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Why You Should Lay Off Fruits & Vegetables and Eat Fat Instead

By: Michael Sellar


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Most health articles and books assume human beings are all the same. Not so. We are unique. And yet we all get the same advice to load up on vegetables and fruits and keep away from fat.

Fat gets the blame for everything these days. Cancer. Heart Disease. Obesity. Rising fuel prices. Whatever. We should cut the fat and switch to carbohydrates like whole grains, fruits and vegetables.

Fat Is A Good Guy

There's a medically approved diet for certain children. Fat makes up 90% of the calories of this diet. I kid you not. And yet these children grow normally, are of normal weight and their cholesterol levels are only slightly higher than usual. What these children have is epilepsy. Their seizures are controlled by this diet.

A typical meal of chicken, carrots, double cream and butter might turn your stomach. But to these kids and their families, it's just what the doctor ordered.

You're still not convinced are you? You think that's a special case. Surely we can make the general statement: fat is bad; fruits and vegetables are good?

No, it's not as simple as that. The number one dietary deficiency, according to some nutritionists, is.....fat.

Saturated fat from dairy foods and meat are not to be avoided like the plague. They may not be the healthiest fats to eat, but humans have evolved to eat it. The problem fats are the ones that come from eating the products of the fast food industry. This leads us to eat far too much trans fats and omega 6 fats and far too little of the omega 3 fats derived from oily fish.

When Vegetables Are Bad

Professor McColl of Glasgow University warns us that eating vegetables could be the cause of the fastest growing cancer in the UK. He and his research team think nitrate fertilisers could be responsible for the trebling of throat cancer over the last 20 years.

The answer is not to buy organic. These too contain a lot of nitrate.

I could refer to all the naturally occurring carcinogens, mutagens and toxins that can be found in vegetables and fruits. But I'll spare you that.

I could even mention those that are especially sensitive to carbohydrates. They must limit their intake of vegetables and fruits because they cause their blood sugar levels to swing wildly. But we'll leave that alone.

I could even refer to those people that have a toxic reaction to fruits and vegetables like onions, tomatoes, oranges and grapefruit.

I could even point to people who have an allergy to aspirin. The chemical found in aspirin (salicylate) is also high in fruits and vegetables.

Of course I'm not seriously telling you to avoid fruits and vegetables and eat fatty foods. I'm making the simple point that you are an individual, with nutritional requirements that are personal to you. There is no other person on earth that's like you, so don't let anybody tell you what to eat and drink. Get to know your own body and understand what makes it tick.

Listen to your body, not to nutrition 'experts'.

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Michael Sellar is a British health writer and the editor of Enzyme Digest, a newsletter for health professionals. His website london complementary health includes a fuller version of this piece as well as many other pieces on nutrition and holistic medicine.



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