Not all fat is bad...

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Hi Bliss and everyone;

 

Here comes the " party pooper " ! (groan!) :-)

 

I'm a big fan of the work of Dr. John McDougall

www.drmcdougall.com and his low-fat plant food recommendations.

I have followed them for 15 years, and so has my husband.... !

:-)

 

I have asked Dr. McDougall about these news articles that appear

at times about " good " fats. What he has always said is " People

like to hear good news about their bad habits. " Here is an URL

for one of his web articles about how little fat is really

necessary for optimal health. http://www.drmcdougall.com/efa.htm.

He mentions the Mediterranean diet that is high in

monounsaturated fats from olive oil. Clearly, subjects did do

better on it than on diets high in saturated fats from animal

products, but the bottom line seems to be that low-fat plant

foods diet produces the best health results in humans.

 

Personally, I prefer to avoid talking about fats as " good " or

" bad " because all natural fats are necessary for human health,

even cholesterol. The TRICK is in how much, and from what

source. The fact is, we need cholesterol but only such a little

bit. Our livers make all (and more than) we need, it's best to

avoid taking it in the diet. Taking cholesterol in the diet

often results in excess, leading to heart disease, etc...

probably we all know that.

 

OK... I make one exception about labelling fats " bad " , and that

is " transfats " , the hydrogenated fats made by bubbling hydrogen

through vegetable oil. Apparently, we don't need that, not at

any level. Apparently, it is worse for us than eating saturated

and cholesterol. But it is a human, not Nature-made problem.

I'd agree on that one being a " bad " fat. Sadly, it is a common

ingredient in many vegetarian-friendly packaged foods... I

understand it is best to avoid that, 100%. And I guess the

tropical fats, coconut and palm, are sort of in a grey-area, not

" bad " really, but because they are highly saturated, they tend to

encourage our livers to make more cholesterol than we need.

 

So, if we talk just in terms of Nature-made fats that we do need

to take in our diet, the poly and mono-unsaturated fats, it seems

that we only need so little of them, we get plenty just by eating

a varied diet of low-fat plant foods. The whole problem seems to

be that we humans tend to have a " fat tooth " . Sure, we usually

hear about the " sweet tooth " , but my understanding is that the

" fat tooth " is even more of a scourge to human health.

 

Anyway, again my apologies if I am pooping the party... I

personally LOVE avocado, peanut butter, pecans, olives etc., so

I'd be happy if I thought restraint about them wasn't necessary.

However, I felt that I really had to say something here, as I

think I'd feel like I wasn't doing my part if I were to let this

go by without saying something.

 

Wishing you all health, happiness and prosperity...

 

Deborah Pageau B.Sc.

 

 

 

 

 

Directed towards men, but a good read for all...

 

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/MensHealth/menshealth_88.ht

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Peace,

Bliss.

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I think fat is very healthy. If not for physical health, then for emotional

health. Fat makes me REALLY happy (tee hee), together with big loads of

sugar... ;-)

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Hi Belle;

 

If you can eat that way and still be happy with the state of your

health and shape, than fine. :-)

 

Deborah

 

 

I think fat is very healthy. If not for physical health, then for

emotional

health. Fat makes me REALLY happy (tee hee), together with big

loads of

sugar... ;-)

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