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Book Review of

"Eat Fat, Lose Weight: How the Right Fats Can Make You Thin for Life"
by Ann Louise Gittleman, N.D., C.N.S. with Dina R. Nunziato, C.S.W.

by Chris Sandy, AADP-CHHC

Wouldn't it be great if it were just that simple? Eat foods with fat and lose weight. But there's nothing simple or easy about why that statement is true, it's actually quite complex. The good news is that Ann Louise Gittleman takes this complex topic and dissects it into easily understood and, forgive the pun, digestible chapters.

In the past consumers have been led to believe that all fats are harmful when in fact there are actually good fats (monounsaturated fats such as olive oil and polyunsaturated fats such as sesame oil) in addition to bad fats (trans fat and hydrogenated oils, etc.) Some fats are essential. These essential fatty acids, which must be ingested because our bodies don't make them, are called omega-3s and omega-6s. The first is found in certain fish (salmon, sardines to name a few) and in flax and the second is found in evening primrose oil and borage oil.

She describes how fats create the fullness we associate with that satiated feeling at the end of the meal and eliminates the need for snacking. The low-fat/no-fat diet craze and low-fat/no-fat food products have led consumers to believe that if you eat these types of foods, you will not gain weight. Unfortunately as Gittleman explains these low-fat foods are packed with sugar and/or other sweeteners to compensate for the lack of taste. Compound this with a lack of satiation when consuming them and you have consumers gaining weight without realizing the cause of their weight gain.

She points out how consumers overlook the differences between the recommended portions by the USDA and the packaging portions listed on products. Who actually eats ¼ pint of ice cream? Or who drinks only a ½ can of a 12-ounce soda?

Her section on insulin resistance was easy to understand and helpful for those of us with a family history of diabetes. She reveals the mysteries of cholesterol and distinguishes between the good type (HDL) and the bad type (LDL).

Having been a vegan (vegetarian who eats no animal products) for many years, she talks about how her health started to deteriorate and what led her to modify her diet to incorporate reasonable portions of organic grass-fed meats and fish. She didn't want to believe that the absence of those foods was creating an imbalance in her diet. She wanted to be a vegan due to her ethical beliefs, but after being sick for quite some time, she tried eating animal protein and could not deny the physiological effect in had on her health. So while she is not pushing the idea of eating animal protein, she is suggesting that if you are a vegetarian and are experiencing serious health problems, that it may be that you are not consuming proper amounts of protein and that the protein could be of poor quality.

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Rose Payne is a certified Holistic Health Counselor and educator, with a private practice in Manhattan, NY and Marlton, NJ. She is also an assistant teacher at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in NYC. Her passion is helping clients to transform their lives through the power of nutrition. Her sense of humor combines with a kindhearted, intelligent and practical approach to guiding people to vital healthy lives.
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