Heart Surgeon ATTACKS Fat (& Carnivore Diet)
In a Nutshell
Heart surgeon Dr. Michael Richmond claims beef tallow's 50-55% saturated fats raise dangerous LDL cholesterol, form plaques, and contain toxins like hormones and phthalates, while dismissing carnivore diet advocates like RFK Jr. with appeals to his authority. The speaker counters that LDL particle size matters more than quantity—saturated fats raise benign large buoyant particles, not harmful small dense ones—and cites studies like the Women's Health Study (10 markers like insulin resistance and inflammation predict heart disease far better than LDL) plus the buried Minnesota Coronary Experiment showing seed oils increase death risk despite lowering cholesterol. Heart disease stems from insulin resistance, inflammation, and seed oils (a modern introduction correlating with its rise as #1 killer), not ancestral animal fats; the speaker reversed congestive heart failure on carnivore diet.
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Dr. Michael Richmond, double board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon, claims no benefits in cooking with beef tallow. Beef tallow has 50-55% saturated fats, which raise bad cholesterol (LDL). LDL forms atherosclerotic plaques causing heart attacks and strokes.
Speaker reacts to Dr. Richmond's viral videos. Dr. Richmond repeatedly emphasizes "I'm a heart surgeon" to assert authority, implying viewers are idiots. Speaker criticizes doctors' god complex leading to unnecessary medications.
I'm a double board certified cardiothoracic surgeon and you are not and therefore you need to listen to me.
Dr. Richmond invokes authority multiple times: "Remember I'm a heart surgeon." Speaker acknowledges surgical brilliance but notes surgeons receive almost zero nutrition education—only a couple hours.
Dr. Richmond accuses RFK Jr. of lying about beef tallow benefits, using trial lawyer motto: "If you can't convince then confuse."
There are no benefits in cooking in beef tallow, as I will explain. And remember, I'm a heart surgeon.
Speaker calls Dr. Richmond's statement misleading. Beef tallow is 50-55% saturated fats, claimed to raise LDL causing heart disease.
Dr. Richmond claims industrial beef tallow contains hormones, antibiotics, steroids, forever chemicals, phthalates. Phthalates are synthetic plasticizers, endocrine disruptors affecting reproduction. Beef tallow toxic to aquatic life. No studies cited—just repeated "fact."
Speaker notes Dr. Richmond specifies "industrial tallow," confusing it with regular tallow most people buy.
Why would anybody want to reintroduce beef fat into our diets? I can promise you that no board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon who is ethical would ever suggest such a thing.
Dr. Richmond criticizes Dr. Oz for selling out and praising seed oils.
Point 1: God complex—Surgeons push meds without nutrition knowledge, making patients sicker.
Point 2: No citations—Repeats "fact" six times without studies or links.
Core argument: Saturated fat → raises LDL → causes heart disease. But LDL is not one thing. Quantity doesn't matter; quality does. Large buoyant LDL particles benign; small dense LDL particles linked to heart disease. Saturated fats raise large buoyant particles, not dangerous ones.
Recommend advanced lipid panel to assess particle size.
Uses grass-fed beef tallow soap (Beast Mode) for a year—expensive but good for skin, lasts long. Avoid cheap soaps with unpronounceable chemicals.
50% of heart disease patients have low LDL, 50% high LDL—coin toss, not 90% high as mainstream claims suggest. Focus on LDL stems from Ancel Keys' corrupt Seven Countries Study: Started with 22 countries, cherry-picked 7 to fit saturated fat narrative, ignoring confirmation bias. Result: Millions suffered/died unnecessarily.
Heart disease caused by insulin resistance and inflammation; cholesterol repairs damage but gets blamed.
Women's Health Study (link in description)—largest cardiovascular studies. 10 markers better predict heart disease than LDL-C (LDL modest at bottom):
- Metabolic syndrome: 4.4x more indicative than LDL-C.
- Others like pre-diabetes, poor metabolic health, inflammation, insulin resistance—some 600x more likely than LDL.
Doctors ignore these, fixate on LDL. Speaker on carnivore diet 3 years: Healed everything, off meds, reversed congestive heart failure (in medical records), yet questioned only on LDL.
Dr. Richmond recommends seed oils (fine, not inflammatory)—false. Seed oils highly processed, inflammatory. Humans prioritized animal fats (tallow, butter) since beginning of time, alongside air/water. Heart disease rare before insulin resistance, inflammation, seed oils.
Football field analogy: 100 yards = history prioritizing fatty meat/animal fats; last blade of grass = seed oils era, heart disease explodes as #1 killer. Correlates perfectly with seed oils ruining metabolic health.
Minnesota Coronary Experiment: Replaced saturated fat with seed oils/corn oil. Cholesterol dropped 14%, but 22% increased death risk per 30-point drop. Buried as cover-up; recently rediscovered.
Common sense: Avoid seed oils (watch processing videos); prefer ancestral animal fats. Studies conflict, but long-term effects unknown.
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