How to Eat Well: Do What Works for You

Before I introduce this week's newsletter, my last one for About, I want to say thank you. I've written about low fat eating for the past 10 years, and it's been my pleasure to guide you. I've received many nice comments, insightful questions, and some of you have shared some great stories with me.

Much has changed in those 10 years in terms of dietary guidance and health. I have always maintained that there is more than one path to healthier eating. To my mind, it should be less of a battleground, with the dietary camps trying to outsmart one another with this scientific study or that scientific study. For almost every study that "proves" one thing, there's another that casts doubt or refutes it. No wonder we're often confused. Yet the science is clearly evolving and moving far away from the notion that dietary fat is the bad guy. As much as it's proving misguided to demonize fat, I have to wonder if the answer really is to eliminate carbs altogether and to feast on meat and dairy. Probably not.

But my advice is to do what works for you, with the understanding that eliminating a macronutrient from your diet (fat, carbs) is likely not a healthy choice. You do need some fat in your diet; you do need some carbs (though you don't need sugar). I encourage you to enjoy real food, not processed food, and I encourage you to take the time where possible to cook and experiment with the freshest ingredients you can get. 

Thank you once again for coming on this journey with me. I wish you all good health!

 

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us How to Eat Well: Do What Works for You Before I introduce this week's newsletter, my last one for About, I want to say thank you. I've written about low fat eating for the past 10 years, and it's been my pleasure to guide you. I've received many nice comments, insightful questions, and some of you have shared some great stories with me. Much has changed in those 10 years in terms of dietary guidance and health. I have always maintained that there is more than one path to healthier eating. To my mind, it should be less of a battleground, with the dietary camps trying to outsmart one another with this scientific study or that scientific study. For almost every study that "proves" one thing, there's another that casts doubt or refutes it. No wonder we're often confused. Yet the science is clearly evolving and moving far away from the notion that dietary fat is the bad guy. As much as it's proving misguided to demonize fat, I have to wonder if the answer really is to eliminate carbs altogether and to feast on meat and dairy. Probably not. But my advice is to do what works for you, with the understanding that eliminating a macronutrient from your diet (fat, carbs) is likely not a healthy choice. You do need some fat in your diet; you do need some carbs (though you don't need sugar). I encourage you to enjoy real food, not processed food, and I encourage you to take the time where possible to cook and experiment with the freshest ingredients you can get.  Thank you once again for coming on this journey with me. I wish you all good health!   Fiona Haynes Low Fat Cooking Expert 6 Steps to Healthy Eating The path to healthy eating can be paved in a number of easy-to-follow steps that will convince you that cutting back on fat is not quite the sacrifice it might seem. Plus, the goal is not to eliminate fat, but to spend our fat calories wisely, focusing on heart-healthy plant-based unsaturated fats and minimizing animal-based saturated fats.    READ NOW 10 Things To Stop Doing If You Want To Eat Low Fat Any kind of diet can be hard to stick with, but if your goal is to eat low fat, here are 10 things to stop doing right now, some of which might surprise you.   READ NOW 6 Ways to Eat Low Fat and Lose Weight If you want to lose weight, there is no magic bullet or pill that will help you do so sensibly and sustainably; in other words, there is no real short cut. But that doesn’t mean that there’s nothing you can do. The good news is that while weight loss really does boil down to calories in, calories out in most cases, it doesn’t have to mean deprivation   READ NOW Stocking Healthy Foods Two or three times a year, I purge my refrigerator. In part, this is to weed out forgotten foods: the stray pot of leftovers that I never quite managed to get around to eating. But my other goal is to clear my refrigerator of high-fat, high-calorie foods and to replace them with healthier options.  READ NOW Featured Articles • Cheddar Biscuit Drops • Two Ways to Make a Tropical Zombie Punch • How to Make Crispy Beer Batter Hush Puppies • 29 Amazing Dishes Using Leftovers • Savory Spinach Cake Made with Crepes • 5 Ways to Eating Healthier on a Budget • Juicy Watermelon Bites With Citrus and Micro Greens • Don't Have a Yogurt Maker? Here's How to Incubate Yogurt Without One Advertisement About Low Fat Cooking  |  Follow Us You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Low Fat Cooking newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2015 About.com - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.