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or decades coconut oil
and avocados have been
maligned as foods likely
to cause heart disease because
they contained saturated fats.
This charge has however been
refuted by a world renowned
nutritionist and certified
personal trainer, Isabel De
Los Rios on a video posted on
‘YouTube’.
The cause of heart disease is NOT saturated fats but
hydrogenated oils, processed, packaged and refined sugar
foods, De Los Rios declared. Saturated fats in fact, help the
body burn fats and thereby contribute to maintaining good
health, she added.
Quoting Sally Fallon’s book ‘Nourishing Traditions’, Isabel
noted that before 1920 the incidence of heart disease was
very low in the United States (US).
In 1950 there was a huge increase of heart disease
showing at one time an estimated 40% of the US
population died from heart disease. It could be higher
today, she said.
Adding that if saturated fat was really the cause of
increased heart diseases in the US, then statistics should
show an increased use of saturated fats after 1920. The
actual data however shows (cf. Sally Fallon’s - Nourishing
Traditions) between 1910 - 1970 traditional animal fat
in the American diet declined from 83% - 62%, butter
consumption plummeted from 18 lbs per person per year
to 4 lbs per person a year. The intake of dietary cholesterol
increased by only 1% during that time, so if people were
eating less butter, less saturated fat, with only a marginal
increase of dietary cholesterol how could those foods be
the cause of increased heart disease? she questioned.
During that same period there was a 400% increase in
the average intake of dietary vegetable oils in the form of
margarine, shortening and refined oils. Once there was
an increase in eating refined oils the instances of heart
diseases drastically increased. There was also a 60%
increased consumption of sugar and processed foods in
that time.
De Los Rios highlighted the way our liver carries out its
role to break down fats and get rid of harmful chemicals
from our body.
She explained that bad fats contain harmful chemicals that
cause the liver to work overtime to filter those harmful
substances from the blood; they therefore hamper the
Good Fats
vs.
Bad Fats
By: Louis Blake
process of the liver to break down fats.
The result is that fat is stored in our body. Good fats on the
other hand, stimulate the liver to burn off the fatty tissues
stored in our body.
A graduate of Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, Isabel
De Los Rios developed “The Diet Solution Program”, the
culmination of 12 years research motivated by her desire to
help herself and her mother to lose weight.
Her program is highlighted as “Weight Loss Nutrition
Secrets” on the website:
.
weebly.com/ There you will find reviews on online fitness
programmes that really work, for real people.
The website lists the benefits of online fitness programs
developed by world renowned personal trainers. One
good feature of these programmes is that they all cater for
personalising the programmes for each individual. Various
techniques are used including questionnaires via eBooks or
email.
The author Louis Blake, a journalist and TTARP member,
launched the website: “
.
weebly.com/” in response to Health Minister Dr. Fuad
Khan’s announcement in March 2012, that obesity in
Trinidad and Tobago, increased from 25 - 55 percent in
10 years. Isabel De Los Rios’ weight loss programmes
is highlighted on the website as ‘Weight Loss Nutrition
Secrets’.
