Dear Health Conscious Reader,
You may remember a movie from a few years back called “Super Size Me.” The guy who made it ate nothing but fast food for a month-and got sick and fat. Here’s what you need to know: It was a bunch of baloney.
I had a hand in making a new movie called Fat Head. It exposes the gimmicks behind “Super Size Me.” And it nails the coffin on the myth that meat and fat cause people to be overweight and develop heart disease.
It all started a few years back when a guy named Tom Naughton walked into my Wellness Center with a camera crew and a long list of questions.
Tom wanted to lose a few pounds. But he had tried following the government’s recommendations on healthy eating… and got fat, tired and depressed.
He wanted to know how this could have happened. So we wound up spending the whole day here in our offices talking about it-on camera.
I’ve got plenty to say about why meat and fat are not only healthy, they’re essential. It’s why your body naturally craves them in the first place-Nature’s way of ensuring your ultimate strength and power.
That’s because meat is your only source for any number of essential nutrients. For instance:
They’ve even linked B12 to a reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease. A recent study found that the risk of developing Alzheimer’s among individuals who get enough B12 in their diet was 1/3 lower than those who didn’t.4
Guess what Nature’s only source of vitamin B12 is? Red meat!
At the end of our interview, I suggested Tom try a little experiment. Do exactly the same thing as the guy in “Super Size Me”-eat nothing but fast food for a month. Keep a food log. But stick to my basic principles of healthy eating.
Eat a lot of meat protein. Don’t worry about saturated fats. And keep your carbohydrate intake low. In other words, say no to fries and soda, but enjoy those burgers to your heart’s content.
Tom thanked me for all the information, left with a handshake . . . and I didn’t hear from him for months. Then a box full of DVDs arrived in our offices.
Fat Head does a great job of communicating just how silly, wrongheaded, and dangerous avoiding meat really is. Tom really takes a wrecking ball to the myth that meat and fat are the cause of so many health problems. He lost weight, his blood levels improved, and he felt great.
Tom gives you his own experience, expert interviews and solid science to bust the “low fat” myth for good. Plus he’s a comedian, so it’s pretty funny. His bottom line is we’re all fat heads for believing the nutritional “experts” for so long.
Get yours today. I guarantee you’ll learn from it-and enjoy it.
To Your Good Health,
Al Sears, MD
1. Bernard et al. “L-carnitine supplementation and physical exercise restore age-associated decline…” 2008. The Journals of Gerontology A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 63(10):1027-33.
2. Hooshmand et al. “Dietary L-carnitine supplementation improves bone mineral density by suppressing bone turnover in aged ovariectomized rats.” 2008. Phytomedicine. 15(8):595-601.
3. Chiu et al. “Correlation of serum L-carnitine and dehydro-epiandrosterone sulphate levels with age and sex in healthy adults.” 1999. Age Ageing. 28(2):89-91.
4. M. Flint Beal, “Oxidative Mechanisms, Inflammation, and Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis,” 9th International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders, June 2005.
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