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DO WHAT YOU KNOW: MOTHER’S MILK
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Again, this isn’t about drinking mother’s milk…so keep reading. Sam’s post yesterday reminded me of my own experience with going over board worrying about fat – or the lack there of – so I thought I would share it for today’s “Do What You Know” post.
When I first started getting heavily into wellness/fitness I was pretty uninformed to say the least. I knew I was fat, had lost a bit of weight, and wanted to continue loosing more. My thought process was simple – and it probably wasn’t too far off from what the average person thought.
If I want to lose fat, I need to stop eating fat.
MYTHBUSTERS: WHAT NUTRITIONAL FACTS OF MOTHERS MILK CAN TEACH US
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First of all, this isn’t about drinking mothers milk! So keep reading…… Recently I became interested in the nutritional facts of mothers milk. Why? Because I’m weird :). Actually, I had this thought hit me: “cow’s milk has cholesterol, it has fat, it has saturated fat, I’ll bet mothers milk does too.” As we all know, cholesterol, fat, and especially saturated fat have been labeled evil by advocators of mainstream understanding. In fact, I’d be willing to bet that 99 out of 100 nutritionist would tell you to avoid cholesterol, fat, and especially saturated fat like the plague. Well as many of you know, I simply don’t think the studies linking consuming fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol being CAUSAL to heart disease and other illness to be accurate.
Why? Simple. It doesn’t make sense. If you look at evolutionary biology, human beings evolved eating PLENTY, and I mean PLENTY, of fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol. So all of a sudden fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol is killing us? Doesn’t make much sense to me. I don’t believe god is stupid. I also don’t believe our bodies didn’t not evolve to eat meat, eggs, nuts, seeds, etc. (all contain either fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, or all three). Read More→

