“How many of you like fat?”
I’m sure the kids in my food appreciation classes were dealing with a mental picture of a big tub of Crisco when I asked that question. Initially I was greeted with silence and blank stares. But when I explained that fat is not only necessary for health, but makes food [...]
Entries Tagged as 'fats'
Teaching Kids About Fat
September 25th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Wellness, kids
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My Life Without Carbs
June 12th, 2009 · 15 Comments · Wellness
Robert Atkins was pilloried by the medical profession for having the nerve to question the prevailing dogma that fat is at the root of our dietary ills. Not fat, Atkins insisted, carbohydrates. Quit carbohydrates and the fat will melt off your body and restore your health. His words were like mana to millions of Americans suffering [...]
Will I Get Fat Eating Fat?
May 27th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Blog
According to popular myth, eating fat is a surefire way to get fat, clog your arteries and pave the way for a future heart attack. But is that true? What happens to the fat you eat?
Turns out dietary fat once in your body is constantly alternating between a state of fatty acid, which can travel through [...]
Tags: carbohydrates·fats·obesity
What’s In A Fat?
May 26th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Blog
The kind of fat you eat does make a difference
By now most of you have probably clued into the benefits of the so-called omega-3 fats (isn’t that why we’re all popping fish oil pills?) Omega-3s, found in oily, cold-water fish as well as animals raised on pasture and certain plant foods, such as flax seeds, [...]
Tags: books·carbohydrates·diabetes·fats·obesity·processed foods
Better Burger, No Bun
May 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Blog, dinner
Did you say meatless Mondays?
Hell no. Not in this house. We are firm believers that humans were designed to eat meat, and we get ours pasture-raised from our dairy, South Maintain Creamery, in Middletown, MD. The ground beef we use for burgers (it’s delivered, just like the milk and other dairy products) is a bit [...]
Tags: beef·carbohydrates·cheese·fats·greens·insulin·meat·pastured·spring
It’s Not the Burger, It’s the Bun: A Defense of Meat
April 22nd, 2009 · 9 Comments · Blog
Does red meat cause cancer? How about heart disease? Or could we solve global warming if we just stopped eating beef?
Every day the headlines declare another reason not to eat meat. But I’m thinking of three million reasons why red meat has been very, very good to the human race. That would be about the [...]
Tags: carbohydrates·fats·food fads·food news·Food Politics·meat·nutrition·pickles
Is Cholesterol a Myth?
July 3rd, 2008 · 14 Comments · Uncategorized
My father while on vacation in Mexico recently experienced chest pains that turned into a grueling medivac experience to Chicago and quadruple bypass surgery. This came as a chock to the entire family as my father, even at age 79, was regarded as one of the most fit in the entire clan–near perfect cholesterol [...]
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