Posted on 03/15/2017 5:44:07 AM PDT by pgkdan
The ideology of Progressivism rests on the notion that “experts” should be given free rein to guide the populace in proper behavior, by persuasion if possible, but by governmental law and regulation if necessary. These “experts” could inform the disinterested administrators of a state powerful enough to impose itself on the behavior of the masses too ignorant to chart a personal course for themselves.
The folly of this view is nowhere exposed more nakedly than in the matter of personal eating habits. The advice of the “experts” has been so frequently wrong that the federal government’s dietary guidelines have repeatedly been revised. The “food pyramid” that recommended lots of grains is long gone, replaced by something called MyPlate from the US Department of Agriculture. Pushed by Michelle Obama, of course -- formerly our national food scold, and impetus for more thrown-away school cafetria food than anyone in the nation's history.
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As a result, “fat-free” and “low fat” foods have crowded supermarket shelves for decades, even as we get fatter and fatter. I have learned to skip them, not only because they don’t satisfy the palate or the sense of hunger, but because I worry about the health effects of whatever is used to substitute for fat. Does it make sense that something the body craves, that nature supplies in abundance and that traditional cuisines from around the world use, is totally bad?
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Ironic, given that a higher-fat diet results in the consumption of more grain overall, used in fattening-up the cattle to be eaten.
The Food Pyramid results in the consumption of less grain overall.
HFLC diet works - period.
Also...google Dr Eric Westman. He’s a clinician at the Duke University Diabetes research center and he puts all his new patients on the diet. Dr. Jason Fung is a Canadian nephroligist who’s patient list is mostly obese T2 diabtetis who are in late stages of CKD because of diabetes. He puts them on the diet as well. the ‘diet’ is commonaly referred to as “Keto” or the “Ketogenic Diet”.
Nope - it’s high fat, medium protein, low carb. Your body can only handle about 400-600 calories of protein a day and you shouldn’t have more than about 200 calories from carbs. The other 1000-1600 calories must come from fat.
This isn’t a “shock” to me. Dr Atkins did much work into exposing the perils of a high carbohydrate diet, linking such a diet to many dosease via the inflammation it causes. He also exposed the big food lobby which keeps the myth of a high grain, low fat diet perpetuated.
For those of us who think independently and pay attention, we aren’t surprised that a fatty diet with low carbohydrate and little to no grains is the key to health
That’s because a lot of people eat their red meat with a bun, french fries, ketchup, dessert, and a coke, eating 200+g of carbs in a single meal (vs the 40-50g of carbs max in a day, net of fiber).
Superior!.................
Sam’s has a good deal on butter if you buy 4 pounds at once.
Butter makes everything better.
Olive oil is a great substitute for butter/margarine..........................
I applaud you and your diet success.
Ha! I was going to reference him too. You beat me to it.
Two books that are great:
Cholesterol Clarity
Keto Clarity
Can’t remember the authors names but you should be able to just google the book title. Also Keto Adapted by Maria Emmerich
Same here. Lots of Avocado and Olive Oil, good lean proteins and just a nominal amount of healthy carbs. I don’t exercise, but plan to in the near future. But I’ve lost 50lbs just eating better, my T2 diabetes is mostly under control now and I don’t crave sweets anymore. Strangely I don’t have much a sweet tooth anymore either. Lots more energy too.
When possible, the meat one consumes hold be grass fed or pasture raised. Feeding animals grain, corn in particular, makes their meat high in Omega 6 which is pro-inflammatory when consumed by humans.
My wife lost 45 pounds and kept them off with the keto diet.
My wife had banned butter from our house ten years ago. I now buy the Kerry Gold butter from Ireland. It's the best tasting butter I've ever eaten. And I eat a lot of it. Have two tbsp in my coffee every morning, along with heavy cream and coconut oil. That sounds disgusting to the uninitiated but whip it up in a Bullet or blender and it's a frothy hot coffee milkshake.
I buy grass fed beef. It's more expensive but I only eat about 6 ounces at a time.
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