Posted on 11/24/2013 6:50:06 PM PST by bkopto
Sweden has become the first Western nation to develop national dietary guidelines that reject the popular low-fat diet dogma in favor of low-carb high-fat nutrition advice.
The switch in dietary advice followed the publication of a two-year study by the independent Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment. The committee reviewed 16,000 studies published through May 31, 2013.
Butter, olive oil, heavy cream, and bacon are not harmful foods. Quite the opposite. Fat is the best thing for those who want to lose weight. And there are no connections between a high fat intake and cardiovascular disease.
On Monday, SBU, the Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment, dropped a bombshell. After a two-year long inquiry, reviewing 16,000 studies, the report “Dietary Treatment for Obesity” upends the conventional dietary guidelines for obese or diabetic people.
For a long time, the health care system has given the public advice to avoid fat, saturated fat in particular, and calories. A low-carb diet (LCHF – Low Carb High Fat, is actually a Swedish “invention”) has been dismissed as harmful, a humbug and as being a fad diet lacking any scientific basis.
Instead, the health care system has urged diabetics to eat a lot of fruit (=sugar) and low-fat products with considerable amounts of sugar or artificial sweeteners, the latter a dangerous trigger for the sugar-addicted person.
This report turns the current concepts upside down and advocates a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet, as the most effective weapon against obesity.
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When I was 20 about 20 years ago, I went on a no fat at all diet. I know, stupid. I got super skinny but was all achy and always cold. God, young people can be stupid! I liked the compliments but it was hell!
Now I’m not as skinny but eat normally and feel better than at 20. I also got my curves back after starting to look like a stick figure!
“Oh God. I wish we could still get pork chops with fat on them.
In Norway. chops come with all fat cut away. Disappeared by the same subhumans of darkness that disappeared the lightbulbs.”
There aint nuthin’ better than pork chop gravy....for which you need the fat...and over bread...mmmmmm.
Please, let US decide what we want to eat.
Have you ever tried mashed cauliflower?
It's not bad - I'm a big potato fan but they don't 'like me' since the age crept up.
Steam/boil the cauliflower until -about dead-
Drain, back on the heat...a slice or two of American cheese, a dollop or two of cottage cheese - butter if you wish - couple of scrapes of nutmeg and stick blender it to the consistency of mashed potatoes....awesome.
It was that damned Barbie! :)
Atkins was right, and deserves all the credit. He took a courageous stand against the medical establishment.
Yes!
That’s why I like pork steak. A lean chop is tasteless.
“and I will continue to eat what I want, whenever I want it and in the quantities that I desire.”
I will also and I can still wear the same clothes I wore in High School 60 years ago.
Not only that, it makes ya smarter!
Sometime try the caulitaters with sour cream, cream cheese, butter, to the consistancy you want, then add chives and real bacon bits. Hard to believe it is not potato.
Hogs have been bred to be leaner. Fail.
Study? There was a study?
FWIW, there are a number of “artisan” farms that sell meats online and ship them flash-frozen. For pork, my favorite is a century-old family farm near Ellijay, Georgia.
They raise a heritage breed of pig (don’t remember the breed, but the meat is flavorful and almost as tender/dense as wild game). They do their own butchering, do not overtrim their chops, and you can actually order them in a couple of thicknesses.
I think the Doctors are missing a correlation in giving diet advice. Whether your Doc tells you to do Atkins, Mediterranean, Gluten Free, etc., you inherently end up eating more whole food and less processed food. I believe highly processed foods and the accompanying additives are what messed up our metabolic system.
Maintain proper weight, exercise, skip dessert and when you cook, your ingredients should not have ingredients. If you do this, it is a virtual guarantee you won’t have high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes. Less than 5% of us have metabolic disease that cannot be reversed with this approach.
Yeah, the real fraud is in the education system that teaches them that "P" stands for "proof".
Mashed cauliflower! It's great.
After cooking, drain off the water, toss in some olive oil parmesan cheese, cream [if you like], and some roasted garlic. Mix it up. Absolutely delicious.
Having our first wheat-free Thanksgiving this year. Really shouldn't even be evident to anyone who doesn't know. But I expect that, for the first time ever, the whole family won't fall asleep after dinner.
Wow! Who knew? Thanks you guys for bringing hope to the hopeless! That’s one recipe I’m gonna try!
Cauliflower has been my weight-shedding savior.
DH and I are potato fans -big time - he doesn’t have to worry about his weight by mine has crept up over the last few years.
I switched to cauliflower on many ‘potato sides’ nights.
Was buying fresh heads for a while but they are so big and usually expensive that I just buy the 12/16oz bags - good for two big portions.
When I first started making this he’d turn his nose up to it but now he looks forward to it too - lol.
For my weight - it’s the carbs - if I stay away from potatoes, rice, bread etc. the weight falls without effort.
The mashed cauliflower is my new favorite comfort-food.
If you don’t have one, buy a stick blender, makes a big difference in the consistency.
Lots of different recipes online and variations with other veggies to add. I like the cottage cheese angle - makes it smoother and takes much of the veggie taste away. A few scrapes of nutmeg is key to take the ‘rawness’ away, I use it in mashed potatoes too - just a few, you don’t want to know it’s there but it makes a difference.
Drain the real soft cauliflower well - or heat it up in the pot to get the water out before adding other ingredients.
Thanks. The stick blender idea has inspired me to try this again. Attempted it awhile back but consistency suffered - graininess. Also, didn’t get the word about adding sour cream, nutmeg, etc.
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