We’ve always heard seemingly since the beginning of time that dietary fat and cholesterol are some of the most unhealthy substances we could possibly put inside of our bodies. After all, eating fat and cholesterol is what makes us fat, clogs our arteries leading to heart attacks and stroke, and is simply asking for trouble that could result in a premature death. With the possibility of any of this being true, people have dutifully shunned foods like butter, fatty meats and cheeses, egg, heavy cream, and more in favor of so-called “healthy” substitutes like margarine, tofu, fat-free cheeses, egg whites, and skim milk. What has that gotten us? MORE obesity, MORE heart disease, and even the premature death of people like my brother Kevin at the age of 41 who did everything “right” by ditching the fat and cholesterol. But what if all of the “experts” who have been force-feeding these negative messages about fat and cholesterol were dead wrong? What if instead of being bad for you these things are actually in all honesty GOOD for you? This may sound preposterous in a heavily lipophobic society, but that’s the exact premise of Dr. Uffe Ravnskov’s outstanding book entitled Fat And Cholesterol Are Good For You.
I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Ravnskov about this book and the thing that struck me the most about him was his courage to tell the truth no matter what the personal consequences to his career would be–and the price has been costly. Banned from television appearances and blacklisted by the medical journals for his bold stand in support of fat and cholesterol, he just marches forward educating the public about this issue that is a vitally important part of health culture. And for Dr. Ravenskov, he has seen the evidence for himself that supports everything he says about the healthfulness of consuming saturated fat and cholesterol and has become an impassioned defender of these as the real health foods people should be consuming. Trying to convince people who have had it indoctrinated into them for decades that fat will harm them that now it’s okay is a tough road to travel. But nobody does it better than this man.
Anyone who still thinks eating saturated fat will raise their cholesterol, clog their arteries and slowly but surely kill them needs to read Fat And Cholesterol Are Good For You. Dr. Ravnskov clearly explains what the purpose of cholesterol is in the body, why it is a necessary element in your body that should not be discouraged, how saturated fat has very little to do with cholesterol, why you really should be eating saturated fat in your diet, how to quickly silence the fat-phobics, why a high-carb diet is detrimental to people with diabetes, the mechanics of what cholesterol does for cardiovascular health, how the “bad” cholesterol may not be so bad after all, why triglycerides are the real lipid that needs attention, the dangers of having too LOW cholesterol, statin drug risks, the real causes of heart attacks, and so much more! This really is the complete package for anyone who wants to educate themselves about what the science shows about eating fat and cholesterol on the body. It’s not as grim as people have been led to believe. GET THIS BOOK!
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