"We Americans would have saved ourselves a lot of trouble if we had never discovered the (overly) simple fact that a gram of fat contains more calories than a gram of protein or carbohydrate, which seems to suggest that, all things equal, any overweight animal should eat more carbohydrate and less fat to lose weight. Yet carb-heavy grains are exactly what farmers feed to livestock to fatten them up as quickly and as cheaply as possible. Let me repeat that, just for good measure: grains -- the base of the USDA food pyramid for humans -- are what American farmers use to fatten up their livestock." (my emphasis)
For more, read Chris Kresser's review on this book.
Great point Ilona!! I've been eating from a Paleo template for almost 2 years. The fat in my diet has leaned me out rather than the body fat from those "healthy whole grains". The day I stopped eating wheat was the day I started getting my health back.
ReplyDeleteThat's great Karen. I'm happy for you. I have a similar experience.
DeleteHi Ilona! Found you from Lynda. I have a tab on the top of my blog called "USDA Pyramid Scheme" to help spread the word. Good job.
ReplyDeleteThank you Gwen. You have a great blog!
DeleteSpot on, absolutely correct! We are all being told an absolute lie and every day you see people avoiding fat still but scoffing down grains. I love all the information you give here Ilona, you do a great job!
ReplyDeleteThank you Lynda!
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