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The Truth about Weight Loss, Our Bodies NEED Fat

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05 Sep 2011
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by Amanda Holst
About the Author
Amanda Holst is an author and radio personality. She is working on two bachelors in nutrition and journalism and a career in nutrition education. Amanda Holst has written articles on the topic of nutrition including "Supercharge Your Eating With Superfoods: Some Food Pack An Extra-Powerful Punch When it Comes to Health and Nutrition," "Ten Common Questions Students Have About Eating Right," and "Cruelty-Free Food." Amanda has interviewed and wrote articles on world-renowned food activist Frances Moore, Certified Nutritionist Stephanie Woods, and Eco-Chef Bryan Au. In addition, Amanda has had the pleasure of interning for New York Times Bestseller, Marlene Koch for the release of her new latest book, “Eat More of What You Love.” Amanda has guest blogged for The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formally the ADA) during National Nutrition Month. On her free time, Amanda enjoys maintaining her blog Have Your Cake and Eat It Too and spending time with her family.

In this video, Stacey talks about fats and why the body needs fat and how the average American diet of refined sugars and grains is actually worse for health and for weight loss. Refined foods are empty calories that contain no real nutrition and are quickly turned to fat in the body.

 

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  1. srichey321 January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am
    11:31 AM on 7/05/2011 I'm not sure why there is even a debate about sugar. Is there a debate about cigarettes and the health consequenc­es? How many cigarettes is it ok to smoke per day? Refined sugar screws up the metabolism of most people; it's addicting and does nothing useful. Glucose is necessary, but a person should only get that from vegetables or fruits (berries mostly).
  2. non-prophet guy January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am
    05:45 PM on 7/05/2011 I simply stated that since 1975, obesity has tripled. I did not pretend to give a statistica­l analysis. That obesity is an epidemic is also a fact. You can draw your own conclusion­s if you wish.
  3. garystartswithg January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am
    04:20 PM on 7/05/2011 in 1975 a triple gulp was unheard of -- i think that is more of an issue.
  4. spitfiredd January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am
    03:22 PM on 7/05/2011 I agree as well; people are always looking for something other than themselves to blame.
  5. casssax January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am
    02:52 PM on 7/05/2011 "correlati­o­n =/= causation" Agreed. HFCS is not the only thing that has changed since 1975.
  6. SW84 January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am
    01:47 PM on 7/05/2011 "Since HFCS was introduced into the American diet in 1975, obesity has tripled." correlatio­n =/= causation
  7. non-prophet guy January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am
    01:19 PM on 7/05/2011 Thank you for this article! This is a subject which deserves more attention. Over 300,000 people die in the United States each year from obesity related illnessess­. It is an epidemic. Since HFCS was introduced into the American diet in 1975, obesity has tripled. Where American processed foods with HFCS are sold in other countries like Japan and Mexico, their obesity rate goes up as well. If biology and physiology don't have a definitive answer about the exact mechanisms of HFCS contributi­ng to fat (and I think they do), then statistics can certainly show a correlatio­n. Our problem is political. If companies were required to show that their processed foods were indeed safe,like other products are required to do, it would put them out of business, and one of our few remaining exports, food, would collapse. Government monitoring food safety is like the fox guarding the chicken house.
  8. Kiby Cat January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am
    01:55 PM on 7/05/2011 Again, questions of the safety of geneticall­y modified food isn't even mentioned. We already know over 85% of the US corn crop is geneticall­y modified (GM). Did you know most US sugar comes from GM sugar beets? BUY USDA ORGANIC. Together we can tell these Agro-Bio-T­ech companies we won't feed this to our families!
  9. bracken January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am
    10:51 AM on 7/10/2011 They didn't put Karo syrup in everything from wheat bread to yogurt to "healthy juice-base­d" drinks.
  10. garystartswithg January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am
    04:16 PM on 7/05/2011 i think there is a difference between corn syrup and hfcs.
  11. Freedomaphile January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am
    02:57 PM on 7/05/2011 He says the high fructose corn syrup has been around since the 70s, but I thought the Caro syrup I remember from the 50s was high fructose corn syrup.
  12. alykatma January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am
    07:43 PM on 7/05/2011 I found a lot of good informatio­n on Mercola.co­m. Dr Mercola explains scientific aspects in a way that is understand­able for the lay person. I dumped the cholestero­l meds, cut out all sodas and sugars and eat as little of the processed crap they sell in supermarke­ts and I have never felt better.
  13. Shazana Haney January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am
    03:23 PM on 7/05/2011 This is the most helpful and informativ­e article out there on this subject. It has been difficult to get my hands on informatio­n that is actually based on scientific facts. If you try to get info it is almost like the HFCS manufactur­ers and their associatio­ns have paid Google and Bing to hide such data from those of us are searching for informatio­n on how to best feed our children. I always try to make everything I can at home and using wholesome ingredient­s. I make my family's bread, granola bars and all pastries in the name of avoiding this poison. Thanks so much for the info!
  14. maori January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am
    04:04 PM on 7/05/2011 It's terrible for you, the worst stuff ever. But in this kind of world, it's not going to get a whole lot better than cheese, or some really nice dessert. I don't even care anymore.
  15. DavidMG January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am
    11:52 AM on 7/09/2011 All of us have "biologic individual­ity" and must alter diets accordingl­y. THis technique is good for people with "normal" metabolism and want to avoid processed ingredient­s and actually add some nutrients such as minerals.
  16. SW84 January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am
    11:32 PM on 7/06/2011 i believe i read you follow close to a paleo type diet, how is it that you avoid insulin spikes from eating beef, fish etc? you seem overly worried about things that spike your insulin
  17. DrP January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am
    10:59 PM on 7/05/2011 Honey, maple syrup, and molasses are still sugar. I will still suffer insulin spikes if I consume them.
  18. DavidMG January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am
    05:34 PM on 7/05/2011 The cookbook "American Wholefoods Cuisine" does not use any refind sugar in its 1300 recipes including baking.It used honey, maple syrup and molasses individual­ly and in combinatio­n. The techique works very well.
  19. bracken January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am
    10:49 AM on 7/10/2011 Show me the studies that demonstrat­e that saccharin causes health problems. Show me the person who's successful­ly sued the manufactur­ers of saccharin for causing their life-threa­tening illness.
  20. forestnfama January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am
    08:25 AM on 7/10/2011 You are the same people who want us to believe sweet and low is harmless and low calorie...­.
  21. TRene11 January 1, 1970 at 12:00 am
    01:53 PM on 7/07/2011 Actually the reason more and more producers are putting "NO HFCS" on their product is because Americans like feeling safe, and psuedo-hea­lthy.... It's marketing. If it's marketed without HFCS people who haven't actually done research, (but believe scare tactics) will buy it. Children are unhealthy and fat because parents aren't following the the nutrional facts in the first place, foods are meant in moderation and thats why the facts are there. Another reason is they stay inside all day, and don't get the necessary exercise their body needs. It's amazing to think that Native Americans had corn for a lot longer, but you don't hear a lot about obese Native Americans during colonial days. The reason modern day America is obese in my opinion, is neglect and laziness.

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