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"For instance, during the decades of the twentieth century when rates of heart disease were rising in America, Americans were actually reducing their intake of animal fats (in the form of lard and tallow). In place of those fats, they consumed substantially more vegetable oils, especially in the form of margarine, sales of which outpaced butter for the first time in 1957. Between the end ofWorld War II and 1976 (the year of McGovern's hearings) , per capita consumption of animal fats from all sources dropped from eighty-four pounds to seventy-one, while fats from seed oils approximately doubled." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"Controlling cholesterol problems involves ensuring our enzyme, mineral, and vitamin intake is adequate by regularly consuming fresh greens, raw fruits and vegetables, and by avoiding the consumption of refined sugars and saturated animal fats." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Refined, processed, low-fiber foods, animal fats, a lack of exercise, and an ever increasing level of stress all contribute to our current gastrointestinal health crisis. 'Many health professionals would dispute this number, calling it far too high. And if you limit your discussion of parasites to things such as tape worms and Chinese liver flukes, they are correct." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"The simplest way to accomplish the necessary levels of fat reduction is to avoid animal fats in all forms; a vegan diet (vegetarian, without any animal products at all, including dairy or eggs) is naturally a very low-fat diet. Of course, vegetarians, and even strict vegans, can succumb to fat in other forms like french fries, potato chips, and other greasy fried foods." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"This misinformation is highlighted by the fact that heart attacks began to rise when consumption of animal fats actually decreased. This was verified by British research, which revealed that those areas in the U.K. where people consumed more margarine and less butter had the highest numbers of heart attacks. Further studies revealed that heart attack patients had consumed the least amounts of animal fats. In this context, it is important to differentiate between processed and unprocessed fats." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Emphasize fish high in omega-3 oils (salmon, tuna, sardines, halibut, mackerel, herring) and reduce saturated animal fats (beef, chicken, butter, cheese) to promote the preferred prostaglandin pathways that are discussed in Chapters 9 and 13 (in the discussions of heart disease and menstrual cramps). These preferred prostaglandins will reduce inflammation and may thereby help to reduce heavy and profuse menstrual flows. Foods high in iron in particular should be incorporated into the general diet when heavy blood loss persists on a monthly basis." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Exercise regularly and limit your intake of animal fats (for example, limit red meat to one to two servings each week and substitute natural omega-3 spreads for butter). Hormone Use after Breast Cancer Women who have a history of breast cancer and decide to become pregnant do not appear to increase their risk of recurrence. Nine independent studies have shown that women with a history of breast cancer who use hormones have a better quality of life, no increase in recurrence of breast cancer, and no reduction in their life expectancy." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Now, some people argue that plant oils are more healthful than animal fats, and it's true that they are much lower in saturated fat, the kind that raises cholesterol levels and is linked to breast cancer and insulin resistance. When it comes to weight problems, however, animal fats and vegetable oils are essentially all the same. They all pack in 9 calories per gram. Step three is to focus on high-fiber foods. A grain of brown rice, for example, has a thin cloak of fiber surrounding the grain that gives the rice its tan color." - Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs (Get the book.)

"There have been some recent reports that the incidence of heart attacks is increasing in women, as our consumption of eggs, butter, and animal fats has fallen. Statins—drugs that lower cholesterol—have been shown to reduce heart attacks from recurring but not from happening. A study published in the American Journal of Cardiology in 2003 showed that the amount of arterial disease (plaque) was not different in groups given high doses of statin drugs (lowering the cholesterol to one-half the normal value), compared with patients on low-dose statins (maintaining low-normal levels of cholesterol)." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Beta-carotene and animal fats and their relationship to prostate cancer risk. A case-control study. Cancer 64, 605-612. 75. Chan, J. M., Giovannucci, E., Andersson, S. O., Yuen, J., Adami, H. O., and Wolk, A. (1998). Dairy products, calcium, phosphorus, vitamin D, and risk of prostate cancer (Sweden). Cancer Causes Control 9, 559-566. 76. Snowdon, D. A., Phillips, R. L., and Choi, W. (1984). Diet, obesity, and risk of fatal prostate cancer. Am. J. Epidemiol. 120, 244-250. 77. Chan, J. M., Stampfer, M. J., Ma, J., Gann, P. H., Gaziano, J. M., and Giovannucci, E. L. (2001)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Reduce total fat, animal fats, and simple carbohydrates. Eat modest amounts of organic low-fat dairy." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Naturally-occurring saturated fats are found mainly in animal fats, meats, dairy products, eggs, and tropical oils. They are also synthesized in the body from carbohydrates. Contrary to popular belief, not all saturated fats are responsible for the many diseases they are accused of contributing to. In fact, saturated fats are very necessary and are utilized by the body—for energy, to build cell membranes, for the incorporation of calcium into bone structure, and to strengthen the immune system." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Fats are things like nuts, seeds, oils and animal fats. The bright side of being shot! Back in 1822, a fur trapper named Alexis St. Martin accidentally shot himself in the side and left a permanent opening into his stomach. Ouch! A U.S. Army surgeon Dr. William Beaumont carried a series of experiments out on Alexis over 11 years. He dangled different food stuffs into the opening to see how long they took to digest. In 1833 Beaumont published his findings with great praise. Source: Body; An Amazing Tour of the Human Body, by Richard Walker (see bibliography)." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.) "Limit the intake of fried foods and animal fats if you have gallbladder trouble as they tend to increase cholesterol and gallstone formation. Fats and oils that are acceptable are nuts, flax, walnut and olive oil. These fats are said to help the gallbladder make bile to flush out gallstones. Anything that stimulates bile flow helps. Bitter foods such as artichokes, rhubarb, bitters, dandelion greens, lemon, lettuce and chicory are very good. Eat a high fibre diet because it binds up cholesterol and expels it through the gastrointestinal tract." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.) "Fats are things like nuts, seeds, oils and animal fats. SUPPLEMENTS FOR FLATULENCE Chlorella Chlorella is a good source of nutrients such as B12 and has an alkalinizing effect on the body. Take as directed on the package. It is not irritating to the stomach or intestinal tract. Digestive Enzymes Digestive enzymes are a means for the body to break down foods and absorb their nutrients. Our body naturally makes digestive enzymes through the liver, the pancreas and stomach. If you do not have good digestion, enzymes act as insurance for proper absorption." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.) "Fats are things like nuts, seeds, oils and animal fats. GENERAL SUPPLEMENTS FOR BILIOUSNESS Calcium and Magnesium, 2:1 ratio Take a 2:1 ratio of calcium to magnesium. It is an alkalinizing mineral that helps to absorb acid. Take in between meals. Typical daily dosage would be 800 to 1200 mgs of calcium and 400 to 600 mgs of magnesium. It is best to split this into two or three doses throughout the day. Calcium Carbonate is a better buffer for acid than Calcium Citrate or Calcium Hydroxyapatite." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"The direct statement "eat less meat" morphed into the self-canceling "choose lean meats" or the more convoluted "limit use of animal fats." In 2004, the committee advising the government about how to revise the Dietary Guidelines for Americans pointed to links between eating meat and cancers of the colon and rectum, and between animal fat and prostate cancer. The committee said: "Limit one's intake of animal fats, among them fatty meat; bacon and sausage; and poultry skin and fat." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.)

"The Eskimos lived on a diet very, very high in raw animal fats, including raw eggs, and suffered no heart disease until introduced to cooking. Dr. Stanley Bass claims that the lecithin in egg yolks appears to counteract the development of cholesterol deposition in arteries. According to Aajonus Vonderplanitz, raw fat is needed more than any other nutrient, even more than carbohydrates and protein. Raw fat not only functions as a fuel supply, but it also cleanses, lubricates and protects the body." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Between the end ofWorld War II and 1976 (the year of McGovern's hearings) , per capita consumption of animal fats from all sources dropped from eighty-four pounds to seventy-one, while fats from seed oils approximately doubled. Americans appeared to be moving in the direction of a "prudent diet" and yet, paradoxically, having more heart attacks on it, not fewer.* As for the precipitous decline in heart disease during the years of World War II, that could just as easily be attributed to factors other than the scarcity of meat, butter, and eggs." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"An excess of saturated animal fats and trans-fatty acids is associated with increased diabetes, cancer of the breast and prostate, immune dysfunction, and infertility. Drs. Walter Willett and Alberto Ascherio of the Harvard School of Public Health have estimated that 30,000 premature deaths each year are attributable to our consumption of trans fats.9 Foods high in trans-fatty acids include: margarine, commercial peanut butter, and pre-packaged baked goods, cakes, pies, and cookies." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Avoid eating animal fats, including red meats, pork and chicken, as well as foods that have been fried in animal lard. Talk to your doctor to determine if this type of nutritional therapy suits your individual case of endometriosis. Balance Hormones Naturally Er mdometriosis may be the result of a progesterone imbalance. And progesterone, a hormone associated with ovulation, may be regulated with prescription drugs. But holistic physicians suggest controlling progesterone levels with wild yam. Look for this natural hormone therapy in herbal pharmacies and health food stores." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"I believe that these healthy results will be repeated in all indigenous cultures who give up white flour, white sugar, cooked hydrogenated and animal fats, and return to the land and their indigenous diets and lifestyles. CHAPTER 3 PREVIEW In the next chapter we will be discussing a comprehensive theory of the causes of diabetes which will give you more insight into how to effectively manage your metabolism. This is a theory that explains the effectiveness of the clinical results. As a scientist, one understands, as with all theories, they must be proven." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "Obesity is secondary to a diet high in saturated cooked animal fats and high in sugar. Americans have become conspicuous consumers of sugar and sweet-tasting foods and beverages. Per capita consumption of caloric sweeteners, mainly sucrose (table sugar made from cane and beets) and corn sweeteners (notably high-fructose corn syrup, or HFCS) increased 43 pounds, or 39 percent, between 1950-1959 and 2000. In 2000, each American consumed an average 152 pounds of caloric sweeteners. That amounted to more than two-fifths of a pound, or 52 teaspoons per person per day." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Depending on one of three main pathways of prostaglandin production, the effects can be helpful or harmful to the body. animal fats produce a pathway of prostaglandin products that increase inflammation, muscle constriction, and edema. However, gamma-linolenic acid and alpha-linolenic acid produce the opposite effects. These fatty acids taken in supplemental form can produce the prostaglandins that are involved in inhibiting tumor growth, dilating smooth muscle, and decreasing inflammation." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"As a vegan, he shares a certain insight about the role of animal fats as a causative factor in diabetes, and the process of reversing diabetes to an extent. His research contrasts in a positive way with the results of the American Diabetic Association diet. He has observed, as we have also observed, that a high-animal-fat diet is associated with increased incidence of Type-2 diabetes. Dr. Barnard noted that in Japan, Thailand, other Asian countries, and Africa people on the traditional diet had a low incidence of diabetes." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Animal Fats Raw animal fats are typically saturated, so they are not as strong in their cleansing abilities as monounsaturated or polyunsaturated fats, therefore they do not directly help detoxify the body, but certain saturated fats such as lauric acid, found in raw milk and butter are helpful as anti-viral agents. Animal flesh fats are particularly dangerous today, not only because they bring some form of karmic energy upon the consumer from the animal's death, but primarily because they contain stored toxins collected from the environment." - David Wolfe, The Sunfood Diet Success System (Get the book.)

"Most of the bad reputation of fats comes from cooked and rancid vegetable fats and from eating a diet so very high in cooked animal fats. These cooked fats are dangerous to the cardiovascular system, much more readily stored as fat rather than metabolized, and contribute to numerous disease states. However, raw fat is actually good for you, enhancing hormone production and supplying the nutrients needed to improve your skin. Some raw fooders hold that eating raw fat helps you metabolize or eliminate the stored cooked fat residues deposited within tissues or circulating in fluids." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.) "Also, aren't plant fats much better than animal fats?" While raw plant fat is far superior, too much of it is nonetheless harmful. Dr. Graham personally knows two raw fooders who have undergone open-heart surgery because their high-fat raw diets resulted in near-total blockage of their coronary arteries! He bases much of his theory not only on his own clinical results, but also on studies of long-lived people with low fat diets that were close to the 80/10/10 he prescribes." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.) "The fat in commercially sold meat contains 10-15 times the pesticide concentration of that in plant tissues. animal fats store toxins. Animal fat tissues are toxin storage depots, a characteristic not exhibited in plant tissues. The China Study documents that a diet high in animal protein promotes cancer and other diseases of affluence, such as heart disease and gout. A diet high in plant protein does not have these adverse effects." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"But here's an important distinction: These results occurred only when the triglycerides were from animal fats. Triglycerides from vegetable fats did not block leptin as the animal triglycerides had done. What do the researchers think is the solution? Theoretically, if you lower triglycerides, you should help the body's own leptin work better, which may help you lose weight. Eating a low-fat diet, they say, is a natural way to reduce triglycerides." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

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