Comments on: Food for Thought: The Evils (?) of Saturated Fats http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/10/05/food-for-thought-the-evils-of-saturated-fats/ Balancing God's Gifts...One Baby Step at a Time Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:34:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: 7 reasons to eat more fat | Health Impact News http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/10/05/food-for-thought-the-evils-of-saturated-fats/comment-page-1/#comment-233459 7 reasons to eat more fat | Health Impact News Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:34:25 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=2946#comment-233459 [...] Fat and your Body, Are Saturated Fats Evil? 7 Reasons to Eat More Saturated Fat, Eat Fat Lose Fat, Fertility Diet Foods to [...] [...] Fat and your Body, Are Saturated Fats Evil? 7 Reasons to Eat More Saturated Fat, Eat Fat Lose Fat, Fertility Diet Foods to [...]

]]> By: Katie http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/10/05/food-for-thought-the-evils-of-saturated-fats/comment-page-1/#comment-159303 Katie Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:12:36 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=2946#comment-159303 Laurie, What an awesome story! Thank you so much for sharing! :) Katie Laurie,
What an awesome story! Thank you so much for sharing! :) Katie

]]> By: via Facebook http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/10/05/food-for-thought-the-evils-of-saturated-fats/comment-page-1/#comment-159359 via Facebook Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:52:04 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=2946#comment-159359 Wow, Katie, I just love stories like yours! Sometimes I worry that pushing back at the medical/nutrition establishment might be wrong, but it just feels right...and then transformations like your family's confirm that I am on the right track! My daughter likes to have butter "just on my plate" too, and it totally worries/grosses out my husband! Thank you for sharing!!! Wow, Katie, I just love stories like yours! Sometimes I worry that pushing back at the medical/nutrition establishment might be wrong, but it just feels right…and then transformations like your family’s confirm that I am on the right track! My daughter likes to have butter “just on my plate” too, and it totally worries/grosses out my husband! Thank you for sharing!!!

]]> By: Laurie http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/10/05/food-for-thought-the-evils-of-saturated-fats/comment-page-1/#comment-156834 Laurie Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:50:04 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=2946#comment-156834 I am currently seeing a doctor with M.D. after his name, who switched to homeopathic medicine a few years ago after 20 years in emergency medicine. Eating REAL FOOD (including coconut oil, real butter, raw milk and lard and tallow from pastured meats has allowed me to stop taking 80 mg of Zocor, all blood pressure medication and we are working on ridding me of my Type 2 Diabetes meds currently. I have lost 20 pounds and am now down to a normal slim weight and have never been healthier in my life. I used to be a "low fat, skim milk, margarine" kind of girl. I was 30 pounds over weight and all kinds of meds that made my legs and feet ache. I am thankful, very thankful for a REAL FOOD diet. Pass the butter, please. I am currently seeing a doctor with M.D. after his name, who switched to homeopathic medicine a few years ago after 20 years in emergency medicine. Eating REAL FOOD (including coconut oil, real butter, raw milk and lard and tallow from pastured meats has allowed me to stop taking 80 mg of Zocor, all blood pressure medication and we are working on ridding me of my Type 2 Diabetes meds currently. I have lost 20 pounds and am now down to a normal slim weight and have never been healthier in my life.

I used to be a “low fat, skim milk, margarine” kind of girl. I was 30 pounds over weight and all kinds of meds that made my legs and feet ache.

I am thankful, very thankful for a REAL FOOD diet.

Pass the butter, please.

]]> By: Katie via Facebook http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/10/05/food-for-thought-the-evils-of-saturated-fats/comment-page-1/#comment-156902 Katie via Facebook Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:16:28 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=2946#comment-156902 Had to share my anecdote in regards to fat in the diet: I grew up eating a low-fat diet (we used vegetable oils, tub margarine, and shortening; butter and bacon were occasional indulgences, and we drank 2% milk, very little juice, and didn't keep junk food in the house) with lots of whole grains and a fair amount of vegetables and fruits. My family was not healthy as modern "nutrition experts" would assume. My dad was overweight, depressed, anxious, and has developed type 2 diabetes. My mom suffered from candida, skin allergies, and seasonal sinus allergies, and "crashed" about two years ago with adrenal fatigue. After intensive antioxidant, nutritional and herbal therapy, and eliminating man-made fats and using coconut oil, olive oil, and butter exclusively, she is recovering well. I suffered from a susceptibility to sinus and stomach bugs, seasonal allergies, acne, poor eyesight, crooked teeth, depression, compulsive behavior, dry skin, headaches, athletes foot, varicose veins at 18, and a low- grade viral infection, brittle nails, thin hair, and low weight. As an adult, I followed the eating style that I knew, thinking I was healthy because I was thin and didn't eat much fast food or junk food. I'm now 30 years old and had three babies within 5 years, which really depleted my body. With the birth of #3, I was very fatigued & my kids had physical symptoms that concerned me. I found "Nourishing Traditions", and threw out all the man-made oils and packaged foods and started eating more liberal amounts of grassfed meats, coconut oil, butter, fermented foods, raw whole dairy, and a greater variety of fresh and cooked veggies, and nuts and seeds, and cod liver oil. I am gradually transitioning my family into a Paleo/Nourishing Traditions diet (we cook gluten-free dishes and are slowly eliminating gluten all-together and most grains). I discovered that pretty much ALL of the "dis-eases" and inflammation I suffered are a result of vitamin deficiencies caused by a *lack of good fats* and bioavailable nutrients (and likely, leaky gut and candida from eating grains). My body is LOVING the saturated fat! When I started eating coconut oil, my energy and mood improved, my appetite is stabilizing (I was always hungry and ate a lot), I lost the last 10 pounds of pregnancy weight in a couple weeks, my skin is clear, soft and glowing, I fall ill much less frequently, the viral infection doesn't bother me, the dark circles under my eyes are gone, my nails are getting better, and I have considerably fewer headaches. I haven't recovered completely from some things, but I know I'm doing what is best for my body. My husband has seen many benefits from our dietary changes as well. Also, my children's psoriasis and eczema went away. Baby #3 has had very few illnesses and is healthier than her siblings were, because she gets very few grains, but lots of good fat from butter, eggs, coconut oil, raw milk, grassfed beef, and avocado. She never developed eczema, either. All of the kids had growth spurts after we made those changes, and they usually love the food, even salads. They will eat butter by the spoonful if I let them. It's so frustrating to know that my family of origin would not have suffered so much if we had not been under the deception that saturated fats and animal fat is bad. Those fats are essential to healthy brain development, they contain important vitamins, and they enable our body to absorb fat-soluble vitamins from the vegetables we eat. That's my story. I'm grateful for the work of Weston Price, Sally Fallon, Robb Wolf, Mark Sisson, Michael Pollan, and the blogger mommies like Katie who bring the truth about God-made foods into the light. It has made a world of difference for me! Had to share my anecdote in regards to fat in the diet:
I grew up eating a low-fat diet (we used vegetable oils, tub margarine, and shortening; butter and bacon were occasional indulgences, and we drank 2% milk, very little juice, and didn’t keep junk food in the house) with lots of whole grains and a fair amount of vegetables and fruits. My family was not healthy as modern “nutrition experts” would assume.
My dad was overweight, depressed, anxious, and has developed type 2 diabetes. My mom suffered from candida, skin allergies, and seasonal sinus allergies, and “crashed” about two years ago with adrenal fatigue. After intensive antioxidant, nutritional and herbal therapy, and eliminating man-made fats and using coconut oil, olive oil, and butter exclusively, she is recovering well.
I suffered from a susceptibility to sinus and stomach bugs, seasonal allergies, acne, poor eyesight, crooked teeth, depression, compulsive behavior, dry skin, headaches, athletes foot, varicose veins at 18, and a low- grade viral infection, brittle nails, thin hair, and low weight.
As an adult, I followed the eating style that I knew, thinking I was healthy because I was thin and didn’t eat much fast food or junk food.
I’m now 30 years old and had three babies within 5 years, which really depleted my body. With the birth of #3, I was very fatigued & my kids had physical symptoms that concerned me. I found “Nourishing Traditions”, and threw out all the man-made oils and packaged foods and started eating more liberal amounts of grassfed meats, coconut oil, butter, fermented foods, raw whole dairy, and a greater variety of fresh and cooked veggies, and nuts and seeds, and cod liver oil. I am gradually transitioning my family into a Paleo/Nourishing Traditions diet (we cook gluten-free dishes and are slowly eliminating gluten all-together and most grains).
I discovered that pretty much ALL of the “dis-eases” and inflammation I suffered are a result of vitamin deficiencies caused by a *lack of good fats* and bioavailable nutrients (and likely, leaky gut and candida from eating grains).
My body is LOVING the saturated fat! When I started eating coconut oil, my energy and mood improved, my appetite is stabilizing (I was always hungry and ate a lot), I lost the last 10 pounds of pregnancy weight in a couple weeks, my skin is clear, soft and glowing, I fall ill much less frequently, the viral infection doesn’t bother me, the dark circles under my eyes are gone, my nails are getting better, and I have considerably fewer headaches. I haven’t recovered completely from some things, but I know I’m doing what is best for my body.
My husband has seen many benefits from our dietary changes as well. Also, my children’s psoriasis and eczema went away. Baby #3 has had very few illnesses and is healthier than her siblings were, because she gets very few grains, but lots of good fat from butter, eggs, coconut oil, raw milk, grassfed beef, and avocado. She never developed eczema, either. All of the kids had growth spurts after we made those changes, and they usually love the food, even salads. They will eat butter by the spoonful if I let them.
It’s so frustrating to know that my family of origin would not have suffered so much if we had not been under the deception that saturated fats and animal fat is bad. Those fats are essential to healthy brain development, they contain important vitamins, and they enable our body to absorb fat-soluble vitamins from the vegetables we eat.
That’s my story. I’m grateful for the work of Weston Price, Sally Fallon, Robb Wolf, Mark Sisson, Michael Pollan, and the blogger mommies like Katie who bring the truth about God-made foods into the light. It has made a world of difference for me!

]]> By: David Brown http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/10/05/food-for-thought-the-evils-of-saturated-fats/comment-page-1/#comment-156804 David Brown Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:07:40 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=2946#comment-156804 Katie, I urge you to visit this website created by David Evans: http://healthydietsandscience.blogspot.com/ Katie, I urge you to visit this website created by David Evans: http://healthydietsandscience.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Katie http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/10/05/food-for-thought-the-evils-of-saturated-fats/comment-page-1/#comment-156798 Katie Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:03:09 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=2946#comment-156798 Diane, You are sure right that balance is key! At least butter doesn't take any killing of animals to make it... I probably eat less fat than some other "real foodies" but more than your average American. My main goal is to make sure the fats I do eat, since I'm going to consume them for sure, are traditional fats and not lab-produced such-and-such. Thanks for the perspective! :) katie Diane,
You are sure right that balance is key! At least butter doesn’t take any killing of animals to make it…

I probably eat less fat than some other “real foodies” but more than your average American. My main goal is to make sure the fats I do eat, since I’m going to consume them for sure, are traditional fats and not lab-produced such-and-such.

Thanks for the perspective! :) katie

]]> By: Kassia via Facebook http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/10/05/food-for-thought-the-evils-of-saturated-fats/comment-page-1/#comment-156901 Kassia via Facebook Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:06:02 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=2946#comment-156901 Thank you for reposting this. I'm definitely new to the idea of sat fats being ok, even good. My husband, in the medical field, is a little harder to convince. But it makes so much sense to me. Anything processed or manufactured is not going to be as good for us as real food, grown properly, and animals being fed and raised in accordance with how they were created (ie grass fed, etc). I'm in. Bring on the butter. :) Thank you for reposting this. I’m definitely new to the idea of sat fats being ok, even good. My husband, in the medical field, is a little harder to convince. But it makes so much sense to me. Anything processed or manufactured is not going to be as good for us as real food, grown properly, and animals being fed and raised in accordance with how they were created (ie grass fed, etc). I’m in. Bring on the butter. :)

]]> By: Beth via Facebook http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/10/05/food-for-thought-the-evils-of-saturated-fats/comment-page-1/#comment-156900 Beth via Facebook Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:50:54 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=2946#comment-156900 I teach PE to kids with disabilities and we are doing a lot of nutrition in the high school class this year. Once of the adults in the room asked "so you mean margin is bad?" I am so into real foods that I thought the world had figured that out by now! Seriously People. I teach PE to kids with disabilities and we are doing a lot of nutrition in the high school class this year. Once of the adults in the room asked “so you mean margin is bad?” I am so into real foods that I thought the world had figured that out by now! Seriously People.

]]> By: Dacia http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/10/05/food-for-thought-the-evils-of-saturated-fats/comment-page-1/#comment-156725 Dacia Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:36:22 +0000 http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/?p=2946#comment-156725 Thanks so much for this Katie. Isn't God great? What you say in this article is what I feel is right for me and my family as well. Thanks so much for this Katie. Isn’t God great? What you say in this article is what I feel is right for me and my family as well.

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