If you are looking for boundless energy, weight loss, and mental clarity (and who isn’t?), putting chunks of butter and a healthy splash of MCT oil into your morning cup of coffee might just be the perfect prescription.
Looking at all the no-fat and reduced-fat foods in the grocery store, you might think that eating fat is some kind of revolutionary, new concept. But the fact of the matter is that there is nothing “newfangled” about eating foods rich in dietary fats. Humans all over the world evolved eating traditional diets full of naturally occurring animal and plant-based fats. What’s actually “newfangled” is all the processed foods that have had their natural fat content removed and replaced with artificial sweeteners and emulsifiers to give them some flavor back. These kinds of foods have really only been popular since the 1980s, and their popularity depends, in part, on the perpetuation of several myths about fat.
Who hasn’t struggled at one point or another with cravings for sweets? And even if we don’t think we have much of a sweet tooth, if we’re eating a typical American diet, then we are very likely consuming a lot more sugar than we realize. Sugar addiction is one of Read more…