Why Fat Matters and which fat is most important

Our cleanest source of fuel for our bodies is fat though our bodies prefer to burn glucose or sugar for quick energy - in the absence of sugar or carbohydrates our bodies turn to fat.  That is why Intermittent Fasting works so well...we deny our bodies any source of energy for 16-18 hours and it will have no choice but to burn our own stores of body fat for energy.

I recently came across Dr. Cate Shanahan who wrote "The Fat Burn Fix"  

She writes about the danger of bad fats on our metabolism espeically in this time of Covid.  These bad fats are seed oils or PUFA's (poly unsaturated fatty acids) which are so common in our diets and are disrupting our metabolisms and forcing our immune system to produce dangerous levels of inflammation.  She claims it is why older people and people who have horrible diets are dying more often from Covid 19.

What are the Hateful Eight?

Canola Oil

Corn Oil

Cottonseed Oil

Sunflower Seed Oil

Safflower Seed Oil

Soy Oil

Grapeseed Oil

Rice Bran Oil

Remember how I talk about avoiding anything in a bag or a box (body bags for food!?) - it is because they are loaded with these unstable and highly reactive fats.  An easy way to remember them are 3 C's 3 S's grape & rice. 

Want to listen to Dave Asprey and Dr Cate talk fat: https://blog.daveasprey.com/cate-shanahan-713/ 

Scan your pantry folks.  Avoid commercial bakeries.  Start using butter in your baked goods and skip the vegetable oil.  This diagram makes it easy to remember.  Please share this with the ones you love: