Catherine Shanahan

Over the past 40-50 years, doctors have warned us off red meat, eggs, butter, and saturated fats. Lower your blood pressure, lower your cholesterol! And yet Americans are fatter now than when steak and eggs made up a common breakfast. The author argues that our body cannot properly process vegetable oils commonly found in processed foods. It's the real fats that our body needs for energy throughout the day and that keep us satiated and not running to empty calories every time we feel a hunger pang. Most of it makes sense to me so I've been avoiding the 3 S and the 3 C vegetable oils and incorporating the better fats into my meals. Pork rinds, who knew!!!… (mais)