Mary Gertrude Enig (née Dracon; July 13, 1931 – September 8, 2014)[1] was a nutritionist and researcher known for her unconventional positions on the role saturated fats play in diet and health.

Price Foundation (WAPF) which she co-founded with Sally Fallon in 1999 to promote nutrition and health advice based on the work of early 20th century dentist and researcher Weston A.

[14] Enig, a member of The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics (THINCS),[15] disputed the widely accepted view in the scientific community that consumption of saturated fats contributes to heart disease.

[4][16] Her chapter in the book Coronary Heart Disease: The Dietary Sense and Nonsense – An evaluation by scientists was reviewed in the New England Journal of Medicine, which noted that while she provided an appropriate discussion of trans fats in diet, she did not accurately depict the medical literature on the connection between diet and coronary disease, and that she wrote with an inflammatory tone that was unjustified.

[5] She argued against medical consensus by stating, "heart disease has been correlated most consistently with consumption of sugar and an excess in polyunsaturated oils".

[19][20] Citing the work of Jon J. Kabara, she claimed that unprocessed coconut oil could be effective in the treatment of viral infections including HIV/AIDS.