Skinny pigs? Low-fat craze gone too far

Let’s face it. You and I both know most Americans are struggling with their weight. I see it in my practice every day. There’s not one study that will tell you otherwise. What’s more, there’s been an explosion of not only obesity, but of related diseases like diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. But did you realize that the rates of obesity and disease in America began rising at the exact same time the health authorities told us to eat a low-fat diet? It started in 1977 when George McGovern led a Senate Committee that released its “Dietary Goals for the United States.” According to this report, fat was the cause of illnesses sweeping the nation. Then the National Institutes of Health jumped on the “low-fat” bandwagon and announced that Americans must cut their fat intake. And we listened… Before long, low-fat packaged foods were flying off supermarket shelves. But this low-fat craze has finally gone too far. The food industry’s latest scheme is to create skinny pigs! Chinese scientists just created 12 genetically engineered pigs with 24% less body fat than normal pigs. They took a gene from a mouse and inserted it into pig cells to create more than 2,553 pig clones. Then they implanted the cloned pig embryos into real pigs.1 The food industry wants you to believe that these genetically engineered pigs are healthier for you. But it has nothing to do with your health. This was all about padding their profits… You see, these low-fat pigs burn off f...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Tags: Health Nutrition clogged arteries fat heart healthy low-fat polyunsaturated fats skinny Weight Loss Source Type: news