“When fat was removed from processed foods, sugar was added in. This has led to a massive increase in obesity, diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, even among children”
This quote and more from an article Dr. Mercola’s website highlights – such points I’ve been bringing up about cholesterol/fat and sugar. Here’s some points to remember and some quotes from the article which I recommend reading if you are concerned about a managing a healthy diet for yourself and your family. Spread the word.
Points regarding Sugar Not Cholesterol
Sugar is a major problem in our society, as it is usually overly consumed leading to weight gain and inflammation – 2 major causative factors in many health problems.
Point #1 – the body converts unused sugar into fat
Low fat diets don’t make sense. The focus should be on good fats verses bad fats. What’s good is that we need a proper amount of saturated and unsaturated fats but what’s bad is if these fats are rancid, processed, overcooked or denatured – think trans-fats are unnatural and bad for your health.
Point #2 – the body naturally makes cholesterol – the body needs cholesterol but from healthy, fresh sources that aren’t processed, overcooked, rancid or denatured destroying their nutritional value.
Article Quotes:
“A recent review of studies investigating the link between dietary fat and causes of death concluded that recommendations to reduce the amount of fat we eat every day should never have been made”
“When fat was removed from processed foods, sugar was added in. This has led to a massive increase in obesity, diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, even among children”
“60 years’ worth of research has utterly failed to demonstrate a correlation between high cholesterol and heart disease.”
“Not only does undamaged natural cholesterol not cause heart disease, it is actually one of the most important molecules in your body”
“However, if you process saturated fat or cholesterol and heat it by frying, then you create very dangerous products that will clearly increase your risk of cardiovascular disease. So this new information does not give you free license to eat any type of cholesterol.”
“Remember, trans fats are worse than sugar for your health.”
“Steve Nissen, chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, told USA Today:5 “We got the dietary guidelines wrong. They’ve been wrong for decades.”
