scientist is saying wait a minute. this is not really based on all the science. you guys aren t looking at all the science. this is a political process you re coming with these recommendations. the usual suspects are there, the vegetables, the fruits, the whole grains, the legumes, low processed meat. when it came to dairy, scientists say fat is not that bad for you. saturated fats the ones you find in olive oil. milk gives you protein. on the age category of the individual, in your teens or 20s, 30s or 40s and in good health milk is very good. studies have shown with these low carb milk you crave more calorie, you don t feel as fuel. you ll add more sugars to your
saturated fat you probably have coconut oil there, that s not necessarily the best thing for you. but it s not as bad as the rest of them. because yes it does increase the bad cholesterol but also increases the good cholesterol. what i want the viewers to know is that moderation is the way to go. on saturated fat are the ones that we love on this program, avocado, walnuts, olive oil. monounsaturated foots. exactly and trans fat is your biggest enemy that you absolutely want to stay away. when you have carbohydrates which is sugar, that s also another nightmare because it increases triglycerides. try to add some of the unsaturated fats to your diet. and actually they showed some fish. that s polyunsaturated. i love unsaturated fats. i m also a huge fan of avocado which has a lot of unsaturated fats. has a lot of fiber. has a lot of vitamin b. has as much potassium as a banana. what a great food avocado is. and an avocado as an energy source is a great food. it lowers bad chole
is complicated but take my word for it. what about chicken? that s interesting you say that. the reason that i suggested it for this week, end of the year, big stories, is because what david just said about the thing it does, it lengthens your life. dairy, poultry, not on the diet. fruit and vegetables, a big-ticket item has led to 40% decreased weight in people that have it regularly. get it from fish. tree nuts. unsaturated fats. shrimp, scallops sure. we re talking about salmon. one other thing about mediterranean diet, it is also like very favorable of spice. and spice is actually great because it increases your metabolism, increases your heart rate and you request lose weight as a result of this.
fact that it s a very saturated fat which has gotten a bad rap recently, but coconut oil is high in properties that are good for your health. it has a different profile than a lot of saturated fats. i tell people you need a wide variety of oils because, let s face it, essential fatty acids are one of the building blocks of the body. coconut oil is one of the beneficial oils, and i know a while ago it got a bad rap because they were looking at the cooked coconut oil which, of course, doesn t have the same benefits as raw. you found 101 benefits. can you name a few for us? yeah. absolutely. so obviously i use it in cooking. it s especially good i have found in stir fries with a curry type flavor because coconut and curry go really well together. they re used in a lot of different cuisines. i can also sneak it into smoothies for my kids putting a teaspoon or two in. it has a very faint coconut taste but it s not overpowering.
margerine. new research shows we may have been misled. nina wrote it and you just published a new book called the big fat surprise. what s the surprise? the surprise is the kind of fat in meat, cheese, butter, and eggs is not bad for your health. it s been our dietary culprit for the past 20 years. how could it have been sold to us over these years if it wasn t strong? the idea that saturated fat is bad for you came from a researcher from the 1950s in the heart disease research epidemic. one scientist proposed saturated fats. he got that idea implanted into