Healthy eating plans going organic for improved health? Is it really just a marketing ploy? Episode 6
August 26, 2009 3:18 am Fighting Fat TV Shows
Websites and resources mentioned in the show:
New Story (Watch what just 1 high fat meal does to your blood and arteries)
Simple Fat Loss Recipes (197 healthy fat burning recipes that taste great)
Five Week Fat Loss (discover easy to follow week by week techniques to losing 15 pounds in 30 days)
Watch what just one high fat meal does to your body and how eating like this all the time is a sure way to end your life early.
Is eating organic really a marketing ploy or is there truth to eating organic based foods?
Have you tried this one food that is full fat burning protein? I would guess you haven’t, but you should.
Who would have thought that eating nuts could help you to lose weight quicker.
Yours in health,
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August 26th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
I have a few problems with the low-fat theory as presented in this video.
1. In addition to being full of all kinds of bad fats–not just saturated–the meal is also full of highly processed carbohydrates.
2. The saturated fats that cause problems are from animals fed a diet of grain. Animals fed their natural diets do not have the same fatty profiles as animals incorrectly fed grains. Grain-fed beef is so cheap because animals are fed very cheaply grown corn (the growing of which is bankrupting the farmers who grow it).
If we switched all grain-fed animals to grass-fed, meat would be more expensive and it would also be exponentially healthier. This is why I go out of my way to buy grass-fed beef and organic meats for my family.
Butter from a grass-fed cow is actually very healthy.
If you eat meals containing saturated fats that have the correct fatty acid profiles (with high amounts of CLA and Omega-3s), you become satiated and eat less overall.
The reason low-fat works for weight-loss is because it limits these incorrect and unhealthy fats and lowers overall calories (usually). You CAN fat, even saturated fat, if you careful where it comes from.
August 26th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Hi Jason, I’m from Chile and I love your show; So before starting I apologize for the syntax errors, or the misspellings…
I wanted to ask you what about vegetable protein, are they as good as the animal one’s?
I’ve read a lot about vegan and vegetarian meals and recipe’s and you see pretty healthy people that don’t have any animal protein; but I’ve also read (dr. sears from the zone diet) that our human body doesn’t get all the protein available in a vegetable source because something he calls biodisponibility. So if I’m supposed to eat lean protein and good CH in every meal what about lentils, cheak peas, and beans ?? should I have them with a piece of salmon or chicken for the protein or they can give me the protein I need for a nutritious lunch?? As they are high in Ch and not so high in Proteins I’m afraid that getting enough lentils to get my protein quote can give too many Ch that they can be store as fat….
Please help!!!
A big hug from a your Chilean funclub
August 26th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
I am glad you love the show!
As for vegetable proteins you can consume what they call a complete protein diet, but you have to a variety of different vegetable proteins to do this. It can be done it is just a lot more difficult. If you ate some salmon or chicken and a small amount of lentils and chick peas then that would definitely give you the protein you need for a nutritious lunch. As long as you aren’t eating cups of lentils then you wont’ have a problem with the carb intake.
Jayson
August 26th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
A lot of people into raw foods say that cacao is a really good food to eat, & now it’s in a lot of supplements I see. I read somewhere that it actually takes more minerals to digest it than it provides, so wouldn’t this actually make you mineral deficient instead? I hope you can clear this up.
August 26th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Being a visual person, that vial of blood with all that fat is now imprinted in my brain, which will definitely help me from straying off track too frequently.
Thanks Jayson and keep up with all the great content!
August 26th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Companies do seem to be using organic is healthy as an advertising ploy, but don’t forget that that is not what the organic movement is all about. It is about using our resources in a more responsible way, in a way that would enable many more people to be fully nourished if it were followed instead of the Cadillac beef diet so popular in the US.
There is a book from the 70s–Diet for a Small Planet–that is still an excellent read, and its author, Frances Moore Lappe at the Food Policy Institute has put out many other exceptional articles since then.
August 26th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
I think the takeaway of the news video should be don’t eat cheeseburgers wrapped in quesadillas!
A former personal training client of mine told me a co-worker of hers lost 50 pounds JUST by eating one Big Mac at lunch each day instead of two.
Now, is that ideal? No, of course not.
But is it a start to build on? Yes, it is.
Hopefully that man went on to eat zero Big Macs at lunch. Or had one a week.
The point is to get started down the right path and KEEP going down that path.
August 26th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Where did you read that at?
Without reading it myself and knowing the source I have a hard time believing eating cacao would make you mineral deficient based off my nutritional sciences education. I would be interested in reading this information if you can locate where you read it and I can look into this more. From a quick search though and from what I know education wise as of know I wouldn’t hold much truth to the belief that eating cacao makes you mineral deficient.
Jayson
August 28th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Jayson – thank you for all the great information. Over the past year I have switched my family over to organic food products whenever possible and we saw the doctor a lot less. Sometimes it costs more to eat organic, but when you are spending less money on doctor visits and medications you do come out ahead (and less time off of work or school).
Do you have any recommendations to help boost our immune systems? The numbers of illnesses and deaths that are being predicted with the spread of the swine flu is really scary. I read recently that probiotics are good not only for your digestive health, but also your immune system. Are there any vitamins that we should be taking extra of at a time like this? Thanks for any suggestions!
August 28th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
The clear winner in fighting off these ilnesses, flu, etc is good hand washing and keeping things clean. I just watched a report that said they compared other methods and the main culprit is still germs on hands and arms and then touching the face, mouth, nose, eye where they germs can then get into the body.
Obviously eating healthy and getting in plenty of vitamins and minearals through fruits and vegetables, multi-vitamin is all beneficial, but the best thing you can do is keep good cleanliness and wash hands thoroughly as well as not rub hands on your face.
Jayson
August 30th, 2009 at 3:24 am
Cool episode!
Wouldn’t it take more than 2 hours for a meal that large to digest?? What about a follow up 6 and 12 hours later??
Is there adequate evidence that organic type farming methods are superior?
August 30th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
It depends. For some it could take much longer, but for others it would be quicker. Though those numbers they revealed potentially could be much worse at the 6 hour mark if the food was still digesting at the 2 hour mark.
There is some evidence that shows you can get more nutrients out of your food with all natural farming methods, but others same it is minimal and not worth the increased cost. I believe from what I have seen that locally grown fruits and vegetables using more all natural or in some cases certified organic methods are better for you from a nutrient standpoint. You can usually find locally grown farmers to be cheaper though than buying “organic” from the store.
Jayson
September 7th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Jayson , I asked about vegetarian diets and lentils, beans, etc. So you agree you should add some animal protein to lentils cheack peas, etc to make a balanced meal ? It i´sn’t eneagh to have only a cup of benas lentils, etc and vegetables??
Why don’t you talk about it in your show so as to know mor and get better the hole idea??
September 9th, 2009 at 1:24 am
Hi Jayson. I am so thankful to receive your Fighting Fat for America video clips. The veggie tip that you mentioned, please SPELL it: did you say MUNG YE? Also, where would we buy this from? I don’t recall seeing this in my grocery store.
Secondly, the most shocking thing about the first clip on clogged arteries is how fast their arteries were clogged! My biggest culprit is Ice Cream–especially Hagan Daaz. My trigy. are high I know because of it. Otherwise, I’ve managed to do the smaller meals with usually a protein, natural carb (in the AM) and PM fiberous carb, protein and sometimes a starchy carb like a baked potato. I am overweight, but working on it.
September 9th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
You can get complete protein consumption by eating solely vegetarian, but it is just harder to do. It is easier to consume complete proteins if you also consume some type of animal protein.
Jayson
September 9th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
They are called Mung Beans.
Jayson