@sidsmom wrote:
@Irshgrl31201 wrote:
@sidsmom wrote:Food with a label? Walk away. It's a processed item. Health is not 'processed'.
Why is the population more obese than ever before?
It's the "AND".
Salt....and.
Fat....and.
Sugar...and.
If one would eat these things in singular form, rarely would there be an issue.
It's not the sugar. I could sit down & eat 3T of pure table sugar & the body will process it for energy. No problems. But we don't eat sugar like that. We add the 'AND'. Sugar AND salt. Sugar AND fat...to make them palatable. All this is the same for salt. 'Salt is bad for HBP'. It's r-e-a-l-l-y not the salt but the 'AND'. Salt AND fat. Meat/egg products? Have to 'AND' salt & fat to make them edible. Cheese? High levels of salt & sugar to the fat to make them edible. Salt-fat-sugar is HIGHLY addictive. It takes a couple weeks to remove them from your diet, but once your palette is 'clean', just a sprinkle of salt/sugar is desired.
Fat is definitely is foundation of bad health. If one has health issues, even plant-based fats should be avoided. Fat clogs up our inside workings. Inflammation, insulin resistance, cholesterol issues....all stems from fat. I wish we could turn ourselves inside out...and really see what fat does to the body. Millions & millions of doctors & nutritionist/dietitians would immediately go out of business when seeing what that meat dish or 'healthy fat' product does to our blood stream. Ooof. Not good.
No, it most certainly is the sugar. 200 yrs ago the average person ate about 2lbs of sugar during a year. In 1970 we averaged 123lbs of sugar a year. We now average 152lbs of sugar a year. Sugar is causing more heart problems than anything else. We should only be getting 10% of our calories from sugar, or 13.3 teaspoons yet we average 42.5 teaspoon of sugar a day. It is in nearly every processed food there is and that is why it is crucial to shop the perimeter of the store. If I want to make rice, I make it from scratch and do not get those prepackaged flavored rice dishes. That goes with everything, I make it myself and skip the processed food. It is killing us.
No, fats are not the evil that you claim and even necessary for proper brain function and many other things including healthy skin, nails and hair. Of course there are good fats vs bad fats and one who eats a healthy diet with little to no processed foods rarely has to worry about eating too much fat in their diet.
'Free' sugar is devoid of vitamins/minerals & has empty calories. And yes, processed food is not good. That's the beauty of a low fat whole foods plant based diet...it's both low in fat AND sugar. It's a Two Birds-One Stone thing.
Every time a heart attack is in the news (recently Bob Harper),
we're reminded of the CNN Sanjay Gupta documentary,
"The Last Heart Attack". Always worth a watch. Good info.
And those who are diseased? Lots & lots of fat.
Let's just say Bob Harper's Instagram is NOT filled with pics of Twizzlers.
As suspected, lots & lots of fat...saturated fat.
'...for brain function'...we need glucose, not fat, for brain function. That's just good low carb marketing saying we need fat. We can live in optimum health with 10-15% dietary fats...without adding overt fats...just naturally occurring within a diet of optimum calories. Yes, even lettuce has fat.
Disease follows a high fat low carb diet;
Health & vitality follows a low fat plant based diet.
Secretly, everyone knows that...but people just want the fatty foods.
I just wish more people would open the mind & embrace health & vitality.
https://youtu.be/Q0dzaYkzE30
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/25/becoming-heart-attack-proof/
I am not going to go on and on with you about this. Some of the sites that you have mentioned in the past are on the fringe and not supported by medical research/studies/journals. I do think it is important to have a plant based diet as well and I most definitely eat more fruits and veg than anything else. I am not talking about eating meats with every meal or even everyday. The diet you tout on here is not considered healthy by just about every medical entity and considered way too extreme. You have even said on more than one occasion that olive oil is an evil processed food when it is actually considered very healthy and one of the main factors that makes those who eat a Mediterranean diet enjoy a low rate of heart disease despite a high fat diet.
You are wrong when you say we do not need fat for brain function. It is most certainly needed for brain function.
For years, fat was a four-letter word. We were urged to banish it from our diets whenever possible. We switched to low-fat foods. But the shift didn't make us healthier, probably because we cut back on healthy fats as well as harmful ones.
Your body needs some fat from food. It's a major source of energy. It helps you absorb some vitamins and minerals. Fat is needed to build cell membranes, the vital exterior of each cell, and the sheaths surrounding nerves. It is essential for blood clotting, muscle movement, and inflammation. For long-term health, some fats are better than others. Good fats include monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. Bad ones include industrial-made trans fats. Saturated fats fall somewhere in the middle.
Polyunsaturated fats. When you pour liquid cooking oil into a pan, there's a good chance you're using polyunsaturated fat. Corn oil, sunflower oil, and safflower oil are common examples. Polyunsaturated fats are essential fats. That means they're required for normal body functions but your body can't make them. So you must get them from food. Polyunsaturated fats are used to build cell membranes and the covering of nerves. They are needed for blood clotting, muscle movement, and inflammation.
A polyunsaturated fat has two or more double bonds in its carbon chain. There are two main types of polyunsaturated fats: omega-3 fatty acids and omega-6 fatty acids. The numbers refer to the distance between the beginning of the carbon chain and the first double bond. Both types offer health benefits.
Eating polyunsaturated fats in place of saturated fats or highly refined carbohydrates reduces harmful LDL cholesterol and improves the cholesterol profile. It also lowers triglycerides.
Good sources of omega-3 fatty acids include fatty fish such as salmon, mackerel, and sardines, flaxseeds, walnuts, canola oil, and unhydrogenated soybean oil.
Omega-3 fatty acids may help prevent and even treat heart disease and stroke. In addition to reducing blood pressure, raising HDL, and lowering triglycerides, polyunsaturated fats may help prevent lethal heart rhythms from arising. Evidence also suggests they may help reduce the need for corticosteroid medications in people with rheumatoid arthritis. Studies linking omega-3s to a wide range of other health improvements, including reducing risk of dementia, are inconclusive, and some of them have major flaws, according to a systematic review of the evidence by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Omega-6 fatty acids have also been linked to protection against heart disease. Foods rich in linoleic acid and other omega-6 fatty acids include vegetable oils such as safflower, soybean, sunflower, walnut, and corn oils.
I find much of the diet and medical info you link and talk about here to be very dangerous because people who aren't informed about this could actually follow and believe your advice.
http://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/the-truth-about-fats-bad-and-good
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