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5 fats you should be cooking with – but may not be

By on February 17, 2011 in Food & Nutrition | 43 comments

In a recent article I wrote on my other blog, 9 Steps to Perfect Health - #1: Nourish Your Body, I explained that saturated (SFA) and monounsaturated fats (MFA) are the preferred fuel source of the body. Another important benefit of LCSFA, and to a lesser degree MFA, is that they are stable at high temperatures and thus the safest fats to cook with. With this in mind, here's a list of my favorite ...
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9 Steps to Perfect Health – #2: Nourish Your Body

By on February 3, 2011 in Food & Nutrition, Perfect Health | 125 comments

In step #1, we talked about what not to eat. In this article, we'll talk about what to eat. Most of the calories we get from food come from protein, carbohydrates and fat. These are referred to as macronutrients. We also get other important nutrients from food, such as vitamins and minerals. These don't constitute a significant source of calories, so they're called micronutrients. For the last 50 years we've been told to follow a diet low in ...
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