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Eat Fat - Avoid Vegetables and Fruits

by: MichaelSellar
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Most health articles and books assume human beings are all the same. Not so. We are unique. And yet we all get the same advice to load up on vegetables and fruits and keep away from fat.

Fat gets the blame for everything these days. Cancer. Heart Disease. Obesity. Rising fuel prices. Whatever. We should cut the fat and switch to carbohydrates like whole grains, fruits and vegetables.

Fat Is Good

There's a medically approved diet for certain children. Fat makes up 90% of the calories of this diet. I kid you not. And yet these children grow normally, are of normal weight and their cholesterol levels are only slightly higher than usual. What these children have is epilepsy. Their seizures are controlled by this diet.

The children might eat a meal consisting of chicken and carrots with butter and double cream. Not exactly your standard fare, but for the children and their families, it's what they require.

You're still not convinced are you? You think that's a special case. Surely we can make the general statement: fat is bad; fruits and vegetables are good?

It's not so simple. For some nutritionists the number one dietary deficiency is .....fat.

Saturated fat from dairy foods and meat are not to be avoided like the plague. They may not be the healthiest fats to eat, but humans have evolved to eat it. The problem fats are the ones that come from eating the products of the fast food industry. This leads us to eat far too much trans fats and omega 6 fats and far too little of the omega 3 fats derived from oily fish.

Avoid Those Vegetables

Glasgow University professor Kenneth McColl has given a warning that vegetable consumption could be behind the UK's fastest growing cancer. He and his 10-strong research team believe that the three fold increase in throat cancers over the last 20 years could be down to nitrate fertilisers.

The answer is not to buy organic. These too contain a lot of nitrate.

I could refer to all the naturally occurring carcinogens, mutagens and toxins that can be found in vegetables and fruits. But I'll spare you that.

I could even point out how sensitive many people are to carbohydrates. They must limit their intake of fruits and vegetables because they play havoc with their blood sugar levels. But I'm not going to dwell on this either.

I could even refer to those people that have a toxic reaction to fruits and vegetables like onions, tomatoes, oranges and grapefruit.

I could even point to people who have an allergy to aspirin. The chemical found in aspirin (salicylate) is also high in fruits and vegetables.

Of course I'm not seriously telling you to avoid fruits and vegetables and eat fatty foods. I'm making the simple point that you are an individual, with nutritional requirements that are personal to you. There is no other person on earth that's like you, so don't let anybody tell you what to eat and drink. Get to know your own body and understand what makes it tick.

Listen to your own body, not to the nutrition gurus.

About the Author

A more detailed description of this article concerning biochemical individuality can be discovered by visiting the website of the author, Michael Sellar at complementary health where many other holistic health articles can also be found. The author is a health writer.

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