Nina Teicholz, PhD

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Nina Teicholz, PhD

@bigfatsurprise

Science journalist challenging nutrition dogma and flawed dietary guidelines. PhD in nutrition. NYT bestselling author. Subscribe for uncensored insights

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Joined February 2014

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Nina Teicholz, PhD

@bigfatsurprise

Mar 21, 2025

The government HAS NO CAPS ON CHOLESTEROL..for ten years now. So why didn’t they tell you?

The U.S. government quietly dropped its cholesterol cap in 2015 (the American Heart Association did the same in 2013), yet most people still think dietary cholesterol is something to

The media could not be played.

Italian Senate overwhelmingly passes a bill to ban cell-based/synthetic foods. Says these fake foods are more like pharmaceutical products and should be treated as such. The Italians know about food!

Synthetic food bill passes in the italian Senate

For all those who fear the 'end of science' with the recent upheavals at the CDC, remember that "CDC" stands for "Center for Disease Control and Prevention" Yet, since its founding in 1946, chronic diseases have all skyrocketed. Uncontrolled, not prevented. In fact, just the

RFK Jr. says the President has lost 30 lbs, in part by (mostly) skipping the bun on his burgers. Ditch the sugars and grains to lose weight and improve metabolic health. I can't believe this message is finally getting out there!

RFK Jr. says Trump ‘lost 30 pounds’ even with all the ‘crap that he eats’

First ever peer-reviewed low-carb/keto food pyramid!!

New paper addresses all the myths vs. FACTs on these diets. i.e, they are not nutritionally deficient, not a "fad" diet, do not have harmful side effects, do not cause heart disease, and more. Link below.

First ever peer-reviewed low-carb/keto food pyramid!!

New paper addresses the many myths that are often alleged about low-carb diets, i.e., that they are nutritionally deficient, cause heart disease, increase mortality and have harmful side effects etc. Many thanks to my

In DC with ⁦⁦@dr_ericberg⁩. Work on MAHA begins!

“We are going to ensure the new guidelines are based on science, not medical dogma.” For decades, saturated fat was vilified based on flawed science and institutional groupthink. Now, the FDA Commissioner

@DrMakaryFDA

is citing the very research I spent years unearthing. For

The media could not be played.

New chart from Tufts' new food ranking system. 53 General Mills cereals all healthier than cheddar cheese, milk, egg cooked in butter Including: Dora the Explorer, Berry Burst Cheerios, Count Chocola, Lucky Charms, Chex Chocolate. (General Mills funds a Tufts Food Inst

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Rachel Maddow and 3 others

New report: Harvard leader Willett recently had a paper linking red meat + diabetes. Yet this idea has been refuted in clinical trials. Why does Willett persist? This investigation finds the answer in a mixture of personal ambition, bad science, financial interests and personal

Someone nominated me to reform the US Dietary Guidelines for Americans. I have dedicated the last 10y of my life to this issue, and it would be an enormous honor to serve. To vote, go here: discourse.nomineesforthepeople.com/t/nina-teichol (I am trying to get info filled on in this page and also moved to

The irony! Gates claims his fake butter is needed to improve "food security" when the greatest threat to our food security is Gates et al working to eliminate its very backbone: farmland and livestock.

@ChefGruel

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Chef Andrew Gruel

@ChefGruel

Aug 10, 2025

Disgusting. They are combining hydrogen, carbon and oxygen to create fat molecules then manipulate that to taste like butter. Why do this when we already have butter? x.com/ShadowofEzra/s…

Olympic athletes ask for more eggs, meat: 700kg eggs + 1 tonne (2200lbs) meat flown into the Olympic village to replace fake-meat vegan options that athletes reject. theaustralian.com.au/sport/olympics

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Nina Teicholz, PhD

@bigfatsurprise

Jul 27, 2024

Athletes don't want fake meat. They know that complete proteins--crucial for sports performance--come from animal foods. Paris Olympics 2024: Food becoming an issue for athletes in Olympic village - Yahoo Sports sports.yahoo.com/paris-olympics

New, most rigorous-ever reviews of red/processed meat conclude that there's only low/very low-quality evidence to show any negative health outcome. “The guidelines [on meat] are based on papers that...say there's evidence...and there isn’t” says one expert

The health effects of red meat consumption are detectable only in the largest groups, researchers concluded, and advice to individuals to cut back may not be justified by available data.

Eat Less Red Meat, Scientists Said. Now Some Believe That Was Bad Advice. (Published 2019)

I'd like to feel optimistic about White House Conference on Nutrition in Sept., but guy in charge created this food ranking system: Frosted Mini Wheats, Lucky charms >> whole egg Ice cream w/ nuts > ground beef Honey Nut Cheerios > egg fried in butter osf.io/preprints/soca

Nina Teicholz, PhD

@bigfatsurprise

Oct 9, 2024

The world has gone insane

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Wide Awake Media

@wideawake_media

Oct 8, 2024

Bioethicist S. Matthew Liao: In order to fight "climate change", we should genetically modify humans to be intolerant to meat. "If we eat less meat, we could significantly reduce our greenhouse gas emissions." "Now, some people would be willing to eat less meat, but they lack

I've applied to lead the next USDA-HHS Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

How does this process work? Let me explain (what I know): First, the USDA Secy must be nominated. After that, some combo of this person and the USDA transition team decide on appointments. Mine would not

TED just put a warning on Dr. Sarah Hallberg's viral TEDx talk on reversing type 2 diabetes (nearly 12M views!)

The establishment seems terrified of people learning that type 2 diabetes IS reversible with a ketogenic diet alone, often in a matter of just weeks.

Long article with 100 explanations for why Beyond Meat is failing. But basically it's a highly processed industrial product...which failed to win over consumers despite massive support and investment. People just don't want fake foods.

Beyond Meat’s Very Real Problems: Slumping Sausages, Mounting Losses

Our expertise crisis in a nutshell: Harvard's absurd study 'showing' that red meat causes diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is DEFINED as high blood sugar. What spikes blood sugar? CARBOHYDRATES (sugars, starches). What doesn't spike blood sugar? MEAT Why did Harvard even bother to do

This is #misinformation from a Gates-sponsored study that has consistently published erroneous findings on red meat. The idea that meat causes diabetes is absurd. Meat contains no glucose. And see next tweet

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CNN International

@cnni

Apr 18, 2023

The global rise of type 2 diabetes may be due to eating too much red and processed meats and refined instead of whole grains, according to a new modeling study. cnn.it/40arK7j

In 2020: -Eat real food

-Avoid industrial seed oils -Eat animal fats--they're natural -Eat regular meat, dairy bc you need to: -Get all your nutrients from real food -Avoid sugar, grains, esp for those w/ obesity/diabetes -Don't snack, try intermittent fasting Enjoy life!

Thank you

!! I would be honored to serve the country to reform the US Dietary Guidelines. The science exists to act immediately on reversing chronic diseases in America. The public deserves to know that these conditions can be reversed! #MAHA

@RobertKennedyJr

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Nicole Shanahan

@NicoleShanahan

Nov 22, 2024

Nina Tiecholz has offered to serve to reform the US Dietary Guidelines for Americans. This in combination with a change to USDA and our farm bill would go a long way. @bigfatsurprise Let’s support her in this effort. x.com/SBakerMD/statu…

Whatever yr views on the vaccines, clearly there's more than enough peer-reviewed literature now to justify a more robust conversation than we've had to date. This is not a partisan issue. My friend, cardiologist

@DrAseemMalhotra

is brave to be talking about the science

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Dr Aseem Malhotra

@DrAseemMalhotra

Oct 19, 2022

BREAKING FOX NEWS Vaxxed Cardiologist: Suspend mRNA Product Now ‘I find it very difficult to believe that Pfizer executives didn’t know this was going to cause significant harm’ ‘If this is the case then this is a global scandal’ Interview here youtu.be/cF73gk_4ex4

hello

. Just wondering why, at 77.3K followers, I don't get one of your blue validation checks? And hello, all you lovely 77.3K people, maybe you could let Twitter know that you're real? Thank you so much for following me. It's a real honor--I never expected!

Nina Teicholz, PhD

@bigfatsurprise

Mar 1, 2024

I just asked Gemini AI to substantiate its claims that my work "cherry picks," and it could not do so. After much back and forth, it acknowledged that it was, basically, lying about me. Tell me

@GoogleAI

, how is this not a class action lawsuit in the making? Libeling people based

RFK Jr. confirmed!!!!

Carnivore diet is gaining attention. Detractors say it's too limited, but same is true of veganism. Carnivores are reporting extraordinary reversals of health conditions and improvements in mental clarity, energy. I am not a carnivore myself but thinking about it!

Adding my kudos and thanks to

@RobertKennedyJr

for calling out the nation's chronic disease epidemics. This is not a Republican vs. Democrat issue. ALL Americans are affected. More than half of our kids are overweight or obese. 93% of adults have a chronic disease. I have been

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Holden Culotta

@Holden_Culotta

Aug 24, 2024

RFK Jr. began to cry talking about saving America’s children from chronic disease yesterday: “For 19 years, I prayed every morning that God would put me in a position to end this calamity.” “Nobody in power seemed to care or to even notice.”

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