Good fats

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Another book that promotes good animal fats for healthy nutrition:http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/09/15/f-mclagan-fat.htmlSounds interesting and in keeping with SCD on fats. .****Cookbook questions the wisdom of the low-fat diet.A controversial new Canadian cookbook, titled Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, with Recipes, is taking the low-fat diet to task, and asking if many of society's current health woes are not actually the result of our reduced intake of butter, lard, suet, chicken skin and other animal fats."You can't be alive without fat," says author McLagan, whose 2005 cookbook Bones won a Beard award.She argues that by having drastically reduced our intake of animal fats over the past 30 years, people have not only deprived themselves of fat's delicious flavour, but also many of its health benefits."It gives us energy. It boosts the immune system," she says. "Some fats have antimicrobial properties. Others can lower bad cholesterol. There are vitamins that are only fat-soluble. Your brain is mainly made of fat and cholesterol, as are the membranes of your cells. It helps you digest protein, which is why you should eat chicken with crispy skin or well-marbled steak."...Mara