Dr Whiting on Understanding Fats and Oils in the Diet

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Fats are the most misunderstood of all the food groups. For decades we have been given information about the safety and dangers of fats that has turned out to be simply false. There are three types of fats naturally found in foods, namely saturated fats, unsaturated or polyunsaturated fats and monounsaturated fats. Saturated fats are generally solid at room temperature and are, with a couple of exceptions, from animal sources. Saturated fats include butter, lard, animal fats, coconut oil and palm oil. We have been told that saturated fats cause heart disease and contribute to block arteries. This is not true. Our ancestors consumed saturated fats almost exclusively and their rate of heart disease, per capita, was far, far lower than today. Unsaturated or polyunsaturated fats are generally liquid at room temperature and come from vegetable sources. There are the fats we have been told are the best for us, yet it has been long established that when unsaturated fats are heated or exposed to the air, they oxidize rapidly and form compounds called free radicals. The free radical that causes early heart disease comes almost exclusively from oxidized unsaturated fats. Margarines, shortening and other man-made type fats are the worst of all as these are known as trans fats. Trans Fats come from liquid unsaturated oils, which have been chemically altered to become solid at room temperature. Trans fats are one of the most deadly forms of fat in the modern diet, responsible for heart disease and many other health problems. Monounsaturated fats, the best of which is olive oil, are the best fats to consume on a regular basis. Mediterranean countries have used olive oil for thousands of years and in spite of the fact that they have a much higher fat diet than we do, their incidence of heart disease is a fraction of ours -- due to the consumption of monounsaturated fats such as olive oil. Monounsaturated fats protect the heart and cardiovascular system, help to raise HDL and lower the bad LDL cholesterol. An ideal diet of fats would contain moderate amounts of saturated fats, high amounts of monounsaturated fats such as olive oil and almost no unsaturated or polyunsaturated fats.

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[SuperSAmonkey]

Is this a comedy channel? Trust the slim Dr Whiting, eat lard and other fats to lose weight. Ha ha! If previous generations weren't over weight do you really believe that it is because they sat on their backsides eating bacon? I would love to know where Dr Whiting gets the idea that vegetable oil causes billions of free radicals which will prematurely age my skin and give me heart diease.

[healthyinformation]

If you will simply google the dangers of polyunsaturated oils you will find hundreds of studies establishing the ability of these oils to generate free radicals as a by product of oxidation. The generations of the early 1900's were virtually free of heart disease. In fact, there was no dept of Cardiology in any major university before 1911, because it was unnecessary. Heart disease is the result of modern diet, and the drastic change in our sources of oil comsuption.

[SuperSAmonkey]

@healthyinformation Are these studies in peer-reviewed medical journals? Do any of the studies actually study skin ageing or heart disease directly in animals or humans? Can you make the claims you make based on this evidence? What about evidence in favour of PU oils? Before 1911 were there the diagnostic tests or treatments available today available then? Would someone have a bypass operation, pacemaker implanted or an echocardiogram in 1911?

[healthyinformation]

Yes, Yes, Yes, PU oils have their benefits, but only if oxidation is can be prevented, which is almost impossible. Not to the same extent, but heart attacks were very rare. No, because the need was so rare.

[SuperSAmonkey]

@healthyinformation If the answer is yes to the first three questions and a simple google search will uncover hundreds of studies, please provide references. Out of the vastness of the scientific literature it will still be very difficult to build any case for the claims you make. Note that most vegetable oils contain a powerful antioxidant, vitamin E (and they are kept in air tight containers with only a small surface area exposed to oxygen). Life expectancy was less than 50 in 1900 for the US.

[healthyinformation]

Call my office.

[MrChristopherSLC]

I generally agree with the doctor here. Although I don't believe cholesterol has much of anything to do with heart disease.

I eat organic olive oil and organic butter as my primary sources of fats (with a little coconut oil and much less canola oil). Like the doctor says, I avoid vegetable oils like the plague.

[O24Uallok]

This is fantastic. Yay....we are all going to get better. Listen to this man and his colleagues

[healthyinformation]

It was, you can pan fry in olive oil, but for deep frying you need to use avocado, peanut or of course old fashion lard.

Dr Whiting

[babetteq]

did he say deep fry in olive oil? that must have been a mistake.

[TheRosa63]

you forgot to mention that mediterraneans also eat alot of grass fed meats and lards. they also don't go on low cal diets, of course that might be changing as they learn the myths of cal in cal out garbage or paradigm people can't seem to let go. people get stuck in a rut (cal in out weight control) and can't seem to grab the robes of freedom that sit right before them now that would get them out of the deep hole of myths.

[healthyinformation]

Olive oil should not be heated as in deep fat frying, it is idea for all other cooking methods. For deep fat frying consider using either canola oil or lard.