WE HAVE BEEN DECEIVED
Many Americans are seriously confused about what comprises a truly healthful food. This is partly the result of clever and deceptive marketing that makes junk foods and synthetic substances, like artificial sweeteners and margarine, appear healthy. Further, fats in general are still considered the dietary villains by many people.
A Consumer Reports survey found that 51 percent said they are limiting their consumption of fat in belief that this is a healthy choice. In reality the only types of fats you should really be limiting are man-made varieties like trans-fats and rancid, refined polyunsaturated fats in vegetable oils.
Trans-fats: Trans-fats are formed when hydrogen is added to vegetable oil during food processing in order to turn it into a solid. These completely unnatural man-made fats cause dysfunction and chaos in your body on a cellular level. Studies have linked trans-fats to:
Cancer: They interfere with enzymes your body uses to fight cancer.
Diabetes: They interfere with the insulin receptors in your cell membranes.
Decreased immune function: They reduce your immune response.
Problems with reproduction: They interfere with enzymes needed to produce sex hormones.
Obesity
Heart disease: Trans-fats can cause major clogging of your arteries. (Among women with underlying coronary heart disease, eating trans-fats increased the risk of sudden cardiac arrest three-fold!)
They are to be found, for example, in margarine, vegetable shortening, ice-cream, puddings & pudding mixes, ready-made pies, cakes & cake mixes, biscuits, pizza, potato chips, fritters, doughnuts, gravy & sauce mixes, artificial creamers, confectionery and other processed foods, including many foods marketed at children, including some sugary breakfast cereals.
They are also commonly found in restaurant food, especially - but not only - in fast food. You can also make your own trans fat (in small amounts) by repeatedly re-heating cooking oil.
€ How do you avoid them? ELIMINATE PROCESSED FOODS FROM YOUR DIET!
€Vegetable Oils: They are not the health food they are made out to be.
€ Polyunsaturated vegetable oils, which include vegetable oils like corn, soy, safflower and canola are the worst oils you can eat, as they are very high in omega-6 fatty acids of which we only need a very small amount.
Further, polyunsaturated oils are the worst oils to cook with because they tend to become easily oxidized or rancid when exposed to heat from cooking. This results in the formation of trans fat and damaging free radicals.
BENEFITS OF SATURATED FATS
Saturated fats provide the building blocks for your cell membranes and a variety of hormones and hormone-like substances that are essential to your health. Saturated fats from animal and vegetable sources (such as meat, dairy, certain oils, and tropical plants like coconut) also provide a concentrated source of energy in your diet that has far-reaching health benefits.
Unfortunately, nearly the entire conventional media and nearly every health "expert" will disagree with the above. However, a 2010 report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, which reviewed 21 studies relating to the risk of heart disease, stroke and saturated fats, found that:
"€¦ there is no significant evidence for concluding that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of CHD [coronary heart disease] or CVD [stroke and cardiovascular disease]."
Saturated fat is not the root of all evil €¦ and it is NOT to blame for the modern disease epidemics facing Americans. Saturated fat is actually an incredibly healthy, nourishing and all natural fat that humans have been thriving on for generations.
€ Saturated fatty acids constitute at least 50 percent of your cell membranes. They are what gives your cells necessary stiffness and integrity.
€ They play a vital role in the health of your bones. For calcium to be effectively incorporated into your skeletal structure, at least 50 percent of your dietary fats should be saturated.
€ They lower Lp(a), a substance in your blood that, when elevated, increases your risk for blood clots, heart attacks and strokes.
€ They protect your liver from alcohol and other toxins, such as Tylenol and other drugs.
€ They enhance your immune system.
€ They are needed for the conversion of Beta carotene to vitamin A
€ They act as carriers for important fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K.
€ They are needed for the proper utilization of essential fatty acids. Elongated omega-3 fats are better retained in your tissues when your diet is rich in saturated fats.
€ Saturated 18-carbon stearic acid and 16-carbon palmitic acid are the preferred foods for your heart, which is why the fat around your heart muscle is highly saturated. Your heart draws on this reserve of fat in times of stress.
€ Short- and medium-chain saturated fatty acids have important antimicrobial properties. They protect you against harmful microorganisms in your digestive tract.
Healthy Sources of Saturated Fats to Add to Your Diet
So please do not shun saturated fats from your diet. Make sure your meals include some of these delicious and healthy sources of saturated fat - REMEMBER, LOOK FOR QUALITY:
€ Grass-fed organic beef and beef fat
€ Naturally raised lamb
€ Whole, organic, preferably raw dairy products (butter, cheese, milk, cream)
€ Coconut oil
€ Organic, pasture-raised poultry
€ Organic eggs from pasture-raised hens
Many Americans are seriously confused about what comprises a truly healthful food. This is partly the result of clever and deceptive marketing that makes junk foods and synthetic substances, like artificial sweeteners and margarine, appear healthy. Further, fats in general are still considered the dietary villains by many people.
A Consumer Reports survey found that 51 percent said they are limiting their consumption of fat in belief that this is a healthy choice. In reality the only types of fats you should really be limiting are man-made varieties like trans-fats and rancid, refined polyunsaturated fats in vegetable oils.
Trans-fats: Trans-fats are formed when hydrogen is added to vegetable oil during food processing in order to turn it into a solid. These completely unnatural man-made fats cause dysfunction and chaos in your body on a cellular level. Studies have linked trans-fats to:
Cancer: They interfere with enzymes your body uses to fight cancer.
Diabetes: They interfere with the insulin receptors in your cell membranes.
Decreased immune function: They reduce your immune response.
Problems with reproduction: They interfere with enzymes needed to produce sex hormones.
Obesity
Heart disease: Trans-fats can cause major clogging of your arteries. (Among women with underlying coronary heart disease, eating trans-fats increased the risk of sudden cardiac arrest three-fold!)
They are to be found, for example, in margarine, vegetable shortening, ice-cream, puddings & pudding mixes, ready-made pies, cakes & cake mixes, biscuits, pizza, potato chips, fritters, doughnuts, gravy & sauce mixes, artificial creamers, confectionery and other processed foods, including many foods marketed at children, including some sugary breakfast cereals.
They are also commonly found in restaurant food, especially - but not only - in fast food. You can also make your own trans fat (in small amounts) by repeatedly re-heating cooking oil.
€ How do you avoid them? ELIMINATE PROCESSED FOODS FROM YOUR DIET!
€Vegetable Oils: They are not the health food they are made out to be.
€ Polyunsaturated vegetable oils, which include vegetable oils like corn, soy, safflower and canola are the worst oils you can eat, as they are very high in omega-6 fatty acids of which we only need a very small amount.
Further, polyunsaturated oils are the worst oils to cook with because they tend to become easily oxidized or rancid when exposed to heat from cooking. This results in the formation of trans fat and damaging free radicals.
BENEFITS OF SATURATED FATS
Saturated fats provide the building blocks for your cell membranes and a variety of hormones and hormone-like substances that are essential to your health. Saturated fats from animal and vegetable sources (such as meat, dairy, certain oils, and tropical plants like coconut) also provide a concentrated source of energy in your diet that has far-reaching health benefits.
Unfortunately, nearly the entire conventional media and nearly every health "expert" will disagree with the above. However, a 2010 report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, which reviewed 21 studies relating to the risk of heart disease, stroke and saturated fats, found that:
"€¦ there is no significant evidence for concluding that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of CHD [coronary heart disease] or CVD [stroke and cardiovascular disease]."
Saturated fat is not the root of all evil €¦ and it is NOT to blame for the modern disease epidemics facing Americans. Saturated fat is actually an incredibly healthy, nourishing and all natural fat that humans have been thriving on for generations.
€ Saturated fatty acids constitute at least 50 percent of your cell membranes. They are what gives your cells necessary stiffness and integrity.
€ They play a vital role in the health of your bones. For calcium to be effectively incorporated into your skeletal structure, at least 50 percent of your dietary fats should be saturated.
€ They lower Lp(a), a substance in your blood that, when elevated, increases your risk for blood clots, heart attacks and strokes.
€ They protect your liver from alcohol and other toxins, such as Tylenol and other drugs.
€ They enhance your immune system.
€ They are needed for the conversion of Beta carotene to vitamin A
€ They act as carriers for important fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K.
€ They are needed for the proper utilization of essential fatty acids. Elongated omega-3 fats are better retained in your tissues when your diet is rich in saturated fats.
€ Saturated 18-carbon stearic acid and 16-carbon palmitic acid are the preferred foods for your heart, which is why the fat around your heart muscle is highly saturated. Your heart draws on this reserve of fat in times of stress.
€ Short- and medium-chain saturated fatty acids have important antimicrobial properties. They protect you against harmful microorganisms in your digestive tract.
Healthy Sources of Saturated Fats to Add to Your Diet
So please do not shun saturated fats from your diet. Make sure your meals include some of these delicious and healthy sources of saturated fat - REMEMBER, LOOK FOR QUALITY:
€ Grass-fed organic beef and beef fat
€ Naturally raised lamb
€ Whole, organic, preferably raw dairy products (butter, cheese, milk, cream)
€ Coconut oil
€ Organic, pasture-raised poultry
€ Organic eggs from pasture-raised hens
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