I'm being sarcastic about it, but here's the story:
The "experts" are telling you that the "Mediterranean Diet" is healthy, and they say to avoid
"saturated fat." In New York's Newsday newspaper, there are recipes every few days or so. One is a
"Mediterranean Diet" type of recipe, which includes feta cheese, olive oil, and garbanzo beans as
the sources of fat (10/31/03). 532 calories and 16 grams of fat per serving, of which, 6 are
saturated. Then there's another recipe, "Chilean Beef and Peppers," which is 260 calories and 13
grams of fat per serving (4 of which are saturated). Both use a tablespoon of olive oil, so that's
not the issue. The point, as I've made before, is that aside from coconut oil and a few other items
(such as dark chocolate, which most of the "experts" are saying is healthy), there's not that much
difference in fat composition, and often the "healthy" dish has more fat, more calories, and more
saturated fatty acids, than the "unhealthy" dish. The unsaturated fatty acids are the dangerous
ones, due to free radical degradation, not the saturated ones. High iron content of meat, along with
oxidized cholesterol, damaged protein (depending upon how it is stored and cooked), and high
tryptophan content (just to name a few) are the real problems with beef. If this is not the case,
then just avoid coconut oil and too much butter, and you never have to worry about your healthy! If
this is the case, then most of what you are now eating (assuming a "typical Western diet"😉 is
unhealthy. This is not religion - reason and the evidence must prevail. However, in the meantime,
the "experts," for various reasons, are perpetuating perhaps the greatest fraud in human history, as
all the people dying of heart attacks, cancers, etc., can attest to. Their arguments make no sense,
and the evidence that free radical damage is the underlying "cause" of chronic diseases (along with
high iron levels and a few other things, like improper storage/cooking) is overwhelming.
Lately, the "glycemic index" is being touted as the guide to eating healthy. What you rarely hear is
that when people eat combinations of various foods, as most do, the glycemic index is not helpful,
even if you believe in it (the way "Mulder" believed in UFOs). Experiments have been done that
demonstrate that if you eat sugar and fat together, gastric emptying is delayed and you feel
satisfied for a long time. No problem with hypoglycemia is likely (unless you have already screwed
up your body pretty badly) - you just have to eat enough fat and it works great (I eat this way -
three meals a day, spaced out 4 to 5 hours apart, and hunger is never a problem, though I eat no
more than about 1800 calories a day, if that). Just stay away from the unsaturated fats. Small
amounts of tahini are okay, if you really like it. No reason to use olive oil, as olives are
healthier and tastier. Organic butter and unrefined coconut oil are the key (and a bit of dark
chocolate with each meal). So plenty of fruit and highly saturated fats (not lard, which is more
unsaturated than saturated) are the key - small amounts of other foods, such a protein rich eggs,
are needed, but the fruit and fat work well as dietary "staple" foods.