My stepmom is an RN and has been saying for years that
fat and meat are good for you and that the low-fat
diet is not healthy.  She grew up in a poor family in
England, and the fat of Sunday supper was handed out
to the children as a treat. As teenagers we were
thoroughly indoctrinated by our public school and the
media and thought she was just fond of fatty food!
Now I'm on the bandwagon with her.  She wants to write
a cookbook called "First You Take a Stick of
Butter..."!

My mom and stepdad are dyed-in-the-wool low-fat
"heart-healthy" eaters.  Both sets of parents will be
visiting my home this summer.  A lot of my paleofood
comes across as "heart-healthy", like when we have
chicken and steamed veggies and salad.  But they'll
have to get their own fake-fat salad dressing and
unbread and unbutter!

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Yesterday one of the major newspapers here in Sweden
had the following
headline: "SCIENTISTS' unexpected result: FATTY FOOD
MAKES YOU THIN".
The
article mentions dr Atkins and his diet and a study
made by Gary Foster
at
the University of Pennsylvania that proves the diet to
be both
effective
and healthy.

Since last year I've been telling people around me
about the fat myth
and
not to be afraid of fat from healthy animals, and the
fact that it's
the
starches that make many people gain weight. The
headline and the
article
thus really made me glad. Hopefully this national news
will change many
peoples lives here in Sweden for the better.

Fredrik

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