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Good And Bad Fats – The Key To A Successful Diet


There is good and bad fat and there is a very common rumor that saturated fats like butter, red meat and milk are the primary reason for health problems like heart disease, high blood pressure and obesity in America .

The heart disease problem and other related diseases don’t have a whole lot to do with natural fat consumption and the statistics will show that other negative dietary factors are the more likely culprit .

The real reason for widespread heart and obesity problem is due to the over consumption of refined oils, bad fats and ultra-processed foods we routinely eat without a thought.

Here are some facts regarding diet, disease and fat consumption?

Animal fat consumption has gone way down ( 21%) since 1910. It was common for the traditional American diet to contain roughly 83% animal fat which is now down to about 62%.

Also butter consumption, a saturated fat, has decreased substantially during this same time frame, with the average person consuming 12 pounds less per year, from 18 pounds down to 4 pounds.

What’s just as odd is that dietary cholesterol has only increased by about 1% during this same time span.

So you may ask, if saturated fat consumption and cholesterol intake is on the decrease, what is causing us Americans so many health problems?

Here are some other facts about bad fats

Dietary intake of vegetable and hydrogenated oils (bad fats) is on the rise by about 400%.

During the same period (1910 ? 2009) there has been an increase of 60% in consumption of processed foods as well as sugar laden products containing sucrose and high fructose corn syrup.

There is a strong correlation between this dietary shift from “good fats ( which has decreased) ” vs. “bad fats and processed foods ( which has increased)” and the increase in diseases such as heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity and high cholesterol.

So? what can you do “diet-wise” to avoid being at risk to these diseases?

One thing you can do is stop worrying so much about your fat intake and instead concentrate on WHAT type of fats you are eating . Realize there are good fats and bad fats, yet we’ve been brainwashed that all fats are created equal as reflected in the number of low ? fat no-fat foods on the market.

You may have read the saying, eat fat lose fat. This is very true, so when you deprive your body of fat, your body goes into survival mode, which is a physiological defense mechanism against famine . So losing fat is not dependant on a restricted fat diet , actually just the opposite.

You simply need to differentiate between the good fats and bad fats.

Good fats are the mono-saturated fats and you’ll find this in olive, peanut and canola oil, as well as nuts and avocados. You can eat as much as you want of these.

You may eat plenty of Omega-3 fatty acids. You can find these in seafood like salmon, herring and sardines. Don’t like seafood? Then try flaxseed, flax oil and walnuts. The worst fat you can consume are trans fats. Trans fats are created by a process of adding hydrogen to vegetable oil in order to keep the fats from turning rancid. Trans fats are in everything from cookies, crackers, cakes and all types of baked goods.

So if you want to be healthy you need to lose the the trans fats and processed foods first, and realize that the good fats actually help us lose weight by using our fat stores for energy as well as keeping our appetite suppressed by stabalizing blood sugar.

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Cavewoman Instincts for the Beneficial Diet


You are certainly not being asked to invade the Amazonian depths, but certainly, digging up the details on the nutritional achievements of our primitive cousins, if not anything, shall be interesting. That is to say, the hominid (characterizing the family Hominidae, including Homo sapiens as well as other extinct species of creatures resembling humans) diets that took shape around 10,000 BC. It was the time when ice age ended and agriculture was discovered. Whatever foods the Neolithic farmers grew still form a part of the diet of modern humans, but a look at their skeletons also reveals a case of poor nutrition, something that stayed absent in their previous generations. They were the next generation of the previous hunters and gatherers; had shorter life spans and showed dental and various other health problems, including obesity.

It clearly states that those new foods were not suitable for the newly evolved human species, characterized by the smaller digestive tract. There’s only one stomach; the large intestine is actually shorter – all these prove only meat, fruits, nuts and a few types of vegetables are all that we may depend on for the nutrients. Does that cast some light upon wheat allergies and lactose intolerance? You bet.

If the aforementioned induces into you even a little bit of sense, it’s time to throw away the white bread, the crackers, the pasta and the cream-filled pastries and bring in eggs, beef, pork, chicken, fish and other sea-foods, along with fresh vegetables, fruits, nuts and other dry fruits without the artificial flavorings. From here, start the new concepts:

  1. Eat nothing that’s not found naturally.
  2. Eat only when you are hungry.
  3. Eat only to satisfy hunger for gluttony is a vice.

So, what’s the form all these must be consumed? The simple answer is, as close as it can be to their rawest form. Thus, scramble or boil the eggs (a little butter or cheese shall make it tastier); the beef must be from the delicatessen; the pork chop must be stuffed with pepper and the vegetables, fish and the chicken boiled – yet better, steamed. The fruits and nuts must be used only as fillers between major meals.

Now, vegetable, fruits and nuts are generic terms and require further explanation; so, let’s say it as the apples, the walnuts, the grapefruits while for vegetables, it’s broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, snow peas, cabbage and mushrooms. You must be amazed without corn being mentioned, but even the cavemen (and women) never had it in their roster.

So how does it help? Try for yourself; you shall be bubbling with energy yet being able to manage losing three pounds in a week, along with any digestive disorders that you may have. It’s because you won’t give your body a chance to accumulate any extra fat but to burn off what’s already in the reserve; did you notice any among the above list comprising even a little trace of fat?

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