En: NOTMILK - OT. Which Oil is Healthiest, Olive, Soy, or Canola?

March 18, 2007

repasso. forwarded.cohensmilk1 <cohensmilk1 escreveu: Para: notmilk De: "cohensmilk1" <cohensmilk1Data: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:05:21 -0000Assunto: NOTMILK - Which Oil is Healthiest, Olive, Soy, or Canola?Which Oil is Healthiest, Olive, Soy, or Canola?Which oil is healthiest, olive, soy, or canola?Which oil is healthiest, safflower, sunflower, or corn?Which oil is healthiest, peanut, walnut, or grape?Which oil is healthiest, flaxseed, sesame, or coconut?The answer is...(drum roll)...No oil is best.OK? Given the choice, which form of execution is best?Hanging? A bullet to the heart? The electric chair? Lethal injection? Death by oil?In that case, I'll take the oil, please. It's slow, andit's

absolute. Too much oil of any kind is an artery clogger.Do we need fat in our diets? Of course we do.The United States Department of Agriculture extracted oil from human cadavers and determined that 50% of our calories should come from carbohydrates, 20% from protein, and 30% from fat. Actually, I have no idea how they determined theirseemingly arbitrary numbers, but my the cadaver method makes about as much sense as the factors they use to support theirvarious philosophies.One gram of carbohydrate contains 4 calories. One gram of protein contains 4 calories.One gram of fat contains 9 calories. Using USDA's numbers, in order to maintain his or her weight (multiply by 1.4), an average 150 pound man or woman needs 2,100 calories per day (1050 calories of carbs, 420 calories of protein, and 630 calories of fat). That translates to: 263 grams of carbs, 105 grams of protein, and 70 fat

grams.CONTROVERSY: The World Health Organization recommends thatthat same average individual requires between 28-35 gramsper day of protein, so you see how controversial this issuecan be. Everybody seems to have a different opinion. One ofmy favorite nutritionists is Dr. Douglas Graham. Dr. Grahamrecommends an 80-10-10 diet. That means the 150 pound person would eat 52 grams of protein, 420 grams of carbs, and 23 grams of fat. That is more in line with my thinking and my current diet. I believe that the greatest healers such as Neal Barnard, T. Colin Campbell, Caldwell Esselstyn, JoelFuhrman, Michael Greger, John McDougall, and Dean Ornish,would also be more in agreement with the 80-10-10 diet than USDA's 50-20-30. USDA's primary mission is to promote the consumption of dead cows and milk and dairy products. That explains the rationale for their unhealthy numbers.So...how does one obtain 23 grams of

fat or oil each day?Apples or other fruit? Sorry.That proverbial apple each day is 86 percent water.Add up the protein, fat, and carbs in one small apple(100 grams) and you're eating less than one gram of all of the above combined.One notoriously fat-filled (200-gram) Haas avocado (I've known vegans who consume 5-10 avocados each day in thebelief that avocados are healthy) contains 30 grams of fat. So...how does one obtain the necessary 23 grams of fat?Consider: One teaspoon of any of the above oils, be itolive, corn, or canola, contains approximately 14 grams offat.I've seen dieters go heavy on the green salads from salad bars, selecting dozens of the most delicious veggies and then they negate all of the good by pouring 1/2 cup or more of salad dressing. Salad dressing becomes their downfall.Here's where lemon juice can be your savior, or oil-free hummus,or fresh herbs. Just

go easy on the oil. Two teaspoons of oilsatisfy one's daily oil requirement. One-half avocado and one teaspoon of oil will supply all of your daily fat needs.So...which oil do I recommend, the soy or olive or canola or safflower? My suggestion is to buy a bottle of the least processed super-duper extra virgin (sounds like my highschool years) olive oil in a bottle that will cost between$10 and $20. These oils are so magnificent, that even theirbouquets will add fat to your thighs. They are available in fine gourmet shops or online. Then, each time you consider using oil as your food, each teaspoon will be an extravagance.Robert Cohenhttp://www.notmilk.comi4crob-------------------THE NOTMILK NEWSLETTER:SUBSCRIBE: send an empty Email to-notmilk- UNSUBSCRIBE: send an empty Email

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