Some interesting research on Fat, maintaining in P3, lifetime, etc.

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The idea of *fat* being an important part of our diet came up recently on

another group. We have all been so indoctrinated into believing that fat is

the enemy when it simply isn't true. I thought I'd pass along some info

shared with me that some of you may find helpful. I know I did.

There's also a great book out there that is so helpful with the protocol!

While I know the author through another group, I have NO financial interests

in this at all. Just passing on info. Here's the book...

www.HCGDietMadeSimple.com

" If you don't want to be part of the 30% that relapsed into obesity again, I

believe that you must abandon most what you've been taught about nutrition

and health for the past 30 years. Approach Phase 4, the rest of your life,

as a great adventure in finding out just what you can eat and maintain, and

in finding out how your appetite and food preferences have changed. Eating

40% fat, 30-40% protein, and 20-30% carbohydrates in my diet most days works

for me. That is not to say that I don't eat more carbs on some days, but the

day after, I return to those percentages. I thought about recommending that

for everyone, but if there is one thing that I have learned in my support

group, it is that we are all different. What I am reasonably sure about is

what the optimum nutrition and healthy diet for you will NOT be:

.. It will not be based upon avoiding cholesterol or eating low-fat or

non-fat foods. None other than Dr DeBakey said that in thousands, he

had seen no significant, consistent correlation between cholesterol levels

and arteriosclerosis. http://tinyurl.com/DeBakey http://tinyurl.com/DeBakey2

.. It will not be based upon eating 6 to 11 servings of grains per day,

and correspondingly less fat, which was a government experiment (the food

pyramid) gone horribly wrong.

Harvard School of Public Health reported that when we were eating 45% fat,

13% were obese and less than 1% had diabetes. Reducing the fat to 33%

resulted in 34% obesity rates and 8% diabetes incidence. Do you think that's

a coincidence? I don't. http://tinyurl.com/PerCentFat "

Some very good reading for research on this....

http://tinyurl.com/bigfatlie

http://www.westonaprice.org/Know-Your-Fats/

http://tinyurl.com/Taubes

http://www.westonaprice.org/The-Skinny-on-Fats.html

And I found this post and the link that someone shared some time back also

fascinating... Note! This is NOT the HCG protocol but a number of the

principals for lifelong eating after protocol are compatible.

http://www.paleonu.com/get-started/

*_PaNu - A modified paleolithic diet that can improve your health by

duplicating the evolutionary metabolic milieu._*

*How do you do it?*

*Here is a 12- step list of what to do. Go as far down the list as you can

in whatever time frame you can manage. The further along the list you stop,

the healthier you will be. There is no counting, measuring, or weighing. You

are not required to purchase anything specific from me or anyone else. There

are no special supplements, drugs or testing required.* *

1. Eliminate sugar (including fruit juices and sports drinks) and all foods

that contain flour.

2. Start eating proper fats - Use healthy animal fats or coconut fat to

substitute fat calories for carbohydrate calories that formerly came from

sugar and flour. Drink whole cream or coconut milk.

3. Eliminate gluten grains. Limit grains like corn and rice, which are

nutritionally poor.

4. Eliminate grain and seed derived oils (cooking oils) Cook with Ghee,

butter, animal fats, or coconut oil.

5. Favor ruminants like beef, lamb and bison for your meat. Eat eggs and

some fish.

6. Get daily midday sun or take 2-8000 iu vit D daily.

7. Try intermittent fasting or infrequent meals (2 meals a day is best).

Don't graze like a herbivore.

8. Adjust your 6s and 3s. Pastured (grass fed) dairy and grass fed beef or

bison has a more optimal 6:3 ratio, more vitamins and CLA. A teaspoon or two

of Carlson's fish oil (1-2 g DHA/EPA) daily is good compensatory

supplementation if you eat grain-fed beef or no fish.

9. Proper exercise - emphasizing resistance and interval training over long

aerobic sessions.

10. Most modern fruit is just a candy bar from a tree. Go easy on bags of

sugar like apples. Stick with berries and avoid watermelon which is pure

fructose. Eat in moderation.

11. Eliminate legumes

12. Eliminate all remaining dairy including cheese- (now you are " Orthodox

paleolithic " )

*No counting, measuring or weighing is required, nor is it encouraged.*

*The plan is about what not to eat more than what you should eat.*

*For what I eat ( not what you should eat, just what I eat) see this.*

*Did you notice that there is no step that says what your macronutrient

ratios should be?*

*Good, because there isn't (and never has been) one.*

See How to lose weight if you are obese or have metabolic syndrome or

diabetes. Otherwise, the ratios are not specified. PaNu practitioners

typically range from 5-35% carbohydrate, from 10-30% protein and from 50 to

80% fat (mostly from animals) but wider ranges are entirely possible if you

are not dieting and you are meticulous about the quality of your animal food

sources.

PaNu tends to be lower carbohydrate than the standard american diet

(SAD) because you can only eat so much, and eating animals gives you lots of

fat. But it is not really a " low carb " diet as you do not count anything,

you just avoid certain foods that happen to be largely carbohydrate. Most

PaNu eaters only know macronutrient metrics in retrospect, as they don't

target numbers just like wild paleolithic humans didn't target numbers.

If you are not fat and you like to eat potatoes, EAT THEM. I don't, but that

doesn't mean you can't.

If you can do step 1, that is about 50% of the benefit and alone a huge

improvement on the standard american diet (SAD) By about step 6 you are at

about 75% , by step 9 about 80% and at 10 you are at 99% for most people.

These are just estimates, of course.

Here is the kernel of the theory:

Insulin is a phylogenetically old hormone. It is a biological messenger that

in excess, is metabolically saying the following to your tissue and

organs: " Go ahead and store energy, mature, reproduce and die. "

Hyperinsulinism in humans is linked to diabetes, alzheimer dementia,

metabolic syndrome, obesity, coronary disease and epithelial cancers.

Hyperinsulinism is related to metabolic derangements that are likely caused

by the neolithic agents of disease:

The three main neolithic agents are Fructose, Wheat and excess Linoleic Acid

(n-6 PUFA)

We did not evolve under conditions of food excess, especially regarding the

neolithic agents. During most of our evolutionary past, food was

intermittently available and not superabundant like today. Preferred foods

were available year round and dense in calories and nutrients.

Animal products, including organs and bone marrow of mammals, fish, and

invertebrates (insects) were the preferred foods, supplemented by edible

plants (not grains) until the dawn of agriculture. Fruit was seasonal and

not yet bred for maximum sweetness. Food was eaten less frequently, on

average had lower n-6, fructose, and carbohydrate content than the typical

american diet , and was likely characterized by often involuntary periods of

intermittent fasting. Grains were absent or trivial sources of nutrition.

Humans are omnivores on the carnivorous end of the spectrum. Not canids, but

closer to canids than chimpanzees.

Like most animals that are not birds or rodents, we are not adapted to

eating grass seeds, to which we have been significantly exposed for only

about 10,000 years. They contain molecules that are specifically designed to

discourage consumption, as well as other problematic chemicals.

The diet is not about eating exactly what " cavemen " ate, or killing your own

food. It is solely about more closely duplicating what I believe are the key

elements of the /internal/ hormonal metabolic milieu that we evolved under

from especially less than 1 million years ago to about 10,000 years ago.

This is likely to be achieved not by eating specific things, but more by

/not eating/ specific things.

Is there a way to live in a world of abundant food while avoiding the risk

of metabolic syndrome and associated diseases of civilization and the immune

dysfunction associated with eating grass seeds that cannot even be eaten

without mechanical processing ?

Yes, you can work your way down this list.

Check the website occasionally for more details - I will elaborate as time

allows - or you can post questions in the comment section of the blog.

http://www.paleonu.com/get-started/

Hope some of you find some of the above info helpful~

Terri Randall

Creature Comforts

Sheridan, WY.

www.GotPaws.net

APS List Owner