Re: The critics agree: you don't need to supplement with "essential fatty acids."


"montygram" <nazztrader@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I felt exactly the same way you do, Ian, that is, until I began to
study the underlying biochemistry, rather than just listening to the
nutritional dogma, which is mostly based upon terribly flawed
experiments. Most "allergy problems" are really the result of what
should be called "arachidonic acid overload syndrome" by your doctor.
Once you get the arachidonic acid out of your cells, allowing it to be
replaced by Mead acid, as I have done with this diet, you lose your
"allergies." I used to have terrible dust allery problems, various
skin rashes/itchiness, and a keloid that would not stop growing. The
allergies and skin conditions are gone now, and the keloid shrunk
dramatically and went back to being normal skin color (it was very
red).

I thought part of the dairy allergy thing was down to a protein (I can't
remember the name of off-hand) that few people have the necessary enzymes to
break down and thus it ends up causing irritation (I know that sounds
vague - I wish my memory was better at remembering things I read.. sorry!)

If you read my old posts (search for montygram) you will see the
many citations from the scientific literature that support this view.
Basically, there is no alternative, but rather, the claims that appear
to contradict it are in fact obvious misinterpretations of the raw
data. For example, the claim that "saturated fat" causes "heart
disease." The reality is that oxidizing agents damage the cholesterol,
which then becomes problematic, leading to atherogenesis. Saturated
fatty acids actually resist oxidation, unlike unsaturated fatty acids,
and so are part of the solution, not the problem. However, something
like lard, which gets incorrectly classified as a "saturated fat" (it
is less than 40% saturted fatty acids), is indeed a problem and should
be avoided. If the claims against "saturated fat" were also true for
saturated fatty acids, those on high coconut oil diets would have
incredibly high levels of heart disease, but instead thtey have the
lowest (coconut oil is 92% saturated fatty acids).

You'd probably like the book "Nourishing Traditions" by Sally Fallon which
is very much in favour of saturated fats and tropical oils, although the
book does feature Mary Enig who I coincidentally spotted is a critic of Ray
Peat (http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/essentialfattyaciddef.html).
Some interesting stuff on fats though in the firts part of the book if you
spot it in a bookshop anywhere.

So what sort of problems did you have before you came to this diet and how
long were you on it before you felt better?

Regards
Ian


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