Episode description

Saifedean interviews his own brother, Dr. Ahmad Ammous, on the history and the problems of modern fiat medicine, why it all goes back to fiat money, and what its most important misconceptions are. We discuss diet, light environment, heart disease, statins, Niacin, seed oils, and more!

References: 

• Fiat healthcare & Crowdhealth with Andy Schoonover - https://saifedean.com/podcast/144-fiat-healthcare-crowdhealth-with-andy-schoonover
• CrowdHealth with Andy Schoonover - https://saifedean.com/podcast/196-crowdhealth-with-andy-schoonover 
• Cholesterol Con with Malcolm Kendrick - https://saifedean.com/podcast/135-cholesterol-con-with-malcolm-kendrick
• Deep Nutrition with Dr Cate Shanahan - https://saifedean.com/podcast/107-deep-nutrition-with-dr-cate-shanahan
• Dr. Ahmad Ammous on X - https://x.com/AmmousMD?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor 
• Dr. Ahmad Ammous's Website - https://ammousmd.com/ 

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