This is the first in a series called FitFoodie Friday. We’ll be exploring a myriad of topics as they relate to food and fitness. And I’m sure you’ll find a healthy and delicious recipe here from time to time...
I recently spent time with relatives. Great people trying to make good choices for their family. So I was shocked when they reached for the margarine.
If you’re not shocked, we’ve got a problem. You should be...
Margarine is one of the biggest mistakes — turned into one of the greatest lies — in our modern history of food and medicine.
A handful of misguided scientists and doctors convinced the world that saturated fat was evil and that we’d all be better off eating man made super-processed fats like margarine and Crisco.
Not only were they wrong, they actually made the situation they were trying to fix — heart disease — worse. These fake fats are made from highly inflammatory vegetable oils like soy, canola and corn.
And if that weren’t bad enough, they need to be highly processed to make them stable and palatable. And that means things like hydrogenation, which is as good as turning it into a trans fat…
So what about cholesterol? Turns out it ain’t so bad after all. In fact, the only time it really causes much trouble is when you create inflammation with things like excess carbs and inflammatory oils!
Even if you DON’T care about your health — which would be crazy — and are only concerned about how you look, margarine will contribute to your weight gain and even give you wrinkles! Those trans fats mess you up right down to the cellular level, changing the make-up of your cell membranes.
Once they’re jammed up with trans fats, they no longer work the way they are supposed to. So nutrients and energy that SHOULD be shuttled into lean tissues is turned away. And guess where it all ends up — fat cells...
So ditch the margarine and eat the real thing: butter. It tastes so much better too! But get the organic pastured stuff, not the crap that’s readily available. I’ll tell you why in the next edition of FitFoodie Friday.
In the meantime, if you want even more detailed information on this topic and many other important questions relating to your health and physique, you really should check out an eBook I recently discovered called Fat Burning Kitchen.
I was surprised and delighted to discover this little gem of a book a few weeks back. If you’re like me and care about what goes in your mouth and how it affects you, this is a great resource. I’m pretty picky about this kind of thing and I can honestly say that I agree with 99% of what the author, Mike Geary, has to say.
Click this link to check out Fat Burning Kitchen.
Check back next week for another edition of FitFoodie Friday. We'll explore the health benefits of good old butter!
Cheers,
Adam
I recently spent time with relatives. Great people trying to make good choices for their family. So I was shocked when they reached for the margarine.
If you’re not shocked, we’ve got a problem. You should be...
Margarine is one of the biggest mistakes — turned into one of the greatest lies — in our modern history of food and medicine.
A handful of misguided scientists and doctors convinced the world that saturated fat was evil and that we’d all be better off eating man made super-processed fats like margarine and Crisco.Not only were they wrong, they actually made the situation they were trying to fix — heart disease — worse. These fake fats are made from highly inflammatory vegetable oils like soy, canola and corn.
And if that weren’t bad enough, they need to be highly processed to make them stable and palatable. And that means things like hydrogenation, which is as good as turning it into a trans fat…
So what about cholesterol? Turns out it ain’t so bad after all. In fact, the only time it really causes much trouble is when you create inflammation with things like excess carbs and inflammatory oils!
Even if you DON’T care about your health — which would be crazy — and are only concerned about how you look, margarine will contribute to your weight gain and even give you wrinkles! Those trans fats mess you up right down to the cellular level, changing the make-up of your cell membranes.
Once they’re jammed up with trans fats, they no longer work the way they are supposed to. So nutrients and energy that SHOULD be shuttled into lean tissues is turned away. And guess where it all ends up — fat cells...
So ditch the margarine and eat the real thing: butter. It tastes so much better too! But get the organic pastured stuff, not the crap that’s readily available. I’ll tell you why in the next edition of FitFoodie Friday.In the meantime, if you want even more detailed information on this topic and many other important questions relating to your health and physique, you really should check out an eBook I recently discovered called Fat Burning Kitchen.
I was surprised and delighted to discover this little gem of a book a few weeks back. If you’re like me and care about what goes in your mouth and how it affects you, this is a great resource. I’m pretty picky about this kind of thing and I can honestly say that I agree with 99% of what the author, Mike Geary, has to say.
Click this link to check out Fat Burning Kitchen.
Check back next week for another edition of FitFoodie Friday. We'll explore the health benefits of good old butter!
Cheers,
Adam
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I totally agree! Lots of restaurants use it, and to me it tastes revolting so I resisted eating it even when health 'experts' claimed it was good for people. I'm glad that it isn't a health food after all.
Long live good quality butter. If you can get butter from 100% grass fed cows, it's even better than organic! Also, for people with milk allergies, it can be safe and great when it's turned into ghee which removes the traces of protein and milk sugar and makes it a pure fat. That process makes it more stable, so you can heat it to a higher temperature before it burns. Ghee is yummy. It can taste almost like candy!
Posted by: Lillea Woodlyns | October 15, 2009 at 11:32 PM
Deep Fired Butter - Texas State Fair food this year
http://www.slashfood.com/2009/09/03/deep-fried-butter-to-hit-texas-state-fair/
Posted by: Bruce | October 16, 2009 at 09:36 AM
It's shocking to hear that we've been duped all of these years from generation to generation. Wow! "They" did a great job leaving us out of the loop. I'm 42 y/o, a personal trainer and finally learning alot of nutritional information that seemed to be sound nutritional practices that now are revealed to be BS! I'm listening to old Jack Lalanne videos and the guy was definitely before his time -- a pioneer. I'm surprised he didn't "disappear" never to be seen again. He speaks "The Truth" and for some it can be threatening and may totally destroy the "economic food industry" if too many listen.
Posted by: Diane | October 16, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Great post Adam! It is amazing how prevalent margarine is in our society. It makes sense when you trace the money to the crop source. There are some agriculture juggernauts that have done a great job marketing to us.
Give extra virgin coconut oil a try on your toast. Medium chain triglycerides provide a great source of fuel for your body.
I look forward to next Friday.
Posted by: Richard Manchur | October 19, 2009 at 05:34 PM