The amount of carbohydrates needed to kick off the Krebs cycle is quite small and can come from other things than grains. However if you start with fats, you are much better off in making ATP than from glucose molecules. Fat molecules are arranged in triglycerides–fully reduced molecule with three fatty acid chains with 18 carbons each. So a single triglyceride has the potential to drive 27 rounds of the Krebs cycle—as compared to two per molecule of glucose. Glucose is our back up system.

I also suggest ghee (clarified butter) as a source of cooking fat. Ingrid Naiman has been looking at videotapes of live red blood cells filmed under dark field microscopes and sees that eating ghee stabilizes the cell membranes and makes them less vulnerable to attack. Actually I mix coconut oil, palm oil and ghee for my usual cooking mix.

I have more information here, in an article I did on butter: http://www.acupuncturebrooklyn.com/uncategorized/butter-is-good-for-your-health

Thank you.

CM Lai.

The Palm Oil Truth people and Forager have uncovered a lot of the rubbish that is floating out there about palm oil.

I think palm oil must be so formidable to its competitors that they’d stop at nothing to stop its growing global popularity for food manufacturing and biodiesel production, including funding anti-palm oil campaigns.

Like everything we eat, wear or do there is always an impact on the environment.

Here’s an article discussing the concern you mentioned. I only copied the last half of the article that related directly to your concern, but there is a link at the end of the post for the whole article:

“Indonesia is apparently the third in line of deforesting countries (right behind the US and China). The article also claims that in addition to as much as 80% of this deforestation being illegal, the process is notorious for violating human rights; threatens the population of severely endangered orangutans and Sumatran white tigers; and is a huge source of greenhouse gasses through the process of clearing and burning of forests to make more palm oil.

Of course, not all palm oil is sourced for food. The oil has a long history of being used in everything from cosmetics to glue, with an increased use of biofuel resulting in a elevated demand as well. Yet with claims like “the worst deforestation rate in the history of human kind,” you can’t help but rethink your stir-fry.

But amongst the large amount of evidence condemning palm oil, there is some good news to be had. While a large amount of palm oil may come from Indonesia, not all of it does; Malaysia is actually the largest producer of tropical oils. Unlike its geographical neighbor, according to The Palm Oil Truth Foundation, “Malaysia has one of the most stringent environmental laws in the world . . . vigorously enforced especially in the agricultural sectors of the economy.” The foundation also cites “Malaysia [had] an Environment Quality Act as early as 1974 to put in place environmentally sound technology to control effluent discharge by the palm oil industry.” Beyond Malaysia, there are many other sources of palm oil, which boast more sustainable farming practices too, including other parts of Asia and Africa.

This new tropical oil debate is a good reminder that there is more to food than simply the effect that it has on our bodies; we must also consider the effect that it has on the body of the earth. Palm oil remains a great asset to the kitchen cupboard, as long as we read labels and choose our sources wisely.”

Link to article:
http://gliving.tv/news/good-for-you-bad-for-the-planet-the-business-of-exploiting-palm-oil/

Hope this helps you!

Soo…………..

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