What's the deal?

I've had quite a few people ask me about cereals lately so I wanted to post this particular study that I ran across...

"In 1960, researchers at Ann Arbor University performed an interesting experiment on laboratory rats. Eighteen rats were divided into three groups. One group received cornflakes and water; a second group was given the cardboard box that the cornflakes came in and water; and the control group received rat chow and water. The rats in the control (rat chow) group remained in good health throughout the experiment. The rats receiving the box became lethargic and eventually died of malnutrition. But the rats receiving the cornflakes and water died before the rats who were given the box - the last cornflake rat died on the day the first box rat died. Before death the cornflake rats developed schizophrenic behavior, threw fits, bit each other and finally went into convulsions. Autopsy revealed dysfunction of the pancreas, liver and kidneys and degeneration of the nerves in the spine - all signs of "insulin shock." The startling conclusion of this study is that there is more nourishment in the box that cold breakfast cereals come in than in the cereals themselves. Loren Zanier, designer of the experiment, actually proposed the protocol as a joke. But the results are far from funny. They were never published and similar studies have not been repeated. If consumers knew the truth about breakfast cereals, vast fortunes would be jeopardized." SWF

You decide...

"You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit."

Aristotle
384-322 BC, Greek Philosopher and Scientist

Faulty "science"

From the Framingham Heart Study - which is where most get the idea that cholesterol and saturated fats are bad.

"In Framingham, Massachusetts, the more saturated fat one ate, the more cholesterol one ate, the lower people's serum cholesterol... we found that the people who ate the most cholesterol, ate the most saturated fat, ate the most calories, weighed the least and were the most physically active."
-William Castelli, Director of The Framingham Study

This is exactly why I believe cholesterol and saturated fat ARE NOT the cause of heart disease. It's backwards. They clearly found that there was no correlation, yet this study is often stated to say otherwise... go figure.

Lesson learned -
(eat beef - grass fed of course)
(egg yolks ARE NOT bad for you - pastured or organic of course)
(saturated fat/cholesterol are not the "enemy" - but partially hydrogenated oils ARE!)

5 Essential Fat-Burning Foods for Women

5 Essential Fat-Burning Foods for Women

By Shane "The People's Chemist" Ellison

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4. Avocados
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