Re: Good dietary advice from a magazine!



"Quentin Grady" <quentin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> G'day G'day Chris,
>
> One has to look at the total equation.
>
> Do you have other sources of Vit D eg fish?
>
> My general strategy has been to remove fat from my diet essentially
> establishing a low fat diet,

did you mean low fat or low calorie? because as i understand it you are much
lower in carbs than what low fat diets call for.
low fat diets dont remove fat from their diets just suggest eating less.

>then putting back select fats eg
> monounsaturated fats from avocado, olives, omega-3 from fish, a little
> GLA from evening primrose.

also wise choices on the low fat diet however they just recommend eating
less.


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>
>>BTW, would you have any opinions on white meat vs. dark meat on
>>poultry? I very much prefer dark meat, but went to white meat
>>(switching from thighs to breast, mainly) thinking it was healthier.
>>However, if they are essentially the same, I'm going back to mainly
>>dark meat.
>
> One frequently comes across research that blames dark meat consumption
> for some ill or an other. I'm not all that convinced. Hens are
> natural grain eaters. Cows aren't. IMHO what might be being measured
> is the response to unnatural feeding practices.
>
> Locally we can buy ostrich meat. The dry climate suits ostrich and
> they a free range grazers that do less damage to the soil structure
> than heavy cattle beasts. People on the lighter soils prefer them.
> My point is their meat is dark. There is no white ostrich meat, yet
> all the tests done on their fat content etc suggest ostrich meat is
> far, far healthier than the standard chicken.
>
> Generalisation might be generally true yet we must be wary of
> unthinkingly applying them to the particular.
>
> Best wishes,
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