Eat Fat, Lose Fat: The Healthy Alternative to Trans Fats
by Mary Enig, Sally Fallon
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Author: Mary Enig, Sally FallonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-03-28
ISBN: 0452285666
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Plume
Book Reviews of Eat Fat, Lose Fat: The Healthy Alternative to Trans Fats
Book Review: This book teaches you a lot about your body and the food you feed it.
Summary: 5 Stars
Read the book, follow the authors' advice and you'll see how quickly your body reacts to good nutrition.
If you want to feel good read the book, you owe it to your body.
UPDATE (01/07/2010):
I received this book the first week of August '09 and, since then, I've been dropping a substantial amount of weight. I couldn't say how much because I don't weigh myself but clothes started to feel loose within two weeks of introducing some changes to my diet and now, four months later, I'm down 4 sizes. My husband has lost weight, as well - his belly is gone and he couldn't be happier.
I've always cooked from scratch but had been using very little butter, trimming animal fat and consuming nonfat dairy for the past 20 years. Well, thanks to Dr. Enig, now I'm back to eating the wholesome foods of my childhood: raw dairy, animal fat and whole grains.
I have replaced white sugar with raw honey (which I buy inexpensively, by the 60 lb pail, from a local apiary and lasts us a whole year) and the cravings for sweets are history. We used to eat ice cream almost every night. Haven't touched it in months. We now eat fruit after dinner.
The virgin coconut oil, when taken 20-30 minutes before a meal, curbs my appetite. Now I eat half the portions I used to and, most importantly, I feel satiated. It's such a great feeling. I thought that, somehow, I had lost the ability to feel full. Well, it's back and now I feel normal again.
I don't like coconut much so eating a tablespoon of the oil before a meal is not very pleasing but I keep doing it because it works. Thankfully, even though the oil does have a slight coconut scent, the food does not smell/taste like coconut when I use the oil in baking or for sautéing.
Drinking homemade beef or chicken stock every night with dinner helps with digestion and, while we are eating foods rich in animal fats, we don't feel bloated like we used to when we were eating low-fat everything.
I've been soaking grains and legumes for months now. I can't say that I notice any difference in the way my body reacts to this but these foods seem to have a much nicer texture when cooked after a 24-hour soaking in whey and water, particularly the bread dough.
We feel much better these days, sleep better and wake up rested and alert. My skin looks and feels 100% better than it did six months ago. My husband's skin has improved too - he used to have very dry upper arms and back. I don't know if this is because we have been using the coconut oil as a body lotion after showering or because the nutrients in the food we eat get absorbed better now due to soaking foods and the intake of good fats, maybe a combination of both.
In a couple of months we'll have our annual checkup. I'll update this review with the test results.
Summary of Eat Fat, Lose Fat: The Healthy Alternative to Trans Fats
Based on more than two decades of research, Eat Fat, Lose Fat flouts conventional wisdom by revealing that so-called healthy vegetable oils (such as corn and soybean) are in large part responsible for our national obesity and health crisis, while the saturated fats traditionally considered ?harmful? (from such foods as coconut, butter, and meat) are essential to weight loss and health.
Just in time for the FDA?s new mandatory trans fats labeling, the three programs in this book, which features delicious recipes, show that eating healthy fats is the answer to losing weight and achieving good health for a lifetime.
?If permanently losing weight while improving your health is a real goal, I highly recommend Eat Fat, Lose Fat.??Dr. Joseph Mercola, bestselling author of The No-Grain Diet
?Dr. Mary Enig and Sally Fallon are two of the most important voices in the wellness revolution. Eat Fat, Lose Fat is a must read.?
?Jordan S. Rubin, author of The New York Times? bestselling The Maker?s Diet
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