86Thousand400: Get the Fats on board

Vegetables

- Broccoli, Spinach, Cabbage, Brussels Sprouts and Kale regarded as "eat all you like" foods.

- Tomatoes are very beneficial cooked. Be generous with fat.

- Garlic contain sulphur, flavonoids and selenium - all potent anti-cancer agents.

- Onions are also good for normalising blood viscosity and fighting infection. Vitamin C found in onions.

Protein

- Long complex chains of amino acids.

- Body's building blocks, needed for building and repair.

- Complete proteins: Seafood, poultry, eggs, beef, lamb and game. Only animal protein is complete protein.

Fat

- Dietary fats are essential to life and good health.

- Some fats are not good for you, such as hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated fats (found in margarines, all seed oils and trans fats)

- Unhealthy fats are high in omega-6 fatty acids and are extremely inflammatory.

- By taking in too many omega 6s, you sabotage the body's ability to make use of omega 3s, which are inflammatory and health promoting.

- Better fats and oils to choose are those which are found in nature and are more stable, such as lard, duck fat and butter, as well as coconut oil, olive oil and macadamia nut oil.

- Healthy fat intake does not lead to fat storage, unless it is mixed with sugar and other carbohydrates.

- Fat functions well with protein.

Carbohydrates

- Carbohydrates elicit an insulin response. Insulin is both an inflammatory hormone and a fat-storing hormone, which we wish to keep as low as possible, using only the bare minimum to remove glucose from the bloodstream to turn into energy. The excess is stored as fat, and this acts as back up fuel supply.

- Problem in today's age is we aren't fleeing a woolly mammoth and we seldom use up the stored fuel.

- Stored fat is never needed, and continues to be built upon.

- By keeping the body's level of glucose in a narrow range, you prevent the huge release of insulin that is usually required to clear the glucose from the blood after a high carbohydrate meal. Stable blood sugar allows the body to begin to burn the stored fat as energy (ketosis).

Soy/Soya

- Very poor source of protein.

- Soybeans are a very cheap crop to grow, and over 95% is genetically modified. (GMO) Extensive list of problems is associated with its use:

- Suppression of thyroid hormones

- Very high levels of oestrogen, affects sperm

- Promotes fat storage

- Soybean oil linked to cancer

Corn

- Corn is virtually always GMO, and also a very high carbohydrate food

- Invaded every kind of processe

d food. A poor source of nutrients - suggest you avoid corn entirely

Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)

- Cells of the brain literally "excite themselves to death" in the presence of MSG. It is a taste enhancer

- An exceptionally toxic substance, it has no place in anyone's diet

- Added to almost all processed food to improve taste

Fermented Foods

- Fermenting food is a lost art

- Digestive system makes up 70% of the body's entire immune system. A healthy balance of good and bad bacteria needs to be maintained for optimal health.

- The gut is known as the second brain and contains more neurotransmitters than the brain itself

- Diet plays a key role in keeping the gut healthy, and fermented foods are the perfect way to replenish healthy gut bacteria as they provide the body with natural probiotics

- Fermented foods nourish, balance and heal the gut and enhance immunity

Some point to remember:

- Avoid excessive protein intake

- Choose fatty cuts of meat (often cheaper and tastier)

- Variety of foods. Wider spectrum of nutrients.

- Avoid processed

- Stop eating when full

Finally: be aware that most of what you have been taught is simply wrong