Comments on: Five Fats You MUST Have in Your Kitchen

By: Naomi

Naomi — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 04:25:29 +0000

SEMANTICS. Probably just a slip of the tongue. The point is: that wall/sack thingy around our cells that hold everything together? It’s made out of fat.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:27 +0000

Hi Sarah,

Great post!
I had been giving my kids Barlean’s total omega swirl in orange cream flavor and they love it, but I really wanted them to be taking Green Pasture butter oil / FCLO blend. I bought the chocolate cream gel…and they think it’s pretty disgusting. Any suggestions for getting a six and three-year-old to take FCLO?

Thanks!

Jessica

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By: Rolf

Rolf — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:55:04 +0000

Hi Jessica.

Thank you for your kind reply. I am not afraid of eating egg-yolk, but try to limit my consumption to two egg-yolks a week. Some times I eat more than two and sometimes less. I do however eat more egg-white than egg-yolk. I do this by old habit, due to the classical saturated fat scare; because I like the taste of a whole egg more than the taste of just the egg-white. In terms of milk, the main reason I have focused on skim-milk is because I feel bloated after other fatter alternatives. I like to drink soy-milk, which I think is a healthy alternative to milk, but find it too rich. My favorite “milk” drink is, therefore, a mixture of half skim and half soy milk. I like the taste of real 100% butter, but again find it too rich for my mid-section, and therefore prefer i lighter alternative. I agree completely with what you say about chips and fried foods and try to avoid them, although sometimes I do have a little taste of them. I also agree with your view about soft drinks. If I ever have a soft-drink nowadays it’ll be a can coke zero, which apparently has less chemicals than Pepsi-Max (which I do like more). I, however, do not agree with you regarding nuts. The nut-butter I am using is a, non-sugar, peanut butter. That sugar is a big crock I have, like so many other here, also concluded this. Sometimes I have a bit to enhance the taste a bit of something, but it is not doing my body any good. If I indulge in chocolate I get a bit numb in my right leg., so I have to be careful with that. Finally could you, please, explain to me why my nut-butter is no good. Thx.
Rolf

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By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:10:43 +0000

Hi Rolf,
Seeing as you are asking for advice, and, since you posted this question on a Traditional Foods blog, I am going to give you traditional foods- style advice.
If you read this article again, and follow its advice, you will have a good start.
You have very little healthy fat in your diet, obviously. Keep your yolk in the egg, drink whole milk, not skim. Raw, if possible. Get rid of the nut butter and use real butter. And don’t eat hot chips and fried foods(they are almost always cooked in unhealthy, processed, vegetable oils).
Obviously, stop eating packet chips or drinking soft drink.
Or is your question rhetorical?

By: Angel

Angel — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:09:57 +0000

Ok. It looks like you aren’t answering comment from this post anymore but I just wanted to ask about grapeseed oil. Ever since I found out about the toxicity if EVOO at high heat I’ve been using grapeseed. It does have a slightly sweetish taste but it goes with everything well. Do you consider this to be a healthy fat?

Also, what kind of sat fat is there in butter, and how does it affect the body. I like the modicum chain fatty acids for all their benefits but I know that coconut oil is unique in this.

Besides canola, safflower and soy, what other oils would you suggest we stay away from?

Thanks!!!

Angel

By: Rolf

Rolf — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:03:26 +0000

The above comment was ment as a warning. I have, personally, probably eaten too much of it with bad consequences following. A lot of internal wind and probably also some skin tissue damage in my face. I have now stopped eating it. I obviously did not eat it on its own, but had it as a sugar substitute in chocolate. So, be really careful with it.