Comments on: Fat Is Back

By: keri

keri — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:05:50 +0000

I believe in eating things with labels that have three or less recognizable ingredients: margarine is not one of them!

I think it’s also important to recognize serving sizes. There’s nothing wrong with fats if they are taken in moderate amounts. Don’t eat a whole stick of butter. Don’t drink a half gallon of whole milk in one sitting. Don’t eat pints & pints of home made ice cream no matter how tempting; rather, savor the deliciousness that life offers us.

(I even use half & half in my coffee! What a renegade!)

By: Ed Bruske

Ed Bruske — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:23:49 +0000

B, thanks for the pointer on the American Heart Association. The link is to a fairly lengthy article in Ode magazine in which they quote the president of the heart association, Robert Eckel. This is not my own reporting and my intention is to talk to the AHA myself and see exactly what their revision on fat entails so that I can write it up in another post. Perhaps all will be revealed at that time.

By: bronwyn

bronwyn — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:31:50 +0000

I just went and looked at the AHA’s dietary guidelines. Doesn’t look to me as though they’ve been revised.

“Select fat-free, 1 percent fat, and low-fat dairy products.
* Minimize your intake of whole-fat dairy products such as butter and whole milk or full-fat dairy products (yogurt, cheeses).
* If you drink whole or 2 percent milk, or use full-fat dairy products, gradually switch to fat-free, low-fat or reduced-fat dairy products.

Cut back on foods containing partially hydrogenated vegetable oils to reduce trans fat in your diet.
* Use liquid vegetable oils and soft margarines in place of hard margarine or shortening.
* Limit cakes, cookies, crackers, pastries, pies, muffins, doughnuts and French fries made with partially hydrogenated or saturated fats.
“

By: Ed Bruske

Ed Bruske — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:56:34 +0000

Sacha, got cheese is one of the best things of all. And we love our grass-fed burgers. Try a thick slice of grilled onion and a generous helping of mozarella cheese on that. Love the story about bees at the Fairmont Hotel. Some had just mentioned that to me.

By: sacha

sacha — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:30:05 +0000

finally, what I’ve believed all along. Now I can eat goat cheese and grass fed burgers without the guilt. Hooray!