I’m 67 years old. I can remember when my grandparents would sit around on the front porch late in the evening and chew the fat. That was a term that was commonly used as a metaphor for sitting around and talking having discussions, which is partly true. However, my grandmother used to cook up the fat separated, and then later they would sit down and literally chew the fat. It was used as a snack. It was dense with nutrition and energy. And since my grandparents worked a farm, they were never sitting around for very long. When the sun went down they went to bed when the sun came up they were already up. Times have changed both of them live to be well into the late 80s and we’re healthy. my father was put on statins by his doctor for high cholesterol. My mother started using margarine and removing the skin in the fats from all the meat that they would consume wasn’t long before my father began to feel brain fog, lethargic, muscle atrophy, and overall not feeling well because the statins were hurting his liver. He got off of the statins. My mother started using butter and the fats again, even though she didn’t want to my father insisted on it. He recovered and live to be 94 years old and in his right mind to the very end. Everyone must make their own decisions about their health. But considering how healthy my grandparents were and how healthy my parents were after they got off of the statins and the low-fat diet I’m convinced that the traditional way to eat your food prior to the 1900s with work and sleep and the right mindset towards life will benefit you in longevity.
Thank you Leslie for all the hard work you do in research and your drive to share the correct, true information. The history of how things started to go so wrong (Keys, Rockefeller, Kellogg) seems to be gaining traction. Hallelujah! My family experiences were very similar to Darrell’s post; except my mother continued eating margarine and low fat for decades. She died at age 87 and had Alzheimer’s, heart disease. ☹️
Watching your mother deteriorate, especially with the Alzheimer’s was very hard on you and the heart disease and there’s probably more than what you’re saying but my heart goes out to you. I’m sorry that you had to go through that and I’m sorry your mother did too.Be blessed.
I too am trying to educate people on rethinking saturated fat consumption. When I went to natural nutrition school 18yrs ago, there was never any mention of Ancel Keys and his study that really created the medical narrative of why fats are bad. Even though I studied holistic nutrition, saturated fats (animal) were still looked upon as bad and that polyunsaturated fats were better. It wasn’t until I read Nina’s book last year that I had a AHA moment. Everything we had been told was not as it seemed.
Try reading Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston Price. It is a fascinating account by a dentist written in the 1930's about indigenous tribes and their diets. It was probably the last time to document the different diets around the world and the effects before western influence changed everyone.
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Close to finishing The Obesity Code. What an eye opening book, to say the least. A lie here, a blind eye there, almost like a magic act and.... Shazaam!!!... Heart disease.. There's been a lot of collusion to keep all this under wraps.... Thank you for mentioning this read..
Good morning Leslie, Have you done any articles specifically regarding rheumatoid arthritis and how fasting and/or low carb diet can affect it? I have a close family member who was just told to take enbrol (?) And the want over $7,000-9,300 per dose . I'm wondering if the root cause could be fixed rather than medicated.
Yet another study, Metabolic syndrome marks early risk for cognitive decline with APOE4 gene variation: A case study(Dawson Brown & Kelly J. Gibas, September 2018):
If APOEE4 is the strongest genetic risk factor for developing late-onset Alzheimer's Disease, then implementing a ketogenic diet and high intensity exercise could essentially turn “off” the effects of this APOE4 gene earlier in life for prevention of future neurodegeneration.
I’m 67 years old. I can remember when my grandparents would sit around on the front porch late in the evening and chew the fat. That was a term that was commonly used as a metaphor for sitting around and talking having discussions, which is partly true. However, my grandmother used to cook up the fat separated, and then later they would sit down and literally chew the fat. It was used as a snack. It was dense with nutrition and energy. And since my grandparents worked a farm, they were never sitting around for very long. When the sun went down they went to bed when the sun came up they were already up. Times have changed both of them live to be well into the late 80s and we’re healthy. my father was put on statins by his doctor for high cholesterol. My mother started using margarine and removing the skin in the fats from all the meat that they would consume wasn’t long before my father began to feel brain fog, lethargic, muscle atrophy, and overall not feeling well because the statins were hurting his liver. He got off of the statins. My mother started using butter and the fats again, even though she didn’t want to my father insisted on it. He recovered and live to be 94 years old and in his right mind to the very end. Everyone must make their own decisions about their health. But considering how healthy my grandparents were and how healthy my parents were after they got off of the statins and the low-fat diet I’m convinced that the traditional way to eat your food prior to the 1900s with work and sleep and the right mindset towards life will benefit you in longevity.
Thank you Leslie for all the hard work you do in research and your drive to share the correct, true information. The history of how things started to go so wrong (Keys, Rockefeller, Kellogg) seems to be gaining traction. Hallelujah! My family experiences were very similar to Darrell’s post; except my mother continued eating margarine and low fat for decades. She died at age 87 and had Alzheimer’s, heart disease. ☹️
Watching your mother deteriorate, especially with the Alzheimer’s was very hard on you and the heart disease and there’s probably more than what you’re saying but my heart goes out to you. I’m sorry that you had to go through that and I’m sorry your mother did too.Be blessed.
Thank you so much💕
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I too am trying to educate people on rethinking saturated fat consumption. When I went to natural nutrition school 18yrs ago, there was never any mention of Ancel Keys and his study that really created the medical narrative of why fats are bad. Even though I studied holistic nutrition, saturated fats (animal) were still looked upon as bad and that polyunsaturated fats were better. It wasn’t until I read Nina’s book last year that I had a AHA moment. Everything we had been told was not as it seemed.
Eat some cheese? Music to a Midwesterner's ears
Try reading Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston Price. It is a fascinating account by a dentist written in the 1930's about indigenous tribes and their diets. It was probably the last time to document the different diets around the world and the effects before western influence changed everyone.
I noticed that this post, like many recent posts I have received via e-mail subscription, are not visible on the Substack's front page. It would be nice if readers could find these posts more easily, and could induce more readers to subscribe.
Close to finishing The Obesity Code. What an eye opening book, to say the least. A lie here, a blind eye there, almost like a magic act and.... Shazaam!!!... Heart disease.. There's been a lot of collusion to keep all this under wraps.... Thank you for mentioning this read..
One of my favorite books!
Eisenhower paragraph: typo. You mean preceding decades. Excellent article!
What another great post! Because I've been busy, I appreciate the Audible version of it and it was like a podcast substack ☺️
My goal is to be healthy and follow these tips and info here. I love that you are animal-based!!
Good morning Leslie, Have you done any articles specifically regarding rheumatoid arthritis and how fasting and/or low carb diet can affect it? I have a close family member who was just told to take enbrol (?) And the want over $7,000-9,300 per dose . I'm wondering if the root cause could be fixed rather than medicated.
Thank you. This is an excellent summary of the reasons why saturated fat became wrongly demonised.
I came across a risk factor of animal saturated fats and the ApoE genes... the Alzheimer genes.
Should look into it ... if someone has 1 or 2 copies of the ApoE3 genes, then at elevated risk.
reference, Dr. Gundry. info here https://wiki.apoe4.info/wiki/
Or the opposite is true .....
Yet another study, Metabolic syndrome marks early risk for cognitive decline with APOE4 gene variation: A case study(Dawson Brown & Kelly J. Gibas, September 2018):
If APOEE4 is the strongest genetic risk factor for developing late-onset Alzheimer's Disease, then implementing a ketogenic diet and high intensity exercise could essentially turn “off” the effects of this APOE4 gene earlier in life for prevention of future neurodegeneration.