No-Bologna Facts
- There’s never been a single study that proves saturated fat causes heart disease.
- As heart-disease rates were skyrocketing in the mid-1900s, consumption of animal fat was going down, not up. Consumption of vegetable oils, however, was going up dramatically.
- Half of all heart-attack victims have normal or low cholesterol. Autopsies performed on heart-attack victims routinely reveal plaque-filled arteries in people whose cholesterol was low (as low as 115 in one case).
- Asian Indians – half of whom are vegetarians – have one of the highest rates of heart disease in the entire world. Yup, that fatty meat will kill you, all right.
- When Morgan Spurlock tells you that a McDonald’s salad supplies almost a day’s allowance of fat, he’s basing that statement on the FDA’s low-fat/high-carbohydrate dietary guidelines, which in turn are based on … absolutely nothing. There’s no science behind those guidelines; they were simply made up by a congressional committee.
- Kids who were diagnosed as suffering from ADD have been successfully treated by re-introducing natural saturated fats into their diets. Your brain is made largely of fat.
- Many epileptics have reduced or eliminated seizures by adopting a diet low in sugar and starch and high in saturated animal fats.
- Despite everything you’ve heard about saturated fat being linked to cancer, that link is statistically weak. However, there is a strong link between sugar and cancer. In Europe, doctors tell patients, “Sugar feeds cancer.”
- Being fat is not, in and of itself, bad for your health. The behaviors that can make you fat – eating excess sugar and starch, not getting any exercise – can also ruin your health, and that’s why being fat is associated with bad health. But it’s entirely possible to be fat and healthy. It’s also possible to be thin while developing Type II diabetes and heart disease.
- Saturated fat and cholesterol help produce testosterone. When men limit their saturated fat, their testosterone level drops. So, regardless of what a famous vegan chef believes, saturated fat does not impair sexual performance.
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Great movie! I was surprised and delighted to see the debunking of Ancel Keys, and your promotion of thincs.org and the anti-diet-heart theory books. I had a minor, stress-related heart attack at age 30, and for the next three decades my various cardiologists have been nagging me to take a statin (which I refuse to do). My total cholesterol ranges between 250-270, with HDL at 60. It’s genetic — high cholesterol runs in my family — both parents, my brother, and my aunt (a “health nut”) always had similar totals — but no one dies from heart disease. BTW, my mother is 93, while my father passed away at 92 and my aunt at 94.
You have saved my Life. Just would like to start off with that. Now for my question, is cheese bad for you? It doesnt fit under the Paleo diet, Id like to know how cheese and dairy is made, and more importantly, will it kick me out of ketosis???
THANKS!
Some people have sensitivities to compounds in dairy products. Dairy products also raise insulin in some people. So it’s not a yes-or-no answer, but a matter of how well you handle them personally. I’d suggest experimenting: go without dairy, add dairy back in, see if it makes a difference either way.
No, I don’t believe cheese would kick you out of ketosis unless your protein intake goes too high. Staying in ketosis requires getting most of your calories from fat.
hi, i have tried diet after diet, nothing worked i tried being a vegitarian and gained weight. i saw ur movie 2 days ago and im gonna try cutting out veg oil and carbs. i never tried the atkins diet because i was convinced that was not going to work i mean ur taught from a young age meats and fat are bad for you i truly thought it sounded really unhealthy. i dont just wanna lose weight i wanna keep it off i have struggled with my weight from about 13 to 30 after having my kids i went from being 20lbs over weight to 60+. i never believed in bmi because muscle weights more than fat. and when i was 16 i weight 140lbs wore a size 5/6. the doctor told me i was super morbidly obese according to my bmi. i knew i was chubby but not obese.. i always wondered why i was so heavy, im the margarine/ diet soda queen. i cut all the fat off my food buy the leanist meats, trim fat off roasts/steaks before i cook them. i only used veggie oil and i dont have a sweet tooth. but i truly thought bread was good for you and low in calories pasta too.. if this works and i lose the weight im gonna be kicking my self for all the lies i was fed as a child. two days into this diet and i cant believe how good real butter is where has it been all my life….