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For those of you that eat high amounts of fat, do you pay much attention
to the ratio between the 3 types?
On Cordain's website I read:
"Now let’s get back to the fat content of our ancestral hunter-gatherer
diet. They frequently ate more fats than we do, but they were almost
invariably healthy fats. Using computerized dietary analyses of the wild
plant and animal foods, our research team has shown that the usual fat
breakdown in hunter-gatherer diets was 55-65% monounsaturated fat,
20-25% polyunsaturated fat (with an omega-6:omega-3 ratio of 2:1),
10-15% saturated fat (with about half being the neutral stearic acid).
This balance of fats is exactly what you will be getting when you follow
our dietary recommendations."
I had previously assumed a 1:1:1 ration but that is way off from the
above recommendation. I'd like to cross-reference these numbers with
more paleo minded studies.
-Greg
Paleogal wrote:
>> Where do you get your schmaltz Paleogal?
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>> -Greg
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> Three times a year I get a free-range goose from Whole Foods just so I can
> keep a stock of schmaltz. It's the best fat in the world.... I get hungry
> for goose just thinking about it. One goose usually renders a quart of fat.
> Eggs are great cooked over-easy in goose fat. I understand WalMart carries
> free-range also. I use the bones for bone broth. along with other saved
> poultry bones). Incredible great taste.... Nothing goes to waste on that
> bird. Oliva
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