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Want to lose weight? Eat less. Don't believe me? Go get your stomach stapled.
I still do the Atkins.
Ok, I have done the research and ran the nubmers. My study proves conclusively that being born is the most dangerous thing that can happen to you. 100 percent of people who are born, die. Most of them die before they are 100 years old and all die before the reach 200 years old. We must stop births!/SAR
Julia Child is vindicated once again!
Think of all those people who have suffered for nothing.
A little while ago I came to this conclusion on my own. From then on, natural fats in moderation and no more obsessing.
Then I went out and bought one of these:
http://www.leepots.com/french_butter_crock.html
(Got the two-stick version, fits a pack of Lurpak perfectly. Go Denmark!)
It won't be the nail in the coffin, as stated, as that will take another 20 years now for this to be turned around. As a nurse I have said for years that it's not the fat content, but the content of the fat that matters. I have a very high total cholesterol, but extremely high HDL. I eat all the eggs I want, red meat, whatever. I do avoid margarine, most cooking oils except olive oil and p-nut oil for my popcorn. I use olive oil or butter in all my baking, even use lard in my pie crusts. My doctor says that he couldn't ask for a better HDL/LDL ratio, so keep my diet the same.
What most people don't realize, too, is that low-fat products are very high in carbohydrate, which is converted to fat and stored in the body.
It seems like everything points to genetics. Prostate Cancer runs in my family and no matter how many Saw Palmetto supplements I take I wonder by what % my odds of getting the cancer will decrease. I am starting to think not very much.
Maybe this study will get Krispy Kreme stock moving again. The stock has tanked in the last few years as the low carb craze has persisted. While eating non fat foods may not decrease your odds of cancer, I still believe it impacts your weight. I'm no scientist, but I think carbs play 10 times the role in weight gain compared to fatty foods
Because of Type 2 diabetes I made some radical diet changes about 18 months ago. I cut out carbohydrates and now eat a diet that has a very high fat and fiber content. I also started to exercise more. I have lost weight and my cholesterol levels are so low my doctor regards me as his "poster patient". The net is that (in my case) weight loss and exercise were the key to lower cholesterol, in spite of high levels of fat in my diet.
Which really points, if you can believe any of the competing studies, to what mom and grandma told us all as kids. Moderation, exercise, healthy fats, fruits and vegetables. Mediterranean diets achieve this. I have memories of my grandfather eating lard sandwiches. That's right, lard, sliced about 1/4 inch thick (ugh), on brown bread, sometimes with a thick slice of raw onion. He died at 92, after a misdiagnosis (he had pneumonia) sent him home instead of to the ICU.
Pork fat STILL rules!!!