Making a blanket statement that anything is “good for you,” always, is erroneous. Has animal protein and fat been unfairly maligned? Yes, along with dairy butter, salt and any number of other former staples of the typical American diet. All carbohydrates are not bad either, though. It really depends upon your particular genetic heritage, physical issues and requirements, as well as your level of activity and exercise. The pendulum is about to swing wildly back in the other direction, “experts” are weighing in, fad diets galore are already arising in opposition to the former low fat regime, it’s all just so counterproductive. I say this as a person who inadvertently went on a diet very similar to Atkins in order to clear up a case of gout. I succeeded in doing so and haven’t had it since. I also lost a lot of weight that I needed to lose. So, it does “work.” If you’re like me and most, though, you’re heading for a carb crash in about six months, so some carbohydrates are necessary, at least a small amount.
Alaskans seem to live fairly well so...yes
Saturated fat from clean healthy animals or good quality plants is good for you. Period. Enjoy it.
Great article, thanks for posting. It’s good to see the medical profession finally being corrected from their HUGE SCREW-UP regarding what foods are good for you and what are not.
By the way, like most here, I’m not a big fan of 60 Minutes, but once in a while they hit GOLD, as they did on this article, which BLOWS AWAY most of the remaining myths, at least in its regard for older people:
1) Alcohol is bad
2) Vitamins are good
3) Overweight is bad
4) High Blood Pressure is bad
...and others.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/living-to-90-and-beyond-60-minutes/
I’d recommend that ANYONE wishing to get a good summary as to how to live long, based on REAL DATA, not conjecture, watch this report.
There are record numbers of centenarians in the country. These people were born at a time without health Nazis running around telling they were going to die from eating bacon and cheese. I’ll bet many of those oldies ate a lot of meat and dairy products.
"Neal Barnard is People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ medical advisor, and is president of the Foundation to Support Animal Protection (also known as “The PETA Foundation”) — a legal entity that owns most of PETA’s real estate, pays its largest salaries, and has funneled huge sums of money to PCRM.
In 1995 Merritt Clifton, editor of Animal People News, wrote that Barnard and PETA president Ingrid Newkirk had “lived together for many years” and were “lovers.”
Great advice. I've eliminated vegetable oils (the omega-6) I fry in lard.
Bump for later
Speaking of margarine, remember how we were told for decades how healthy an alternative margarine was for butter? Turns out that margarine is a stick of poisonous man-made chemicals that wreaks havoc with your body. Good old butter is so much better for you - and it tastes better too.
Moderation in all things is prudent.
Humans need fruit, vegetables, beans, grains, a few ounces of fish, and about 2 hours of sunshine on the face each week for nutrition.
Eat everything else for fun.
If you can't get to 70 by a comfortable road don't go.
I’ve followed one diet my whole life. I eat whatever tastes good. It’s the same diet my 93 year old mother still follows.
I’m in good health, not over weight and am way too old to die young.
I’ve had a physician buddy that has said this for years and I’ve followed HIS advice.
He is also rapidly against statins.
1. Major foot problems and major surgery last September which has taken about a year to get 90% recovery and to be able to start walking a mile to two each day.
2. High cholesterol levels and a push by my Family doc to go on his recommended diet of high complex carbs and minimal meat.
I went from walking at least a mile a day to minimal walking. In 6-8 months, I gained over 40 pounds and didn't feel good, and I was hungry most of the day.
Then, I started reading the medical literature and talking to others, who had been where I had been and was. Those who went on a paleo diet or a modified Atkins diet lost weight and kept it off. Over the decades everyone we know who have been on the expensive diet plans or on their own have been on weight gain/loss see saws. Usually in a couple years, they have regained their original weight loss and a lot more. Plus they are/were miserable and hungry most of the time.
In July, I started a modified Paleo diet with good meat, smoked sockeye salmon for breakfast and ocean sockeye or king salmon for dinner with a protein from chicken, beef or pork for lunch.
One of our younger relatives is a great bow hunter, and he has kept us supplied with elk, deer and wild/feral pig. These meats are very satisfying and 5-6 ounces make a very satisfying meal.
I charcoal a 1# pork tenderloin about once a week, and we eat a lamb chop about ever 2 weeks. Salmon is still our main protein with chicken a couple a times a week. We have elk/deer/wild pig a couple of times a week, If possible, I charcoal our meats, game,fish, chicken and vegetables. If I can't my wife fixes a combo veggie/meat or fish tray in her convection oven.
My wife has a good mini garden, we have a wonderful SE Asian family that sells fresh fruits, berries and veggies. I eat their produce several times a day.
Bread with the 20-50 ingredients has been eliminated. I eat about two whole grain thin buns a day.
I eliminated my 1-2 micro beers a day and replaced it with about 4-6 ounces of local red wine. That and not eating the great tasting local breads were the toughest challenges at first. Now it isn't a problem, and we keep good micro beer in our frig for relatives and friends who like a good beer.
Oleo was replaced by real butter. I eat 4-6 local farm raised eggs a week. Sometimes my wife will hard boil some eggs, and they become an afternoon snack, if I want a snack.
For desert we have a 80 to 90% dark chocolate 1-2 oz mini bar and of course the wonderful fruit, and a small bowl of ice cream about 2 every two weeks.
I gave up Cheerios, granola bars and other carbs that were supposedly healthy. I now eat the excellent local corn 3-6 times a week and if no corn, small new potatoes, again from a local grower. The corn sugar replacements are avoided like a plague.
After the second week, I have never been hungry enough that a handful of walnuts with a small serving of yogurt or a hard boiled egg didn't tide me over. I, also, buy local made jerky for the days pre or post honey dos.
In two weeks I had dropped twenty pounds and got back to walking again. A couple of weeks after walking again, I lost another 10 pounds. The weight loss has helped me to walk with minimal if any discomfort. I'm increasing my walking distance each week and adding more hill climbing each week.
After two months of this routine, my weight loss is slower now. I'm still losing 1-2 #’s per week, and I have lost the 40# gained pre and post foot surgery.
This August, I had a complete lab workup. Most levels of fat measurement are down 30 to 50%. This was after about a month of my diet and exercise programs.
My C-Reactive Protein, a cardiac event predictor was down to .16. The C-Reactive Protein test measures the levels of inflammation in our blood. High levels of inflammation are probably better predictors of a heart attack than the so call high levels of fats.
My heart rate was down from the mid to high 80s to 70 with a good bp.
I also had an Echo Cardiogram. Last year I had a new murmur, and my new cardiologist wanted an Echo again in a year.
He couldn't find the murmur with the new results. He was at a loss to explain. Now instead of a new Echogram each year, I will get one in two years. He will see me in a year, and if I continue with my trend that will go to every two years. He tried to sell me on a statin and failed.
I will be 76 in a few months, and I feel better than I have in over a decade.
With the exception of a serious reduction of carbs, my diet is what my RN wife calls, one of moderation.
The pendulum swings back and forth, not that it has anything to do with any facts but to bring attention to these people who are dependent on Government funding which they have become dependent on for their careers.