{"id":50257,"date":"2025-10-31T22:37:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/?p=50257"},"modified":"2025-10-31T22:37:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:37:45","slug":"the-dha-fear-scam-how-vegans-got-duped-about-healthy-fats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/?p=50257","title":{"rendered":"The DHA Fear Scam: How Vegans Got Duped About \u2018Healthy Fats\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The DHA Fear Scam: How Vegans Got Duped About \u2018Healthy Fats\u2019\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s03aR2Z9GJs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WATCH THIS VIDEO ON YOUTUBE TO ACCESS LIVE LINKS]<br><br>Jeff Nelson says:<br><br>A few years ago, I discovered that a well-known vegan doctor who sells DHA supplements had secretly designed and run a study to \u201cprove\u201d that vegans are deficient in omega-3s.<br><br>The problem? His own data showed the opposite \u2014 vegans actually had higher average omega-3 blood levels than non-vegans.<br><br>Before publishing, he quietly removed his name from the paper \u2014 because if the journal disclosed that the study was done by someone selling the supplement, people might have said, \u201cWait\u2026 isn\u2019t this like the egg industry telling us eggs are heart-healthy?\u201d<br><br>In this re-release, I show how that study \u2014 and others like it \u2014 helped create the modern obsession with \u201chealthy fats\u201d 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.<br><br>This isn\u2019t just about one doctor. It\u2019s about how commercial bias quietly shapes what people believe about health \u2014 even inside our own movement.<br><br>Here are links from the original 2019 video I&#8217;m replaying:<br><br>Links mentioned in this video:<br><br>DHA not recommended for heart disease:<br>https:\/\/newsroom.heart&#8230;<br><br>https:\/\/www.ahajournal&#8230;<br><br>Dr. Fuhrman sells DHA in 2002:<br><br>https:\/\/web.archive.or&#8230;&nbsp; <br><br>https:\/\/web.archive.or&#8230;&nbsp; <br><br>VITAL STUDY: DHA DOES NOT PREVENT CANCER:<br><br>https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/d&#8230;<br><br>2005: Dr. Fuhrman selling his own brand of DHA:<br><br>https:\/\/web.archive.or&#8230;&nbsp; <br><br>Dr. Fuhrman&#8217;s DHA Study:<br><br>https:\/\/www.clinicalnu&#8230;<br><br>Dr. Greger&#8217;s video promoting Dr. Fuhrman&#8217;s DHA study:<br><br>https:\/\/nutritionfacts&#8230;<br><br>Dr. Fuhrman Touting his DHA Study:<br>Go to 0:54-&nbsp; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Vegans\u00a0Must\u00a0Avoid\u00a0DHA\u00a0&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0&nbsp; <br>Go to 1:55-&nbsp; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Nutrition\u00a0for\u00a0Mental\u00a0H&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0<br>Go to 1:06:40- \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0How\u00a0to\u00a0Live\u00a0Healthfull&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0<br><br>Quest Diagnostics &#8211; &#8220;Optimal Omega 3 = greater than 3.2%&#8221;<br><br>https:\/\/testdirectory&#8230;.<br><br>OmegaQuant says 8% and above &#8211; optimal<br><br>https:\/\/omegaquant.com&#8230;<br><br>Dr. Fuhrman denies involvement in his DHA study:<br><br>Go to 16:55:<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/\u00a0uzpfstg4otk5otkwmzu5oj&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0&nbsp; <br><br>Go to 34:58:<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Dr\u00a0\u00a0Fuhrman\u00a0Responds\u00a0t&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0<br><br>45:26<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Dr.\u00a0John\u00a0McDougall\u00a0int&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0<br><br>Dr. Fuhrman&#8217;s public posts stating he is a &#8220;principle researcher&#8221; of the DHA study:<br><br>https:\/\/web.archive.or&#8230;<br><br>https:\/\/web.archive.or&#8230;<br><br>My newsletter showing Dr. Fuhrman was principal investigator in DHA stud:<br><br>https:\/\/vegsource.com\/&#8230;<br><br>VRG post showing Dr. Fuhrman was principal investigator in DHA stud:<br><br>https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/bl&#8230;<br><br>Jack Norris RD post showing Dr. Fuhrman was principal investigator in DHA study:<br><br>http:\/\/jacknorrisrd.co&#8230;<br><br>2012 Updates list Fuhrman as principal investigator on study website:<br><br>https:\/\/web.archive.or&#8230;<br><br>https:\/\/web.archive.or&#8230;<br><br>Full text of Dr. Fuhrman&#8217;s DHA study:<br><br>https:\/\/www.clinicalnu&#8230;<br><br>Articles on Ghost Authoring as scientific misconduct:<br><br>https:\/\/academic.oup.c&#8230;<br><br>https:\/\/www.tandfonlin&#8230;&nbsp; <br><br>https:\/\/www2.le.ac.uk\/&#8230;&nbsp; <br><br>AMA on Medical Ethics:<br><br>https:\/\/www.ama-assn.o&#8230;<br><br>Interview with Prof. Marion Nestle<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Food\u00a0Corps\u00a0Can\u00a0BUY\u00a0Res&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0<br><br>Subscribe on Substack (notify of videos not on YouTube!):<br>https:\/\/vegsource.subs&#8230;<br><br>O U R&nbsp;&nbsp; W E B S I T E <br>https:\/\/www.vegsource.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WATCH THIS VIDEO ON YOUTUBE TO ACCESS LIVE LINKS] Jeff Nelson says: A few years ago, I discovered that a well-known vegan doctor who sells DHA supplements had secretly designed and run a study to \u201cprove\u201d that vegans are deficient in omega-3s. The problem? His own data showed the opposite \u2014 vegans actually had higher &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/?p=50257\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The DHA Fear Scam: How Vegans Got Duped About \u2018Healthy Fats\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motivational"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50258,"href":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50257\/revisions\/50258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}