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The Fat Revolution
A mind-altering, myth-shattering exposé about diet and exercise myths.
Nutrition expert and health activist Christine Cronau tells us why reducing dietary fat actually makes us fat, sick and even depressed!
Discover the story behind the biggest scam of the 21st century. The Fat Revolution is a fascinating and controversial disclosure, debunking ‘conventional wisdom’ about what constitutes a healthy lifestyle and diet. This book is an invaluable look into what makes us fat and the real cause of heart disease.
Learn why fat can’t make you fat, exercise is unnecessary for weight-loss, saturated fat is NOT the demon it has been portrayed to be, and why, in fact, low-fat diets are fattening.
“The Fat Revolution is an important book that will change the way you think about food, fat and health.” Clint Robinson, five-time Olympic champion
“This well-researched book will revolutionise the way we look at food and health. Thanks Christine, for bringing some common sense to the table.” Bill Statham, Best-selling Author, The Chemical Maze
“Christine has done her research well and presents undeniable evidence that debunks the fat myth and provides a pathway to robust health and wellbeing.” Dr Karen Coates, M.D. and Best-selling Author
- See more at: http://christinecronau.com/the-fat-re...
Nutrition expert and health activist Christine Cronau tells us why reducing dietary fat actually makes us fat, sick and even depressed!
Discover the story behind the biggest scam of the 21st century. The Fat Revolution is a fascinating and controversial disclosure, debunking ‘conventional wisdom’ about what constitutes a healthy lifestyle and diet. This book is an invaluable look into what makes us fat and the real cause of heart disease.
Learn why fat can’t make you fat, exercise is unnecessary for weight-loss, saturated fat is NOT the demon it has been portrayed to be, and why, in fact, low-fat diets are fattening.
“The Fat Revolution is an important book that will change the way you think about food, fat and health.” Clint Robinson, five-time Olympic champion
“This well-researched book will revolutionise the way we look at food and health. Thanks Christine, for bringing some common sense to the table.” Bill Statham, Best-selling Author, The Chemical Maze
“Christine has done her research well and presents undeniable evidence that debunks the fat myth and provides a pathway to robust health and wellbeing.” Dr Karen Coates, M.D. and Best-selling Author
- See more at: http://christinecronau.com/the-fat-re...
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150 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2012
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February 24, 2020
Decided to give Keto a go and wanted to read up some more. I liked that Christine was talking about good fats before keto become a bit more mainstream and trendy, and also that she's local. She doesn't advocate a strict recipe regime and counting of calories/carbs etc which also sits well with me (if you're eating 'right' according to her your body find it's groove and you'll achieve a healthy weight). I've always been a believer in real fats like butter but probably also enjoy baked goods and breads and pasta too much. It's got a lot of thorough content, a lot of which I just skimmed over because it seems sensible to me and I didn't need convincing. Some of the little myths she addressed at the back were useful too - 8 glasses of water, meat and dairy as acid forming, salt and soy...
June 3, 2018
Great book for the dietary information, not too keen on the recipes though.
June 10, 2016
This book contains lots of sensational claim with very little evidence to back it up and plenty of half truth. There are no citations provided, there are no explanations of where she got her results from other than from "experts", there are references at the back but these are all in alphabetical order, and no one can really tell which one refers to which claims, on which pages or chapters.
On the first few page, Christine said something along the line "these are all studies that have debunked the fat myth, you're welcome to check them out but I've summarised them here for you". A few problems:
1. She only mentioned the year, simplification of the research/study title and supposedly the summary of the studies. There are no author/s attributed to the studies so I have to dig the net finding the right one.
2. I decided to check one of them, the Lyon Heart studies. According to Christine, the summary was "Fat does not lower heart disease" (or something similar). Now search the Lyon Heart Studies and you'll find the opposite. Lyon heart was the Mediterranean diet, it actually promotes eating of grains (which Christine objected to), replacement of butter with Olive oil (she actually advocating the reverse, butter is GOOD!), and reducing red meat with fish (she lovers her red meat). And it DOES lower your cholesterol. I'm not sure where she got her summary from?
3. There is another study that she said "reducing saturated fat does not reduce the cholesterol". I research the study, it's a meta analysis of patients that are reducing the sat fat and risk of heart disease, the min is 6 months to 2 years. The research did say that reducing the sat fat does not seem to reduce the heart disease risk, HOWEVER on patients that have been doing it for 2 years or more, it DOES shows improvement. And on the conclusion of the study they actually RECOMMEND patients to keep reducing sat fat consumption and continue long term. So I suppose she just stops reading halfway.
On and on it goes, I must've research 4-5 studies mentioned on that first table alone and NONE of them corresponds to her summary.
The rest of the stuff is the same, plenty of sensational claims with no real source and evidence.
There are some new things I learn, like there's two type of LDL (never heard that before, but then again I hardly goes to the doctor).
On exercise: "studies shown that the more you exercise, the more you gain weight, how funny!" I too, research that studies and it's about "how much more exercise you need to do as you grow old, to prevent old-age related weight gain". In other words, as you get old, you gain weight, so to keep your weight the same, how much extra exercise you need to do. Nothing at all what she said.
Overall, few good informations, but these are far and few in between and you'll never know whether she made it up or from a proper research.
A much better reading is from Harvard (and its free): http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine-...
On the first few page, Christine said something along the line "these are all studies that have debunked the fat myth, you're welcome to check them out but I've summarised them here for you". A few problems:
1. She only mentioned the year, simplification of the research/study title and supposedly the summary of the studies. There are no author/s attributed to the studies so I have to dig the net finding the right one.
2. I decided to check one of them, the Lyon Heart studies. According to Christine, the summary was "Fat does not lower heart disease" (or something similar). Now search the Lyon Heart Studies and you'll find the opposite. Lyon heart was the Mediterranean diet, it actually promotes eating of grains (which Christine objected to), replacement of butter with Olive oil (she actually advocating the reverse, butter is GOOD!), and reducing red meat with fish (she lovers her red meat). And it DOES lower your cholesterol. I'm not sure where she got her summary from?
3. There is another study that she said "reducing saturated fat does not reduce the cholesterol". I research the study, it's a meta analysis of patients that are reducing the sat fat and risk of heart disease, the min is 6 months to 2 years. The research did say that reducing the sat fat does not seem to reduce the heart disease risk, HOWEVER on patients that have been doing it for 2 years or more, it DOES shows improvement. And on the conclusion of the study they actually RECOMMEND patients to keep reducing sat fat consumption and continue long term. So I suppose she just stops reading halfway.
On and on it goes, I must've research 4-5 studies mentioned on that first table alone and NONE of them corresponds to her summary.
The rest of the stuff is the same, plenty of sensational claims with no real source and evidence.
There are some new things I learn, like there's two type of LDL (never heard that before, but then again I hardly goes to the doctor).
On exercise: "studies shown that the more you exercise, the more you gain weight, how funny!" I too, research that studies and it's about "how much more exercise you need to do as you grow old, to prevent old-age related weight gain". In other words, as you get old, you gain weight, so to keep your weight the same, how much extra exercise you need to do. Nothing at all what she said.
Overall, few good informations, but these are far and few in between and you'll never know whether she made it up or from a proper research.
A much better reading is from Harvard (and its free): http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine-...
February 10, 2017
Very informative, I read the whole book over the weekend and learned a lot!
November 1, 2014
It's good to read a book that is well researched, not scared to rattle the cage, reveal many myths and keep things quite plain and simple re eating - one of our functional tasks in life. I have begun my 'fat journey' and am gradually losing weight, enjoying eating well and feeling much much better!
January 10, 2014
gift from Gemma. :)
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