I cooked most of my food in Lard that I render myself... or at least my wife does. When I say the word 'Lard' in any of my nutrition talks and don't tell people NOT to eat it... it throws up some great discussion.
Lard has perhaps the worst reputation of any food stuff. I came across these two articles regarding lard, the first one being my favourite:
Who Killed Lard: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/02/03/146356117/who-killed-lard
and
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This was the headline in a number of newspapers today. Here is the article from the Telegraph
An interesting little smippet from the article whish is wholly accurate and has been shown time and time and time again in different pieces of research:
While the researchers did try to accountQuote
Scientists added that people who eat a diet high in red meat were also likely to be generally unhealthier because they were more likely to smoke, be overweight and not exercise.
The study gave 56g of supplemental WP, SP or CHO to overweight and obese individuals. There was NO dietary intervention.
- Body weight and fat mass of the group consuming the WP were lower by 1.8 kg (P < 0.006) and 2.3 kg (P < 0.005), respectively, than the group consuming CHO.
- Waist circumference was smaller in the participants consuming WP than in the other groups (P < 0.05).
- Fasting ghrelin was lower in participants consuming WP compared with SP or CHO.
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