Low-fat versus high-fat diets - Fat-war

I've been following the FAT-WAR in the Finnish TV and Newspapers. There is two different sides, those sticking to the old low-fat diet instructions and then those who talk strongly against this old-fashioned Low-fat diet system. Before mentioning my personal view, let's see the origin of the low-fat diet.

The start for the low-fat-diet came as early as in the 1940's when there was an idea that high-fat diet and heart decease have something to do with each others. In the 50's and 60's there were studies about the same issue. In 1957 a report said that “It must be emphasized that there is as yet no final proof that heart attacks or strokes will be prevented by such measures (low-fat-diet)." Similar beliefs were prevalent in the 70's and 80's. While the obesity and heart decease was found to be connected the studies still did not give proof that high-fat diet is causing cholesterol or heart decease. It still remained as a popular belief, but not as a proofed fact.

How did the belief that low-fat-diet is best diet become a International official view for the "correct diet"? In 1977 in US a committee of Dietary Goals gave a report stating the new official diet plan. The report recommended that Americans eat more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, poultry and fish, but less meat, eggs, and high-fat foods Same report recommended that they substitute nonfat for whole milk. Sound familiar? This same is in use today in 2010 in many countries - Finland included. Scientists were not agreeing with this hypotheses as they said. Since it was not proved by scientific studies. This was done under a strong pressure from the food industry in US. Why did the food industry want to promote low-fat foods? By the 1980s food producers had begun to realize that low-fat could provide profit-making opportunities. By the 1990's the food pyramid was published - recommending the same low-fat - high carbohydrates/sugar diet. Still today the food pyramid is widely used. 

What have been the results of this low-fat diet? Diabetes, obesity and high cholesterol have sky-rocketed. Alcoholism and mental problems have sky-rocketed. Why? To supplement the lack of fat in the diet food industry has used sugar and carbohydrates and trans-fatty acids. Never have people as a hole been so fat before. Shouldn't low-fat diet do just the opposite? No fat is not the bad guy in the diet. Cause for diabetes and obesity and high cholesterol is sugar and glucose (carbohydrates transform into glucose in the body). Alcoholism has a connection with high sugar diet and interestingly also maybe with high grain-diet. (Consider American Indians who have not consumed wheat earlier and suffer the highest levels of alcoholism and also Finns who have only had grains in their diet for some tens of year also suffer high percentage of alcoholism. Compare this to the Mediterraneans who have been using grains for hundreds of years.) Mental problems have a connection with low-fat diet since our brain is over 50% of fat (a lot of being cholesterol!!!). With low-fat diet our brains are not getting enough fat. We are in fact starving while over-eating sugars and carbohydrates.

What kind of effects are people experimenting while eating high-fat low sugar/carbohydrate diet? Doctor of Medicine Antti Heikkilä in Finland has listed some 96 deceases that his patients have gotten rid of by eating high-fat low carb diet (mentioned in Akuutti Tv-program in 10/2010). These range from diabetes to alcoholism and many others (Yes alcholisim, seems eating low-carb diet stops the alcohol graving. Check out Ph.D. Joan Mathews Larsons books about Mental health and Alcoholism). In general within just a few days low-carb diet brings added energy and rapid weight-loss. This requires that carbohydrates consumption is max 75 g per day. How much is 75g of carbs? 100g of bread is about 60g carbs. 3,5 kg of cabbage has about 75g. So you can eat a lot of vegetable!

Are there any dangers in low-carb diet? No as long as you use fats like butter, fat from meats, eggs and olive-oil not from linoleic fatty-acids (Omega 6) or trans-fatty acids (in most ready-foods). Test it yourself and see the results. If you don't feel much better within one month (or actually you should feel better in a week) you haven't lost anything. Just remember to check out all theingredients in foods you consume. Remember industry adds sugar even to meat-products!!! Amazing when you think of it! Check the labels! Check the labels! Check the labels! 

So by now you can figure out side I have taken. Within some years I have been reading books like "Melt the fat away" by Susan Sommers, Eat yourself slim by Michael Montignac , Dr Richard K.Bernsteind MD book about Diabetes Solution and Dr. Atkins books and so on. All these bring out the same issue, we get too much sugars and carbs and therefore our body is producing too much insulin. The end result will be diabetes if we do not watch out. 

So who are we to believe? Real question here is that what is the origin of the believe that low-fat-diet is healthy? It was a political issue, not a result of scientific research. This is the key issue here! There are several new studies that show low-carb diet brings good results both in weigh-loss and cholesterol levels. There are still today no studies that would connect high-fat (low carb) diet to heart attach or high cholesterol. There are studies that connect high cholesterol to heart attacks yes, but that is not the same thing. You can get high cholesterol while eating fatty foods IF YOU EAT THEM TOGETHER WITH CARBS AND SUGARS!!! That is the key, not fat itself! When insulin is not produced in the body (in low carb diet) the fat you consume does not store in your body.

The best part of the low-carb diet is that you can eat all the butter you want and enjoy your food. Food actually tastes good!


Amy


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Article about the Origin of low-fat diet

Interview of Dr. Antti Heikkilä in Finnish

Natural medicine verses official FDA's?

Can we trust the official FDA's (Federal Drug Administration) and alike in different countries? Each country has it's own official department responsible for the "official view" of different treatments and medicine. Can these be trusted? What is their relationship to commercial institutes?

Let me first tell you why I am interested of the issue. I was a sickling as a child, constantly having different infections, low immune and antibiotics after antibiotics. By the teenage years I was having antibiotics once a month. I felt myself so tired, and this was supposed to be a "time of my life".  I understood that this cannot go on. I was feeling worse and worse with prescription medicine and that doctors could not fix me.

The peak point was when after straining my back I was given strong painkillers for my back. I could hardly sit down the pain was so bad, but the doctors treated me like someone just wanting to get time off from work. After eating painkillers for a few weeks the problem escalated, I got an infection in my gullet (due to eating so many painkillers). Now I had a new problem that needed medication. 5 months I suffered this problem and was eating medication for the infection. I was dead tired due to high infection levels. And way? Due to the painkillers given to me by the doctor. No more I thought! I went to the library and started reading and reading. I found a book called "Natural Cure with Apple cider and honey" by Dr. Jarvis. Simple remedy cured my infection in just one week - something that the medicine from the doctor could not do in 5 months. That really changed my life!

Ever since then I have been on a request of methods to treat different sicknesses in natural ways. I have read and again re-read many books. Tried many methods. I feel better now than ever before, definitely better than for years. I haven't used an antibiotics for 10 years. I don't go to the doctors if they do not use homeopathy as well. I have learned about sicknesses and cures for them. My friends call me to find out about different options to treat themselves or their loved ones. If I don't know what to do I find out different methods and cures. I can't help myself, I just need to know!

But let's get back to the FDA's. I use plural because I mean all similar officials in different countries. Why do they not accept natural medicine or natural ways of treatment? Bottom line is MONEY. Yes you read it correctly - Money! FDA's are married to Pharmaceutical companies. Doctors are married with Pharmaceutical companies. My mother, who worked for years for a University for the Pharmacological department, always said that doctors are married with the Pharmaceutical companies. How so? These companies start to woe the soon-to-be-doctors already before they graduate. Weekend trips, all you can eat and drink gatherings. Free this free that... By the time they graduate they are fully hooked.

Is it the goal of the Pharmaceutical companies to cure people? Not at all! Why would they want people to get cured? They would loose money. Their goal is to get people hooked into drugs, regular drugs. That is also more profitable for the doctors. In US doctors often give you a prescription for only one month. Why so? That you have to go to visit your doctor again in one month. Hey  - that's regular money for them. In Finland doctors often give you a prescription for 3-6 months even for a hole year. Why is that? The public health system means they get the same payment each month, no matter if you come each month or not.

What proof there is that the FDA's are not always there for the public, but have their own motives? Check out the Burzynski Movie. This doctor was fighting for year against FDA. FDA was trying to steel his work because they did not want a doctor to get the patent for the medicine. FDA had selfish goals (together with the Pharmaceutical companies ofcause) for this new medicine.

Here another example of a cure for cancer that the FDA has dismissed. http://digg.com/news/lifestyle/Scientists_cure_cancer_but_no_one_takes_notice_5http://digg.com/news/lifestyle/Scientists_cure_cancer_but_no_one_takes_notice_5
Why is that? You cannot make money with this!

Another good example of a scientist that has given her research to the public and has helped thousands of people (yours truly included) has been Biologist Dr. Hulda Clark. She was thrown into prison for practising medicine when she was doing scientific research (as a biologist) by using a machine she helped to develop Syncrometer. 

If you still believe that doctors and officials tell you the truth or that they goal is to get you healed - think again! Do not let others choose for you. Find out for yourself. Do a bit of research. Ask around. Read and test methods like Bioresonance by Dr. Clark. Don't be a victim! But do try anything without doing some research first!

Amy

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