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I just received my DVD from Amazon. It is very good. It will help wake up the population to the health problems of eating food that is not always good for you. A few years ago, Dr Barry Sears, released a book called "Toxic Fat: When Good Fat Turns Bad".
Toxic Fat: When Good Fat Turns Bad
While "Fed Up" is an excellent documentary, it is only one (albeit a major) piece of the diet/health puzzle. Fed UP aims squarely at the fact that eating "cheap carbs", sugar, high fructose corn syrup, etc, makes YOU FAT. This is true, but it is only the tip of the iceberg. Dr Sears discovered that when excessive omega-6 unsaturated fats are consumed which are not matched by omega-3 unsaturated fats (high quality fish oil), these combined with the "cheap carbs" to produce "silent inflammation", that goes on for years and becomes not so silent inflammation as it destroys your body. "Getting fat" is usually only one symptom of this process. Additional effects include metabolic syndrome that progresses to diabetes. Also artery plaquing and arthritis is also caused by the silent inflammation caused by too much omega-6s combined with too many "cheap carbs" (sugars, and other high glycemic foods, such as bread and chips that "flash" into sugar immediately upon eating). "Getting Fat" is usually the only external (visible) effect of this lifestyle, but the internal damage is far worse.
Since 1957, when the (incorrect) push to ditch "saturated fat" started, and thus switch people over to "heart healthy unsaturated fats", has lead to this mess. Too much omega-6s "heart healthy" fats are really "heart deadly" fats (unless taken with equal omega-3s). Most saturated fats (e.g. butter, coconut oil), and pretty healthy for you. In 1957, they used "hydrogenated" coconut oil to clog arteries. Hydrogenated oils are full of trans-fats, which are deadly, and they didn't know that in 1957. Virgin or expeller pressed coconut oil is quite healthy. Dr Sears states, that omega-6 fats consumed must be matched by am almost equal portion of omega-3 fats to achieve balance. The omega-6s create inflammatory conditions, when taken, and also in the future. Omega-3s create anti-inflammatory conditions, thus a balance is needed.
One BIG problem, is that omega-3s are all unstable in air, they go rancid quickly. Therefore almost all oils found in prepared food (sunflower, soy, corn, safflower, canola, etc) are all majorly omega-6 based, since omega-6s are stable in air and "taste good". Olive oil is a special case, an Omega-9 (Oleic acid), that is anti-inflammatory like an omega-3. Any thing fried, any chips, etc, any food you find with "oils" in it, are probably mostly omega-6s, leading to inflammation, when combined with the excessive sugars as FED UP documents. While some nuts (Almonds, etc) can have benefits, their oils are mostly omega-6s still.
One solution is to take lots of high quality fish oil (Dr Sears), as much as 10 grams/day of EPA-DHA may be needed. Since highly refined good fish oils (Dr Sears brand, and Life Extension Foundation brand) are 60% EPA-DHA, 18 fish oil pills per day may be needed to rectify the inflammation. Getting a lipids blood test will show you your HDL (good cholesterol) as well as triglycerides. Dr Sears states that your inflammation is whipped when your triglycerides are 1X to 2X the value of your HDL. If the trig/HDL ratio is higher, then you have damaging inflammation going on, so more fish oil is needed. The EPA and DHA omega-3 fats are the work horses in combatting inflammation. People ask what about taking "flax seed" (ALA) oil instead. Sure, it works, but the body can only convert 1 gram per day into useful EPA/DHA, and the rest gets wasted, so the best is taking high quality fish oil.
Today, the average American gets only 0.15 grams of omega-3 fats, and 40-50 grams or more of inflammatory omega-6s. Even cutting back the sugars, these excessive omega-6s will still lead to diabetes, artery plaquing, heart attacks, etc. I hear of people having plugged arteries and heart attacks in their low 30s now. These omega-6s become part of your tissues, and continue to emit signaling molecules that result in continued inflammation and damage. I have been taking Life Extension Super Omega-3 EPA/DHA (fish oil) which also contains sesame lignans and olive fruit extracts for years, six pills per meal. I have perfect lipids and no ongoing inflammation. My doctors cannot believe it, and I don't take statins either. This fish oil has undone years of bad eating (excessive omega-6s in chips, fries, etc), before Dr Sears came along and discovered the inflammation / omega-6 / excessive sugars connection.
Also, Olive oil, an Omega-9, while healthy on salads, etc, breaks down when used in cooking. Cooking with coconut oil is a good idea, since it is a fully saturated fat, and has no double bonds to break down at high temps. It is usable to 450 F.
Somebody needs to do a follow on documentary, combining what is in FED UP, and the teachings of Dr Barry Sears, including the inflammation angle as part of the bigger picture.
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Very informative. It validated many concepts I ready knew ...
Very informative. It validated many concepts I ready knew, but also opened my eyes to many new things. I swore off sugar after watching.... Didn't last long because I am a sugar junkie! I have made some small changes, and will continue to work on my sugar cravings… Baby steps. I plan on watching this periodically to remind myself
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