Oils ain’t oils

All fats are not equal. There good fats and bad fats. End of story.

Refined vs Unrefined

Consumption of excess fat is a recent phenomenon.

Historically diets were low in fat as fat was hard to find in large quantities.

Aboriginal people who led nomadic lives had only a few whole sources of fat in their diet and they were immune to the diseases of the western world.

Since Aboriginal people were introduced to western diets (consisting of processed and refined foods), diabetes and coronary heart disease plagues them and their life expectancy is much lower than the non–Indigenous population.

Reflections….

In my cultural community (Island in the middle of the Mediterranean sea) the older woman still love to bake home made bread.

I remember that they would often discreetly compare each others bread to see whose bread was the whitest (obviously from using the most bleached and refined flour). I always found that a strange phenomena.

In my teens, when I was venturing into good eating habits for nutrition and health, I would try to educate my mum’s generation of women on the advantages of whole foods.

Though they feared changing their ways. When I developed a deeper understanding of the women’s experiences of life growing up in a village, I understood that during the war it was easier for them to obtain wholegrain flours than refined processed flours. As only the wealthy and privileged could afford refined flour, a product of the industrial revolution.

The result was the families that couldn’t afford overly processed refined flour associated themselves with a ‘poor’ status.

The irony is that the people that had the ‘poorer’ status were ‘rich’ as they ate healthy unprocessed foods straight out of their gardens. Whole foods. Yet psychologically they felt deprived.

I guess not a lot has changed when you compare some habits in western civilization today.

Advertisements draw people to buy expensive refined food products with little regard to the health implications of consuming that food.

A deprivation psyche develops. Though the irony is they are not missing out at all, only adding toxins to their body that potentially impacts on their health.

This is where where the saying ‘Health is Wealth” applies very nicely. If someone who had a lot of wealth but bad health would trade their wealth for good health any day. Go for health in body, mind and spirit and wealth will always follow.

Keep it whole

There are 50 essential nutrients that our body needs to be healthy and function optimally.

It is important to have a well balanced diet eating whole foods that includes fruit and vegetables, raw soaked nuts, coconuts and organic unrefined oils in their unaltered state and the elimination of processed foods.

Eating food in its freshest raw whole-food state and consuming the right fats maximizes the amount of nutrients and provides you with vitality, energy and a zest for life.

I believe anyone can change their thinking towards a healthier eating path.

Keep it simple and feel great. There is no need for fancy or any processed foods.

I offer a variety of fresh raw live foods for my guests;  fresh green juice, coconut juice, almond milk with coconut, a healthy salad with delicious raw live dressing or seasonal organic fruits, oranges, apples, strawberries, peaches, locally grown macadamia nuts or home made carob treats.

They always come back for more!!

The whole raw live fresh food list is endless. How great is that!!

I wish for you and the whole world excellent health and a wonderful long happy life.

I recommend you gain a better understanding on fats.  Please see links below for more information:

Killer Fats

Essentials

Oils that are good for you

Neriman

Your raw live food specialist

I highly recommend that you educate yourself more on fats by reading the following sources.
Erasmos, Udo, (1993). Fats that heal, fats that kill, Alive books, Burnaby, Canada, 456pp

Stanton, Rosemary (1997). Good fats, bad fats, Allen and Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW, Australia 164pp