Comments on: WTF?… Where’s The Fat?! http://www.marksdailyapple.com/strange-fat-free-food/ Serving up health and fitness insights (daily, of course) with a side of irreverence. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:51:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Marnee http://www.marksdailyapple.com/strange-fat-free-food/#comment-463696 Marnee Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:11:16 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=4579#comment-463696 High in polyunsaturated fats which go rancid quickly. It is also very high in omega-6 (linoleic acid), excessive levels of which are associated with a battery of diseases, including heart disease and depression. High in polyunsaturated fats which go rancid quickly. It is also very high in omega-6 (linoleic acid), excessive levels of which are associated with a battery of diseases, including heart disease and depression.

]]> By: Laura http://www.marksdailyapple.com/strange-fat-free-food/#comment-462012 Laura Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:57:22 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=4579#comment-462012 I do hope that those of you who also have dogs and cats (obligate carnivores!) are reading their labels as carefully as well! I came across a website for a Vancouver-based rendering plant, in which they proudly proclaimed that some of their byproducts could be used to make paint, tires and...wait for it: pet food! I do hope that those of you who also have dogs and cats (obligate carnivores!) are reading their labels as carefully as well! I came across a website for a Vancouver-based rendering plant, in which they proudly proclaimed that some of their byproducts could be used to make paint, tires and…wait for it: pet food!

]]> By: Contest: Primal Post-Its | Mark's Daily Apple http://www.marksdailyapple.com/strange-fat-free-food/#comment-439243 Contest: Primal Post-Its | Mark's Daily Apple Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:01:36 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=4579#comment-439243 [...] my post on WTF for an explanation of the next [...] [...] my post on WTF for an explanation of the next [...]

]]> By: Real Foods Vs. Fake Foods: Coffee Creamer, Salad Dressings, And Hamburgers | Fitness Spotlight http://www.marksdailyapple.com/strange-fat-free-food/#comment-401341 Real Foods Vs. Fake Foods: Coffee Creamer, Salad Dressings, And Hamburgers | Fitness Spotlight Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:32:45 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=4579#comment-401341 [...] are a few fat-free dressings, usually fat-free ranch (already covered by our buddy Mark Sisson here) and fat-free Italian. As bad as fat-free ranch is, taking a cream-based dressing and somehow [...] [...] are a few fat-free dressings, usually fat-free ranch (already covered by our buddy Mark Sisson here) and fat-free Italian. As bad as fat-free ranch is, taking a cream-based dressing and somehow [...]

]]> By: CrossFit Peachtree | CrossFit Buckhead | CrossFit Atlanta | CrossFit Midtown | Buckhead Bootcamp | Midtown Bootcamp | Atlanta Kettlebell Training http://www.marksdailyapple.com/strange-fat-free-food/#comment-401020 CrossFit Peachtree | CrossFit Buckhead | CrossFit Atlanta | CrossFit Midtown | Buckhead Bootcamp | Midtown Bootcamp | Atlanta Kettlebell Training Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:50:53 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=4579#comment-401020 [...] are a few fat-free dressings, usually fat-free ranch (already covered by our buddy Mark Sisson here) and fat-free Italian. As bad as fat-free ranch is, taking a cream-based dressing and somehow [...] [...] are a few fat-free dressings, usually fat-free ranch (already covered by our buddy Mark Sisson here) and fat-free Italian. As bad as fat-free ranch is, taking a cream-based dressing and somehow [...]

]]> By: Arlo http://www.marksdailyapple.com/strange-fat-free-food/#comment-396155 Arlo Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:28:03 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=4579#comment-396155 I don't know much, but I know it's a highly processed oil. Why use it when we have all these other natural fast to use? I don’t know much, but I know it’s a highly processed oil. Why use it when we have all these other natural fast to use?

]]> By: Em http://www.marksdailyapple.com/strange-fat-free-food/#comment-396076 Em Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:37:04 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=4579#comment-396076 could someone please tell me what's wrong with canola oil? could someone please tell me what’s wrong with canola oil?

]]> By: Kelly http://www.marksdailyapple.com/strange-fat-free-food/#comment-395272 Kelly Sun, 31 May 2009 15:08:10 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=4579#comment-395272 I love the way you tell us like it is!! Thanks for this blog! I love the way you tell us like it is!! Thanks for this blog!

]]> By: Trinkwasser http://www.marksdailyapple.com/strange-fat-free-food/#comment-394750 Trinkwasser Sat, 30 May 2009 11:35:56 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=4579#comment-394750 Follow the money! Some years back I did a breakdown, UK numbers and prices will have changed since but not the percentages. Yours may differ because you grow corn which is converted to HFCS. Wheat and potatoes £100/tonne ex farm Bread £1000/tonne Breakfast cereal £4000/tonne Potato chips £14900/tonne You'll be lucky to find any fats which the Food Industry can mark up that much, rape (Canola) comes closest. They extract starch from the wheat or potatoes, sugar from the beets, HFCS from the corn etc. and replace expensive fats with these cheap substitutes, then charge a premium price for the Healthy Low Fat label. "Our Father Which art in Washington, give us this day our daily calcium propionate, sodium diacetate monoglyceride, potassium bromate, calcium phosphate, monobasic chloramine T, aluminium potassiumsulphate, sodium benzoate, butylated hydroxyanisole, mono-iso-propyl citrate, axerophthol and calciferol. Include with it a little flour and salt. Amen." John Brunner, The Sheep Look Up, c. 1970 Follow the money! Some years back I did a breakdown, UK numbers and prices will have changed since but not the percentages. Yours may differ because you grow corn which is converted to HFCS.

Wheat and potatoes £100/tonne ex farm
Bread £1000/tonne
Breakfast cereal £4000/tonne
Potato chips £14900/tonne

You’ll be lucky to find any fats which the Food Industry can mark up that much, rape (Canola) comes closest.

They extract starch from the wheat or potatoes, sugar from the beets, HFCS from the corn etc. and replace expensive fats with these cheap substitutes, then charge a premium price for the Healthy Low Fat label.

“Our Father Which art in Washington, give us this day our daily calcium propionate, sodium diacetate monoglyceride, potassium bromate, calcium phosphate, monobasic chloramine T, aluminium potassiumsulphate, sodium benzoate, butylated hydroxyanisole, mono-iso-propyl citrate, axerophthol and calciferol. Include with it a little flour and salt. Amen.”

John Brunner, The Sheep Look Up, c. 1970

]]> By: Trinkwasser http://www.marksdailyapple.com/strange-fat-free-food/#comment-394747 Trinkwasser Sat, 30 May 2009 11:25:37 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=4579#comment-394747 Correct! The stones are basically crystallised cholesterol and bile salts and one reason they form may be (diabetic) neuropathy affecting the bladder's ability to contract, on top of the excess cholesterol which results from a high carb diet. Probably a low fat diet may make this worse mechanically also in producing no stimulus for the contractions. When you eat enough fat to finally make it contract and squeeze stones into the bile duct the agony is excruciating. But if you'd eaten the fat instead of the carbs in the first place you'd probably not have developed the stones. Correct! The stones are basically crystallised cholesterol and bile salts and one reason they form may be (diabetic) neuropathy affecting the bladder’s ability to contract, on top of the excess cholesterol which results from a high carb diet. Probably a low fat diet may make this worse mechanically also in producing no stimulus for the contractions.

When you eat enough fat to finally make it contract and squeeze stones into the bile duct the agony is excruciating. But if you’d eaten the fat instead of the carbs in the first place you’d probably not have developed the stones.

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