My guest post on Mark’s Daily Apple last week triggered a few questions about a couple of different oils. Here are seven oils and my recommended uses for them, along with three that I don’t recommend and why.
The Good Guys (In No Particular Order)
1. Lard
Lard is pork fat, the highest grade being “leaf lard,” [...]
Filed in Know Your Fats 49 Comments so far
For those that didn’t see it, I had a guest post at Mark’s Daily Apple yesterday. There’s a good discussion of coconut and palm oils going on in the comments, so check it out. And if you aren’t subscribed to Mark’s RSS, do so. Top notch stuff coming out of MDA everyday.
Filed in Know Your Fats 2 Comments so far
Here is a Men’s Health article that I came across on the Performance Menu forum. It’s a brief skim-of-the-surface regarding why saturated fat won’t kill you as common wisdom tells us.
This was my favorite paragraph:
Now here’s the saturated-fat connection: Dr. Krauss found that when people replace the carbohydrates in their diet with fat–saturated or [...]
New fat, same old problem with an added twist?
Study shows a new fat replacement for trans fat raises blood sugar in humans
One day we may learn that we cannot best that which Mother Nature has provided us. Whether through divine intervention, evolution, or some combination of the above, that which is found in nature [...]
Filed in Know Your Fats No Responses yet
Men’s Health on The Cure for Diabetes
This article was posted on The Performance Menu Forum run by Robb Wolf and Greg Everett. Even Men’s Health is starting to get it, or maybe they’re just publishing what sells. Regardless, this five-page article has some very excellent information regarding why a low-carb diet is healthier [...]
Subscribe