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Alarmed by the worsening trends, health experts have unleashed a flood of nutritional advice for consumers--much of it contradictory. One expert says red meat is bad. Another says bacon keeps you trim. Someone says skip the potatoes, and someone else says eat the skin. And let's face it, controversy sells. Diet books and magazine articles try to grab our attention by telling us everything we thought we knew was wrong...
...that nutritionists have a fairly good idea about what constitutes a healthy diet as well as plenty of solid evidence to back that up. As a rule, they tell us, we should eat lots of fruits and vegetables, favor whole grains over highly processed cereals and make red meat an occasional treat rather than the daily centerpiece of our evening meal. And we shouldn't eat any more than our body needs...
...fats--found in foods like fish, olive oil, avocados and walnuts--actually improve cholesterol levels in the blood and significantly reduce the risk that the heart will suddenly stop. As for the bad fats, there are now two villains instead of just one. Saturated fats--typically found in red meat, butter and ice cream--are still champion artery cloggers. But trans fats--found primarily in processed foods, such as margarines and many commercially baked or fried foods but also in whole milk--may be even worse...
...much as 40% fat but didn't trigger a lot of heart attacks. Don't assume that what worked for Greeks and Italians 40 years ago will work for you. After all, they typically ate a pound of fruit a day (equal to four medium apples) and little red meat, and many of them got lots of exercise tilling fields and tending livestock. "The Mediterranean diet works well in the Mediterranean," says Yale's Katz. "My concern about it in the U.S. is that people will continue to go to Burger King but just dump olive oil over their French...
...universe of gastrointestinal pain (answer: no), the more important question you should be posing is, “Was it the best sandwich you’ve ever had for under $3?” (answer: yes). The bread was fresh, both crusty and chewy, and the meat was aromatic, flavored with pepper, garlic and other delightful things. As I paid, I asked the owner if he bought bottled meat flavor from any tri-state area restaurants, but he quickly refuted my Eat n’Park hypothesis with a blank stare and a handful of change. I strongly recommend...