Eat the fat!

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On 3/4/2011 12:16 PM, Christine Dabney wrote:

Those type of articles always remind me of this dialogue from "Sleeper"

"
HAS HE ASKED
FOR ANYTHING SPECIAL ?



YES, THIS MORNING
FOR BREAKFAST.



HE REQUESTED SOMETHING
CALLED WHEAT GERM,



ORGANIC HONEY
AND TIGER'S MILK.



[ Laughs ]
OH, YES. THOSE WERE
THE CHARMED SUBSTANCES...



THAT SOME YEARS AGO
WERE FELT TO CONTAIN
LIFE-PRESERVING PROPERTIES.



YOU MEAN
THERE WAS NO DEEP FAT ?



NO STEAK OR CREAM PIES
OR HOT FUDGE ?



THOSE WERE THOUGHT
TO BE UNHEALTHY,



PRECISELY THE OPPOSITE
OF WHAT WE NOW KNOW TO BE TRUE.



INCREDIBLE. WELL,
HE WANTS TO KNOW
WHERE HE IS...

"

http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/s/sleeper-script-transcript-woody-allen.html
 
On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:16:58 -0800, Christine Dabney
wrote:

KEWL. I'm sending this article to my husband who can take it up with
his cardiologist. I am just the cook.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On Mar 4, 5:29?pm, Dave Smith wrote:

Probably the reason she said that was that it was the only nit to pick
to justify her job.
More than likely it is genetic, and the best thing would have been
statins or some other drug combinations years earlier. Not your
fault, just luck of the draw.

--Bryan
 
On 3/4/2011 11:16 AM, Christine Dabney wrote:

I have always believed that it's too much carbohydrates that make people
fat, not eating fats. Fat-free foods are higher in carbohydrates than
regular products (check labels) Then there are all the chemicals and
fillers they put in the food to make it as palatable as the regular
product. Might as well eat the "real" stuff in controlled portions.

Also, one needs a certain amount of fat in their diet to properly absorb
vitamins.


--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.
 
On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 11:29:56 -0800 (PST), ImStillMags
wrote:


People over ate carbs because they pretended to be athletes when they
weren't doing enough exercise to burn off the carbs. Carbs are needed
for stamina in long distance running, not a full day of keyboarding.

Then there are those who are not overweight, their HDL is fine but
their LDL is high. Fat isn't a good thing for them either.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On 04/03/2011 3:27 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:


I have to wonder. My wife eats low carb and enjoys all sorts of rich
foods like butter, cream bacon, cheese, fatty meats. She also eats a lot
of fruit and vegetables. She sure doesn't go hungry, but he does not
have a weight problem.



The Inuit and the Indians in the north eat a lot of fat and it helps
them deal with the extreme cold. \\
 
ImStillMags wrote:

It's only a problem if you believe the one and only valid diet type is
low fat. And that's exactly what the "low fat screed" is. Low fat
works for some but it does not work for everyone. If you've tried low
fat for at least 6 month and it didn't work, it's time to try some other
type of plan.


As long as the low fat screed continues.
 
Janet Wilder wrote:

Eating too much and getting too little exercise makes people fat, it has
little to do with fats or carbs. There are clear examples of populations
with high fat diets and little obesity, and populations with high carb
diet and little obesity. The commonality between these populations is
high physical activity and limited food availability which prevents
overeating.
 
On Mar 4, 6:36?pm, Omelet wrote:
Most cells can also live on ketones. You know that. Some amino acids
are converted to glucose, some to ketones. Some can go either way. I
don't have the list, but surely you knew that.
--Bryan
 
Janet Wilder wrote:


As long as its deep fried fat ill eat it. Though i had some Alaskan
relatives who routinely snacked on blubber.

I don't know anything about the technical or chemical aspects of it all,
but i do know it does add flavour. Im not particular sure how, as it
seem to remain (accept in sauces) un mixed with other ingredients,
floating on the surface and such. I prefer a lean to a streaky piece of
meat, except of course with bacon but that is then essentially fried
fat, and crispy fried fat i like.

But i do remember one time using too much schmaltz to make a chicken
gravy with, using all schmaltz and no butter iirc and i had to toss the
gravy, it was too, too greasy chicken flavoured.

I wonder if one could deep fry an vegetable fat, deep fried olive oil?
i suppose a olive oil soaked piece of bread could be deep fried?
--
JL
 
In article ,
"jmcquown" wrote:


Lard has less cholesterol in it than butter.

Every person's body and medical history is different. We don't limit
fat and have zero problems with cholesterol. Our blood tests always
come back on the low end of normal. We eat mostly butter, virgin, cold
pressed oils (olive, coconut, safflower and sunflower), rendered lard
and tallow from pastured animals, and bacon grease from the same.

Regards,
Ranee @ Arabian Knits

"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13

http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/
 
On 04/03/2011 3:39 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
..

It is a curious thing because Americans are such a diverse genetic
mixture. There are people from all over the world there. If I go back a
few generations to the time when they were mostly European stock, there
was still some diversity. There are fat people in European countries,
and I understand that there is a growing problem with childhood obesity
in a number of those countries. However..... I have seen fat people in
the US like nothing you see elsewhere. Like..... 400-500 lb. Some of
them are actually well dressed, because there are enough of them in the
US that there is a market for fat people clothing.
 
"Goomba" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
(snippage)

That's a good reason not to eat junk food. I'm not saying I never eat junk
food. I'd be a liar if I claimed that. I like potato chips as much as the
next person. But this article appears to be geared towards people who snack
on things labelled "low fat". I never deliberately sought out anything
labelled "low fat".

Read labels and understand them before you buy something. And listen to
your body... it tells you what it needs. Chances are it's not telling you
to eat or drink anything containing high fructose corn syrup. I eat meat,
fish, potatoes, rice and pasta and locally grown vegetables whenever
possible. If you add some natural fat to that when you're cooking, fine.
Cutting back on fat didn't cause me to overindulge in salt, sugar or carbs.

Just bought locally grown broccoli yesterday. I can't decide whether or not
to just steam it or make soup :)

Jill
 
On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:27:05 -0600, Janet Wilder
wrote:


I certainly wouldn't worry about that. We get more than enough fat
even when we're trying to cut back.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
"jmcquown" wrote in message news:[email protected]...



snip
But this article appears to be geared towards people who snack
on things labelled "low fat". snip
Jill

I didn't get that impression at all, that it was geared to people who
"snack" on low fat items. I understand the article to say that many people
deliberately eat a menu of items that are low fat for health reasons. --for
example, it could be broccoli or skim milk or beef with no fat.
Janet
 
Dave Smith wrote:

The US has some of the lowest food costs combined with the least
physical activity, and that's essentially all there is to the obesity
epidemic. Those other countries that are having a growing obesity
problem are shifting to a more sedentary lifestyle and more food
availability and it is having the same effect there that it did here.
 
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