Guest guest Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Absolutely agree with Mark. The generation of " low fat " brainwashing caused aging acceleration! Look at how the ultra-thin women you know who embraced and haven't let go of " low fat " look old even though they're thin. The indigenous (non-Westernized) Pacific Islanders have ideal height-weight ratios and eat up to 60% fat in the form of SATURATED-fat coconut (organic, unprocessed) in their foods. (And they have virtually no heart disease or cancer--see Dr. Bruce Fife's Coconut Oil Miracle.) I recommend eating those soaked nuts and seeds, as well as avocado, and coconut, virgin olive, and flax oils very regularly. Despite having a damaged thyroid, I'm at my ideal weight despite a 20% fat diet--it's all in those three oils and nuts/seeds/avocadoes. I look younger at 40 than I did at 30 when I bought into " low fat " and ate all those fake foods to avoid cell-protecting fats. Those anti-fat people are as wrong as the anti-carb people are. :-) Robyn www.greensmoothiegirl.com > > Lester, > Why would you want to reduce your fat intake? There was a recent discussion on sci.life-extension about the problems with a low-fat diet and the necessity of adequate fats for proper brain function. Your present diet appears to agree with you; why change? > > > > > >Louis: > >About 25 to 30 percent of my calories are fresh and dried > >fruit. About 50 percent is the sprouted wheat bread. The other 20 > >to 25 percent is beans, seeds, olive oil, nuts, cheese, vegetables, > >and herbs. The beans and nuts are best if soaked. I make a tomato > >sauce out of tomato, serreno peppers, garlic, onion, basil, and olive > >oil to put over my bread that has added to it the beans or vegetables > >and a little cheese. I posted a sprouted seed soup recipe which > >tastes similar to a cream of broccoli or cream of mushroom soup that > >I eat on a less than weekly semi regular basis. Once or twice a week > >I will have some honey on some warm out of the oven bread. My diet > >is mostly the same stuff every day. I enjoy what I eat. I feel > >really good about it and because of it. I don't know if most people > >who have the overabundance of processed prepared packaged grocery > >store selections could or would want to do what I am doing. I went > >to the grocery store to buy some fruit a couple of days ago. The > >oranges were a good price, so I got some of them. I walked through > >the rest of the store looking for other stuff. I spent about 40 > >minutes truly trying to find something else that I wanted to eat for > >variety. I looked and I read some packages. Nothing intuitively > >worked for me. I ended up getting a couple packages of raisins that > >were on sale and that was it. The freeze got my tomatoes, basil, and > >peppers this past week. My peas and broccoli seem to be a little > >behind but are coming along. The spinach, kale, and carrots are > >doing really good. Eating some of what I grow in my garden really > >seems to make a big difference. I was trying to cut down on my fat > >calories from less than 20 percent to less than 10 percent, but it > >doesn't feel right. I think about 15 to less than 20 percent may be > >better for me. I'm going to still try to minimize the oil and go > >with a few more seeds and nuts. > > > >Lester Germanio > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Olive oil is a great fat for the diet - my grandmother recently passed away at the age of 107. Her mother-in-law lived to be 102. They grew up on the island of Cyprus, but came here in their 30's and 40's, respectively. Olive oil was a big part of their diet - such as small white beans, cooked in water with a bit of celery and a bit of onion until soft. Garnish with chopped onion, minced parsley, lemon squeezed over the top, and olive oil to cover. It's simply delicious and very healthy. Salad with olive oil, and potato salad with olive oil, or tomatoes drizzled with it are healthy as well. One interesting factor - we have meat usually once per week, or less. It's usually fish such as salmon, occasionally chicken or vegetarian. I prefer to oven-roast potato wedges tossed in olive oil and fresh rosemary leaves. Keep adding olive oil until browned - the rosemary leaves get a resulting crispy, french-fry texture. greensmoothiegirl <robyn@...> wrote: Absolutely agree with Mark. The generation of " low fat " brainwashing caused aging acceleration! Look at how the ultra-thin women you know who embraced and haven't let go of " low fat " look old even though they're thin. The indigenous (non-Westernized) Pacific Islanders have ideal height-weight ratios and eat up to 60% fat in the form of SATURATED-fat coconut (organic, unprocessed) in their foods. (And they have virtually no heart disease or cancer--see Dr. Bruce Fife's Coconut Oil Miracle.) I recommend eating those soaked nuts and seeds, as well as avocado, and coconut, virgin olive, and flax oils very regularly. Despite having a damaged thyroid, I'm at my ideal weight despite a 20% fat diet--it's all in those three oils and nuts/seeds/avocadoes. I look younger at 40 than I did at 30 when I bought into " low fat " and ate all those fake foods to avoid cell-protecting fats. Those anti-fat people are as wrong as the anti-carb people are. :-) Robyn www.greensmoothiegirl.com > > Lester, > Why would you want to reduce your fat intake? There was a recent discussion on sci.life-extension about the problems with a low-fat diet and the necessity of adequate fats for proper brain function. Your present diet appears to agree with you; why change? > > > > > >Louis: > >About 25 to 30 percent of my calories are fresh and dried > >fruit. About 50 percent is the sprouted wheat bread. The other 20 > >to 25 percent is beans, seeds, olive oil, nuts, cheese, vegetables, > >and herbs. The beans and nuts are best if soaked. I make a tomato > >sauce out of tomato, serreno peppers, garlic, onion, basil, and olive > >oil to put over my bread that has added to it the beans or vegetables > >and a little cheese. I posted a sprouted seed soup recipe which > >tastes similar to a cream of broccoli or cream of mushroom soup that > >I eat on a less than weekly semi regular basis. Once or twice a week > >I will have some honey on some warm out of the oven bread. My diet > >is mostly the same stuff every day. I enjoy what I eat. I feel > >really good about it and because of it. I don't know if most people > >who have the overabundance of processed prepared packaged grocery > >store selections could or would want to do what I am doing. I went > >to the grocery store to buy some fruit a couple of days ago. The > >oranges were a good price, so I got some of them. I walked through > >the rest of the store looking for other stuff. I spent about 40 > >minutes truly trying to find something else that I wanted to eat for > >variety. I looked and I read some packages. Nothing intuitively > >worked for me. I ended up getting a couple packages of raisins that > >were on sale and that was it. The freeze got my tomatoes, basil, and > >peppers this past week. My peas and broccoli seem to be a little > >behind but are coming along. The spinach, kale, and carrots are > >doing really good. Eating some of what I grow in my garden really > >seems to make a big difference. I was trying to cut down on my fat > >calories from less than 20 percent to less than 10 percent, but it > >doesn't feel right. I think about 15 to less than 20 percent may be > >better for me. I'm going to still try to minimize the oil and go > >with a few more seeds and nuts. > > > >Lester Germanio > --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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