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If you read that in Homer Simpsons voice, youre doing it right. You see, science is starting to admit more and more often that Homer Simpson may have had it right in at least one dietary area: his fat consumption.
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A recent study suggests that (duh) fat can actually reduce appetite, curb hunger, and help you lose body fat. Its nothing we didnt already know, but the idea of mainstream science tossing a fatty wrench into the well-lubed gears of conventional dietary wisdom was too good to pass up. Before your less enlightened brethren and sistren, however, start wrapping waffles around sticks of butter or eating blocks of cheese like apples, implore them to take a moment and read the fine print.
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The study release starts by pre-empting its own line of attack with this juicy bit of CW-pandering: Fatty foods may not be the healthiest diet choice, but those rich in unsaturated fats such as avocados, nuts, and olive oil We think we know where theyre going with this. That popular term for edgy nutritionists living life on the razors edge, good fats, will surely be mentioned. We like to make fun, of course, but its true that avocados, nuts, and olive oil technically are good fats. Its just that by feeling the need to preface with good, scientists do all fats a great disservice via a latent implication that other fats are bad. We have the same issue with the phrase good dog, but thats for another post (or blog altogether?). Anyway, as weve established before, fat is generally a healthy, nay, the healthy source of fuel for all followers of the Primal Blueprint. So why bring this study up?