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  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] so grow and eat plants! (mostly)
  • Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:20:15 -0700

We are seeing a lot of obesity problems here in Colombia now that fast food
is getting a toe hold. It is really sad to see. 10 years ago it was very rare
to see an overweight person.

---- Tradingpost <tradingpost@lobo.net> wrote:
>
> Low Fat Diets Are Grossly Misrepresented
> T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. September 28, 2010 07:00 AM
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/t-colin-campbell/low-fat-diets-are-grossly_b_740543.htm
>
> excerpts
>
> ....... By falsely blaming low fat, 'high carb' diets for the obesity
> crisis, these writers were then free to promote the opposite: high fat, low
> 'carb', high cholesterol and high protein diets rich in animal-based foods,
> a so-called low 'carb' diet. During the initial discussions of this 'low
> carb' diet, no distinction was made between the refined carbohydrates
> (sugar and white flour as commonly present in processed foods) and the
> natural carbohydrates almost exclusively present in plant-based foods.
>
> ...... Obesity continues to climb but not because of a switch to a
> plant-foods rich diet naturally low in fat and high in carbohydrate (TOTAL
> carbohydrate, that is). Rather, obesity increases as physical activity
> decreases and as sugary, fatty, salty processed food consumption increases.
>
> More serious, however, is the effect that this mythology has had on
> suppressing information on the extraordinary health value of diets that are
> truly low in fat (10-12 percent). I am referring to a whole foods,
> plant-based diet that avoids added fat and processed and animal-based
> foods. This diet contains about 10-12 percent fat, sometimes pejoratively
> referred to as "extremely low fat". Call it what you will, but this diet
> (also low in total protein, about 8-10 percent) produces, by comparison,
> "extremely low" incidences of sickness and disease. In fact, it now has
> been shown not just to prevent these illnesses but to treat them.
> Importantly, this dietary lifestyle cannot be dismissed by the mythological
> argument that so-called low fat diets have been proven to be questionable.
>
> ... It is time that we seriously consider the health benefits of a whole
> food, plant based diet, which is naturally low in total fat, animal-based
> protein, and refined carbohydrates but rich in antioxidants and complex
> carbohydrates. The health benefits that are now being reported for this
> dietary lifestyle are unmatched in scope and magnitude of effect. It is
> time to discard the gibberish about low fat diets being responsible for the
> obesity epidemic. This demonizing of low fat diets does not apply to whole
> food plant-based diets, even lower in fat, because this dietary lifestyle
> really works. Just try it, but stay with it long enough to allow your body
> to overcome your taste preferences for fat that arise from its addictive
> nature.
>
>
>
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