Comments on: Oil Fat & Enough http://ymoyl.wordpress.com/2011/02/09/oil-fat-enough/ The Official Website for the Your Money or Your Life book and programs Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:26:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Vicki Robin http://ymoyl.wordpress.com/2011/02/09/oil-fat-enough/#comment-2235 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:24:14 +0000 http://ymoyl.wordpress.com/?p=2535#comment-2235 hi caroline,
I wasn’t saying fat was bad – in fact, it is a rich and good and special nutrient. I am saying that we have managed to gain easy access to a lot of this high quality fuel in our diets and our industrial growth systems and are consuming in ways that have created imbalances. i am reading quite a few sources now that come out of weston price. it’s part of the dis-ease of our consumer culture that so few of us anymore are natural eaters in natural foodsheds, whatever that even means. whether it is about food or money or stuff or time or any other habit of body and mind, we need to engage in self observation to see how we are digesting the world and how much is enough for us. it’s challenging. which is why i am teaching about this now.

]]> By: Caroline Cooper http://ymoyl.wordpress.com/2011/02/09/oil-fat-enough/#comment-2234 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:06:49 +0000 http://ymoyl.wordpress.com/?p=2535#comment-2234 Hi Vicke,

I read your book back in the early 1990s during a very bad recession in Canada. Your book helped me reach Financial Independence in 2000.

I couldn’t agree with you more about how we as a population need to find ways to reduce our dependency on fossil fuels. I am a bit concerned with your comparison of fossil fuels to fat butts. Eating oils or fats doesn’t make people fat.

I am concerned that you are also suggesting that oils and fats are “bad” for people and they should reduce these foods in their diets. This is the general consensus in the mainstream that low-fat diets are healthier than high-fat diets.

I mention that back in 2000 I became FI. Unfortunately, my health broke down. I followed a low-fat diet and I became fat and sick.

It wasn’t until I learned about the healing power of “good” fats that my health took a turn for the better. Now, I thrive on a very high fat diet. All my health concerns are a thing of the past. By the way, I’m not fat!

If what I say here sounds incredible, please see the Weston A Price Foundation for more information about nourishing traditional foods and healthy fats:
http://www.westonaprice.org/

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