Nourishing Traditions
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- Author: [[Sally Fallon and Mary Enig]] | [[3. Resources/Authors/Sally Fallon and Mary Enig|Sally Fallon and Mary Enig]]
- Full Title: Nourishing Traditions
- Category: #books
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- Document Tags: [[Health]]
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- In fact, stearic acid, the main component of beef fat, actually lowers cholesterol.59 Margarine, on the other hand, provokes chronic high levels of cholesterol and has been linked to both heart disease and cancer.60 The new soft margarines or tub spreads, while lower in hydrogenated fats, are still produced from rancid vegetable oils and contain many additives. ([Location 618](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00276HAWG&location=618))
- Butter added to vegetables and spread on bread, and cream added to soups and sauces, ensure proper assimilation of the minerals and water-soluble vitamins in vegetables, grains and meat. ([Location 646](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00276HAWG&location=646))
- Highly protective lauric acid should be called a conditionally essential fatty acid because it is made only by the mammary gland and not in the liver like other saturated fats.65 We must obtain it from one of two dietary sources—small amounts in butterfat or large amounts in coconut oil. ([Location 664](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00276HAWG&location=664))
- Avoid all processed foods containing newfangled hydrogenated fats and polyunsaturated oils. Instead, use traditional vegetable oils like extra virgin olive oil and small amounts of unrefined flax seed oil. Acquaint yourself with the merits of coconut oil for baking and with animal fats for occasional frying. Eat egg yolks and other animal fats with the proteins to which they are attached. And, finally, use as much good quality butter as you like, with the happy assurance that it is a wholesome—indeed, an essential—food for you and your whole family. ([Location 754](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00276HAWG&location=754))