Health professionals’ advice about which fats to eat are have changed over time; many of us are confused. Should we eat margarine, or should we eat butter? Which oil should we eat and which should we not?
Christopher Masterjohn, Ph.D. takes a solid look at studies done, and advice given over the years, in this article published by the A. Weston Price Foundation.
“Few driving factors have had such a profound influence on the transition from traditional to modern industrial diets as the campaign against animal fats and tropical oils. We have responded to this campaign not only by depriving ourselves of the nutrient-dense animal foods so important to human health, but also by replacing these traditional fats with processed foods laden with refined vegetable oil, flour, and sugar.
Since its inception, this campaign has been based on a series of myths. These include the myths that saturated fat is the “bad fat” while polyunsaturated fat is the “good fat,” that arachidonic acid is the “bad fat,” and that so-called “solid fats” are empty calories with no nutritional value. We will consider each of these myths in the pages that follow. Continue reading …..
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Eating saturated fats lowers consumption of and cravings for unhealthy carbohydrates. Every cell membrane in your body requires (50%) saturated fatty acids to be waterproof. Your bones need saturated fat to assimilate calcium effectively. Saturated fat sends a signal of feeling full so you eat less, lose fat, and maintain a normal weight. The brain is 60-65% fat. Imagine what is happening when it is deprived of the necessary saturated fat…think possibly Alzheimer’s and dementia…
