutrition, I feel like is often very separate from like the popular understanding of nutrition.
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