Healthy Eating

Ref: www.eatwild.com, www.westonaprice.org Grass-fed meat has a similar fat profile to wild game When cattle are free to forage on their natural diet of grass, their meat is almost as lean as wild game. The graph below shows that grass-fed beef has an overall fat content similar to antelope, deer, and elk. Better Omega 6/Omega…

Understanding the Chemistry of Fats Ref: http://www.westonaprice.org/know-your-fats/the-skinny-on-fats/#hd The Cause and Treatment of Heart Disease The cause of heart disease is not animal fats and cholesterol but rather a number of factors inherent in modern diets, including excess consumption of vegetables oils and hydrogenated fats; excess consumption of refined carbohydrates in the form of sugar and white…

Understanding the Chemistry of Fats Ref: http://www.westonaprice.org/know-your-fats/the-skinny-on-fats/#understand Clearly something is wrong with the theories we read in the popular press-and used to bolster sales of lowfat concoctions and cholesterol-free foods. The notion that saturated fats per se cause heart disease as well as cancer is not only facile, it is just plain wrong. But it is…

By Lori Lipski The Weston A. Price Foundation http://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/taking-the-fear-out-of-eating-fat/ For many years we have been told over and over again that fat is unhealthy, and most people actually do believe it. Therefore, in an attempt to be “healthy,” many people avoid eating fat. When I work with clients who claim they eat “healthy” I always…

Part 2 of BBC2 Horizon documentary – ‘Should I Eat Meat?’ was aired last week and although it was talking about what animals were fed and how they were raised, it was all in relation to ‘carbon footprint’.  The question Michael Mosley was asking was ‘How environmentally friendly are the various options for raising different…