That Sugar Film

That Sugar  Film

Time well spent watching this documentary.  I highly recommend this Film.

Storyline

One man's journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as 'healthy'. Through this entertaining and informative journey, Damon highlights some of the issues that plague the sugar industry, and where sugar lurks on supermarket shelves.
http://thatsugarfilm.com/

Recipe for Obesity

Time to turn your world upside down

Following USDA Diet Recommendations Is a Recipe for Obesity

Some of you may be old enough to recall the 1992 Food Pyramid, which had grains as the largest bottom block of the pyramid, encouraging you to eat 6-11 servings of bread, cereal, rice and pasta each day. This excess of carbohydrates, most of them refined, is precisely the opposite of what most people need to stay healthy. At the very top of the pyramid was fats and sugar, and while sugar clearly belongs there, healthy fats do not. In fact, most people would benefit from getting anywhere from 50 to 70 percent of their total calories from healthy fats!
The food pyramid was replaced with "MyPlate"³ in 2011, which slightly downplayed grains as the most important dietary ingredient, making vegetables the largest "slice," but it still has a long way to go before it will offer a meal plan that will truly support your optimal health.
One of its most glaring faults is that MyPlate virtually removed all fats from the equation! In fact, except for a small portion of dairy, which is advised to be fat-free or low-fat, fats are missing entirely... There is no mention of the importance of dietary fats, even the "politically correct" ones like the monounsaturated fats in olive oil and nuts, such as pecans (canola oil is also in this category, but I advise avoiding it and using coconut oil instead).
Of course, one of the most important of the healthy fats is animal-based omega-3, which is also absent from the plate. Deficiency in this essential fat can cause or contribute to very serious health problems, both mental and physical, and may be a significant underlying factor of up to 96,000 premature deaths each year.
Not surprisingly, the US government still has not acknowledged the ever mounting data showing that saturated fat is actually an incredibly healthy, nourishing, and all-natural fat that humans have been thriving on for generations. It provides the necessary building blocks for your cell membranes and a variety of hormones and hormone-like substances that are critical to your health. Saturated fats from animal and vegetable sources, such as coconut oil, avocado, non-CAFO meat and dairy, also provide a concentrated source of energy in your diet.
When you eat fats as part of your meal, they also slow down absorption so that you can feel satiated longer, which helps curb overeating. In addition, they act as carriers for important fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K, and are needed for mineral absorption and a host of other biological processes. To get these healthy saturated fats in your diet, you need to eat animal foods like butter and other full-fat raw dairy products and eggs, yet these foods are still demonized by the establishment.

Sugar - The Bitter Truth

If you are interested in nutrition and some of the politics and history behind outdated govt nutritional standards and recommendations  I highly recommend giving this a listen. It gets a little "sciency" during some parts but it is quite informing.
Just an FYI this is 90 minutes in length.

Robert H. Lustig, M.D. discusses sugar and the damage it causes to your body in this engaging lecture.

Saturated fat and Cholesterol Lies

A good entertaining layman's explanation of  the whole "they got cholesterol wrong thing"
An interesting insight on the economic and political pressure that scientists were under to go with the flow despite overwhelming evidence.

For anyone who doesn’t know, Fat Head Movie is a comedy-documentary by Tom Naughton (comedian and former health writer). The documentary explains how low cholesterol is unhealthy, saturated fat does not cause heart disease but instead sugars, grains, starches and processed vegetable oils do. This is one of his short clips titled “Saturated fat and Cholesterol Lies”.

17 minutes in length

Cholesterol - The Bad Rap

For most of you readers. This report will come across as pure heresy -  "A belief or opinion contrary to  doctrine." This really isn't breaking news it is just not yet generally accepted but is continuing to grow in popularity and acceptance. I am not trying to push anything on anybody but if you take some time you will see that there is another way to look at nutrition and just maybe what you thought were good nutritional guidelines because they were released by govt agencies may have been wrong all along. People do make mistakes.

Gatorade vs Donuts

Sports drinks aren’t ‘recharging’ your kids. They’re just pumping them full of sugar.

 I think the images will speak for themselves

 

Some Good Keto Resources

I thought I would just put together a few of the better resources out there on the interwebs that I have come across regarding Keto for your perusal.  Like I said these are just a few that will help you get a really good understanding of Keto

Video - Low Carb High Fat Athletic Performance

Video - CEREAL KILLERS 2: RUN ON FAT

The Ketogenic Diet 101: A Detailed Beginner’s Guide

A Guide to the Keto Diet

The Diet Doctor

You Tube Channel - Stephanie Keto Person

Primal Edge Health

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