Healthy eating is the focus of so many magazine articles, self-help books, conventions, and conferences. In fact, at one International Health Show I presented at, two of the three paid lunch events featured panels of experts all recommending their own diet plans.
Boy, was I out “on a limb.” I was the only physician on my panel who recommended a high-fiber, high healthy-fat diet. Fortunately, I convinced some of these diet experts that healthy fats are not the enemy but processed carbohydrates are, and to begin recommending flax oil and fish oil—both great sources of healthy fat—in their strict vegetarian diets.
As you may know, I’m an advocate of the Mediterranean diet. It’s similar to the cave-man diet—the complete opposite of the processed, high-carbohydrate, white-flour diet of modern man.
Put a Stop to Diabetes With This Diet
One of the main benefits of the Mediterranean diet is its ability to offset insulin resistance (a national epidemic) and prevent diabetes, a dangerous condition characterized by too much sugar, which can cause premature aging, increased risk of heart disease, stroke, eye disease (and blindness), nerve damage, kidney failure, infection—the list goes on.
The Day I Changed My Tune on Dietary Fat
I was not always a believer in healthy fat. In fact, several years ago I rewrote my book, Optimum Health, because I had recommended a high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet to prevent heart disease and promote weight loss. Like many doctors, I had bought into the no-fat, low-fat craze that was storming the country about ten years ago. Boy, was I wrong!!
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