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This morning my daughter saw a cup of some yellowish fluid on the counter and asked, "What's that orange stuff in there?"
"Oh, it's just bacon fat," I replied.
Her eyes widen, jaw drops. "Bacon makes you fat?!!"
"Ha ha ha. No! That's what the oil is called. Think about it. How much bacon did you eat today?"
"Two big pieces."
"And what about me?"
"Four I think."
"And are we fat?"
"Nope."
"Well it's probably something else that makes people fat then."
She laughed. "Yeah, I guess so."
What a cute little association of words she quickly made in her limited world view. It was actually a really amazing moment for me to clearly see that the scientists who came up with the eating fat makes you fat theory were as simple minded as a five year old.
The logical fallacy that even the country's most notable scientists fell for is this:
The Fallacy of Questionable Cause:
A and B are associated on a regular basis.
Therefore A is the cause of B.
Insert the word fat:
Fat people eat a lot of fat. (Remember they also eat a lot of other things)
Therefore eating fat makes you fat.
Replace "fat" with word of your choice:
Overweight people sit on big chairs.
Therefore sitting on big chairs makes you overweight.
Clearly this is faulty reasoning but maybe you can't blame them too much. It would have been easy to fall for this mistake because of the word fat. Scientist considered the problem at hand - the overweight epidemic - and their minds intuitively associated the two types of fat (dietary and adipose). It just felt so right that they neglected to consider logic or the scientific method. They quickly became so convinced of their theory that even today scientists continue to find "evidence" to support it.
However, if you look closely at the literature, you will see that there are holes in every one of those articles. I have included a list of further reading which helped me to understand and firmly believe in the need for fat (a lot of fat!) in our diets and the complete backwards conception that fat makes you fat.
Further Reading:
Books:
Eat Fat Lose Fat
The Untold Story of Milk - This book has ample details of the author's own analysis of many of the articles that launched the fat-free movement. It is an amazing book.
Articles:
Guts and Grease
The Skinny On Fats
What Causes Heart disease
Taking the Fear Out of Eating Fat
Caveman Cuisine
What else can I help you with?
Does bacon make your butt bigger?
No but eating an excessive amount of calories will
How do I make my legs and arms fat?
By eating a lot.
What does gluttonus mean?
Fat or Eating A Lot. e.g., "The man was a gluttonous thing, what with his fat rolling over the sides of his chair, and his plates of bacon that were with him at all times."
What nutrients are in bacon?
Protein and fat
Why do people say bacon is bad for you?
When you cook bacon it has a lot of grease and fat that is unhealthy for you.
What fat content is there in bacon?
a hell of a lot
Why is there so much grease in john morrell bacon?
Because bacon has a lot of fat in it.
What is a food example for lipids?
fried bacon because there is a lot of lipids or "fat" in the bacon grease and in the bacon itself.
How do you make fat on body?
By eating more than energy used. So, by being lazy and/or eating a lot.
Can someone tell me if its ok to eat bacon if you are on no carb deit?
Its actually okay to eat bacon. Bacon doesnt have any carbs because well, its meat. While.. You have to watch the fat and calories because they are both very high while eating a lot.:)
Will you get fat from eating a lot of freeze pops?
I'm pretty sure you can get fat by eating a lot of anything.
How to make your but big?
You can start eating a lot or you can go to a plastic surgeon and inject fat in your but.
