Tag Archives: saturated fats

Bad Impressions

Posted on October 7, 2015 by dcarmack

Sometimes I Shake My Head in disbelief at the things that can creep, unquestioned, into a news article. Even in a paper as well-known for getting it right as the New York Times, sometimes inaccuracies get in there, and perpetuate … Continue reading →

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Why Eating Fat Does Not Make YOU Fat

Posted on September 23, 2015 by dcarmack

Eating natural fats in your diet will not lead to fat on your body. Your body doesn’t run on glucose, though it can. Some organs of your body do not consume glucose at all. You must eat some dietary fat … Continue reading →

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Getting Rid of Fat

Posted on April 20, 2015 by dcarmack

I don’t know why anyone would throw away perfectly good fat, and by fat, I mean grease. I have a mug with a strainer atop it on the stove. Every meal that generates grease, like frying bacon or sausage, ends … Continue reading →

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Case Closed on Gluten Sensitivity…perhaps…

Posted on March 11, 2015 by dcarmack

Lets go straight to Mother Jones for one of my favorite topics, “gluten sensitivity”… I love picking on gluten sensitivity because despite all the hype and the loads of ‘gluten-free’ foods that have been recently dumped on the shelves everywhere … Continue reading →

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Whereas….therefore

Posted on December 31, 2014 by dcarmack

Today I will make up a New Year’s Resolution Template™ for some easy-to-keep promises for 2015. I thought that I would make these resolutions in the legislative, Robert’s Rules of Order style. I will include a Whereas for each resolution, for the … Continue reading →

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Good For English, Bad For Truth

Posted on December 22, 2014 by dcarmack

English has won by not losing. Do you recall the Unilever lawsuit against Hampton Creek that was for producing a product that looks like mayonnaise, but is not mayonnaise, while calling it “mayo”. Unilever dropped that lawsuit. The truth has … Continue reading →

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Heartbreaking

Posted on December 19, 2014 by dcarmack

I am a middle aged man, and I work in a shop of intelligent middle aged men. None of us are really that close to retirement age, the average age in the shop is probably fifty five. Nobody in the … Continue reading →

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Fat and Fat Are Two Different Things

Posted on December 18, 2014 by dcarmack

Fat is not the same as fat. By that I mean that dietary fat, which is one third of the kinds of energy-giving, life-supporting elements of the foods that you eat is not the same as the kind beneath your skin, the … Continue reading →

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Fat of the Land

Posted on December 11, 2014 by dcarmack

In 1910 you couldn’t find any home in the USA that didn’t cook with animal fats. Suet, Lard, Tallow were found in every region and were universally loved and trusted. Heart disease was not yet even on the radar of … Continue reading →

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Big Fat Surprise

Posted on December 8, 2014 by dcarmack

I just ordered a new book from Amazon for my Kindle Reader, “The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet“. It is written by investigative reporter, Nina Teicholz and I understand from reading a … Continue reading →

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