Even the Washington Post is climbing onto the recent media trend toward a reconsideration of fat. A column in today’s paper says the Atkins diet is making a resurgence, and cites a recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that found no significant link between saturated fat and heart disease. A second […]
We don’t harbor any prejudices against fat. In fact, we respect fat as an essential macro-nutrient, along with protein. On a low-carb, high-fat and protein diet, I’ve lost a ton of weight and improved my health dramatically by every standard measure. What’s important is not how much fat you eat, but what kind of fat. […]
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We’ve written lots about how carbohydrates–not fats–are behind the so-called diseases of civilization: obesity, diabetes, hypertension, atherosclerosis. The problem is, plant foods, especially refined starches and grains, trigger an insulin response in the body. Besides being the hormone primarily responsible for fat storage, insulin has a corrosive effect on the body. Too many Americans are […]
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