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Culinary Corner

Fat-free is fake (and unhealthy)

Here we go again. The latest food that was once considered verboten is now being touted as, well, not so bad. Welcome back, butter.

Researchers looked at 72 studies produced in recent years and found very little evidence that saturated fat is bad for you. Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, scientists found that fats from animals raised in a healthy way – without antibiotics, artificial hormones or genetically modified feed and with ample outdoor grazing – are actually part of a balanced diet.

While there isn’t enough reputable research to show that animal-based fats can cause heart disease, there is mounting proof that the bad actors in the American diet are sugar and hyper-processed foods.

So say hello to butter, organic please, and bacon, naturally raised, of course, and goodbye to whipped oil spreads and fat-free anything. They don’t taste good and research is showing they’re worse for you than the original item. In other words, fake food – no cow produces low-fat milk – is the real villain in our diets, not saturated fats.



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