Re: Re: Enig and early humans (was: High Cholesterol - (Transfats)

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I question the similarity of lard to human fat. I found that at Brooklyn.cuny.com a while back, I have it in my spreadsheet and I don't see the similarity, not that it matters. Anyone know another source of data?

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From: Francesca Skelton

Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 12:16 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: Enig and early humans (was: High Cholesterol - (Transfats)

No serious CRONIE eats pastry, french fries or fried foods. At least not onany kind of regular basis.What our ancestors ate is not necessarily the best for health and longevity.Our ancestors ate whatever they could easily kill and/or find to eat, notbecause it was "good" for them. Most of them died very young by today'sstandards, even discounting those that died at the hands of predators. Ourgoal here is to maximize health and longevity, which is not the same thingas mimicking what our ancestors ate. Enig has been mentioned before. And although she might have some validideas, she is not of the stature of Walford, Pritikin, Ornish, Weindrich,etc. and other highly esteemed sources whose integrity can not be calledinto question.on 5/13/2004 11:42 AM, citpeks at citpeks@... wrote:> It may seem so harmless to eat puff pastry, french fries, cookies, or> fried foods prepared with partially hydrogenated oils, but the> abnormally shaped trans-fats will eventually have a cumulative> destructive effect on your cellular structures and they double your> chance of a heart attack. Our bodies have not evolved to metabolize> trans fats.> > It turns out that the natural fats that served our ancestors so well> are still the best for our body. Did you know that the composition> of lard is almost identical to human depot fat? Also, G. Enig,> an expert on fats, has documented that the saturated fats in coconut> oil are not "artery clogging" monsters, but instead may support the> immune system.