“Hello Frederic - thanks for the always-thought provoking comments and advice. I really look forward to your newsletters every week! My question, from the last one is:
“What is low-fat as opposed to no-fat (which is what it sounds as if you are really espousing) - ? Are you really saying not to eat any fat at all? If you ARE saying a little fat is okay, can you define how much that is on a daily basis, and what any 'good' fats might be?” - Sarah Eck
ANSWER: No-fat would be impossible to do because all fruits and vegetables contain a certain percentage of fat naturally, even if you don't taste it. But when we talk about a low-fat diet we mean that there is little added fat in the form of concentrated fatty foods, such as avocados, nuts, seeds, oils, etc.
I've covered this in great depth in my book, “
The Raw Secrets”, as well as in my course, “
How to End Confusion About Nutrition”.
But here's some additional information. Yes, a little fat is okay, in the form of avocados, nuts and seeds, and other fatty foods such as durian and coconuts.
How much fat is “low-fat” really depends on how much food you eat. But I'd say that it's probably much LESS than you imagine. Most people who say think they are on a low-fat diet actually eat over 40% of their calories from fat.
But to give you an example, if you eat 2000 calories per day, which is average for a woman who's not too active, then that would be about _ avocado, or a very small handful of nuts. If you're more active and eat more, then you could increase those quantities.
Remember that the diet should be low in fat “on average”. So that means that some days you could eat a little more fat, and some days you could eat no fat at all - I mean, no concentrated fatty foods. For example, today I won't be eating any concentrated fatty foods - just fruits and vegetables.
