Mary Gertrude Enig, PhD was a nutritionist and early trans fat researcher known for her unconventional positions on the role fats play in diet and health.[2] She has promoted skepticism towards the widely held view in the medical community[3] that high saturated fat diets lead to heart disease, while she advocates for a diet based on whole foods and rich in certain saturated fats, such as those found in coconut oil and butter.[4]
Enig was an early researcher of trans fatty acids,[7] warning of their dangers before they were widely accepted.[12][13] Enig believes that trans fats lower the beneficial type of cholesterol-carrying particles (HDL)[13] and pushed for improved labeling of trans fats on products,[14] which has now become mandatory on products in the U.S. and in Europe.
Enig co-wrote another book with Sally Fallon called Eat Fat, Lose Fat which promotes what Enig considers "good" fats, including coconut, butter, cream, nuts, meat, lard, goose fat, and eggs. In the book, Enig criticizes the use of polyunsaturated oils which most diets recommend, because of the way they are processed and also argues that many who followlow-fat diets feel low on energy because they are "fat deficient".[25]
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