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Monday Mission: Refocus on Healthy Fats

January 24th, 2011 · 33 Comments · Monday Missions, Science of Nutrition

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to check your pantry for industrial oils or trans fats and root out any remaining stragglers. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Baby Steps? Maybe more! Choose your own adventure… Today we’ll review the basic structures of fats and why you want to stock up on some and [...]

Food for Thought: Lard and Tallow, Healthy Fats?

November 10th, 2009 · 28 Comments · Fat Full Fall, Food for Thought, Science of Nutrition

If you asked me a year ago what “tallow” was, I probably would have given you an answer worthy of Balderdash (I ROCK out that game!). Like: “A build up of ear wax in the inner ear canal that results in partial hearing loss in the elderly.” Oh yeah. Two points for that one for [...]

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Tags: Fat Full Fall·fats·lard·tallow·trans fats

Butter vs. Margarine vs. “Spreads”: How do They Stack Up?

October 10th, 2009 · 25 Comments · Fat Full Fall, Science of Nutrition

In case you’re not yet convinced to sign off of the fake butter revolution, here’s a little breakdown of your options with some links to further resources. Butter I could write a list of butter benefits here, it’s already been done: 20 Health Benefits of Real Butter (Thanks to Kelly for posting it!) Also see [...]

Monday Mission: Switch to Butter

October 5th, 2009 · 29 Comments · Fat Full Fall, Upgraded Nutrition, What to Buy

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to start putting butter on your toast. And your potatoes, vegetables, in your baked goods…and anywhere else you might use margarine or a “spread” that makes some health claim or another. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Making Strides This might be incredibly difficult for some of you, [...]

Food for Thought: What is a Monounsaturated Fat? (And why are they so yummy?!)

June 2nd, 2009 · 16 Comments · Science of Nutrition, Super Foods

This week’s Super Foods are grouped together because they all are high in monounsaturated fat. source Olive Oil (Super Food) Avocado (Honorable Mention) Peanut Butter (Honorable Mention) source Health Benefits of Monounsaturated Fat Each food has its vitamin shining moments, but the monounsaturated fat is great for many reasons: Lowers LDL (bad) cholesterol and has [...]

Monday Mission: Search Out Trans Fats

June 1st, 2009 · 15 Comments · Science of Nutrition, What to Buy

This week we’re looking at a group of Super Foods that are all monounsaturated fats: avocados, olive oil, and peanut butter. It’s pretty widely accepted that these are “healthy fats”, and I’ll give you some Food for Thought and some ways to use these fun foods as the week wears on. For your mission, however, [...]

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Tags: fats and oils·trans fats