It
is a myth that eating fats causes weight gain, unless we consume trans fats hydrogenated into
unnatural fats solid at room temperature.
The
processing of unsaturated vegetable seed oils into hydrogenated margarine etc.
creates toxicity – they cannot be properly metabolised and
lead to disease. However, saturated fats, e.g.: from butter and
other animal foods, lower Lp(a) associated with heart disease, enhance immune
function and contain many essential nutrients to combat cancer
and promote fertility. Some types boost metabolism and reduce
weight, whereas trans fats raise it.
So
let’s avoid processed vegetable oils and rely more on healthy fats from
coconuts, olives, fish and land animals not tortured by industrial farming, e.g.: pastured, grass fed cattle. Good seed
oils such as flax and hemp are best kept refrigerated (easily go rancid),
available from Sunny Foods and the Eastbourne Clinic of Natural Medicine: raw
milk and butter delivered by Hook & Son near Hailsham, also organic yoghurt
from Court Lodge Farm in Wartling.
