Posted on 06/04/2023 7:53:24 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
In 2003, a remarkable article appeared in the journal Lipids, titled “Fat, fishing patterns, and health among the Bardi people of north Western Australia.” According to the authors, the Bardi people hunted and fished selectively in order to obtain meat and fish containing as much fat as possible.
To the Bardi, foods lacking in fat were considered “rubbish.” If a kangaroo was too lean, they threw it away. They fished only for specific species of fish, and at the right time of year, to harvest only those with the most fat lining the intestines. Then they painstakingly removed the fat, melted it in a shell or tin can set over a fire, and drank the fat or used it as a dip for the fish.
Spring tides were the time for harvesting rock oysters—at other times of the year the oysters were “rubbish!” Researchers analyzing the oysters found that during spring tides, they were four times richer in fat. Moreover, they found that the fat from fish guts, fish livers, oysters, and turtle meat was predominantly saturated fat.
An aversion to lean meat seems to occur universally among non-industrialized people.
In his book “The Fat of the Land,” explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson notes that the Eskimo and northern Indians hunted game such as buffalo, elk, and caribou selectively— preferring the older animals because, over the years, those animals built up a slab of fat along the back that could weigh forty to fifty pounds. Another twenty to thirty pounds of highly saturated fat surrounded the kidneys.
According to Stefansson, the natives saved the fat, sometimes by rendering, stored it in the bladder or large intestine, and ate it with dried or smoked lean meat, the most notable example being pemmican, which is made with lean meat pounded to a powder and rendered fat. Stefansson estimates that fat contributed up to 80 percent of total calories in the diets of the northern Indians.
When game was so scarce that the American Indians were forced to consume only small animals like rabbits, they suffered from “rabbit starvation.”
Stefansson wrote:
“The groups that depend on the blubber animals are the most fortunate, in the hunting way of life, for they never suffer from fat-hunger.”
“This trouble is worst, so far as North America is concerned, among those forest Indians who depend at times on rabbits, the leanest animal in the North, and who develop the extreme fat-hunger known as rabbit-starvation. Rabbit eaters, if they have no fat from another source—beaver, moose, fish—will develop diarrhea in about a week, with headache, lassitude and vague discomfort.
“If there are enough rabbits, the people eat till their stomachs are distended; but no matter how much they eat they feel unsatisfied. Some think a man will die sooner if he eats continually of fat-free meat than if he eats nothing, but this is a belief on which sufficient evidence for a decision has not been gathered in the North. Deaths from rabbit-starvation, or from the eating of other skinny meat, are rare; for everyone understands the principle, and any possible preventive steps are naturally taken.”
Samuel Hearne traveled with the northern Canadian Indians for several years between 1769 and 1772. In his diaries, he noted that the natives always ate meat with fat, describing the practice of selective eating: When game was plentiful, they “frequently killed several merely for the tongues, marrow and fat.” At one point, they found plentiful musk ox and bison, “… many of which the Indians killed, but finding them lean, only took some of the bulls’ hides for shoe soals [sic].”
We find the same emphasis on getting enough fat in Africa. In “Fat of the Land,” Stefansson quotes his colleague Dr. Harley, writing in 1944, who noted that:
“Meat hunger is striking and constant among the tribes I have contacted. Although meat of any kind was in great demand the favorite cuts included brisket of beef with the fat and cartilages; hogs head, brains and fat; the liver of any animal; the hands and feet of monkeys, because of the fat content; and the skin and subcutaneous fat of a wart hog. Pig skin is never saved for rawhide and leather. It is too valuable as food and is eaten after singeing off the hair, and prolonged boiling. Plump cow skin is similarly eaten. A lean cow skin will be saved for rawhide and leather.”
“Wild meat in Liberia is seldom fat,” wrote Dr. Harley.
“Certain animals which normally store more fat than others are preferred for that reason. These included the giant rat, called ‘possum;’ the domestic dog, fattened by the Kpelle people especially for eating; the cow that has turned out to be sterile and so has never suckled a calf, but grown fat instead; porcupines; wart hogs; snakes; leopards in their prime, which are very plump and fat; and snakefish, prized because very fat.”
Why would peoples as far flung as Australia, North America, and Africa make a habit of seeking out animals with fat? They knew from experience that a diet of lean meat would make them sick. In modern times, we describe this as protein poisoning.
According to Healthline, “Protein poisoning is when the body takes in too much protein with not enough fat and carbohydrate for a long period of time. Other names for this are ‘rabbit starvation’ or ‘mal de caribou’ … When excessive amounts are consumed, it can put the body at risk for increased levels of ammonia, urea, and amino acids in the blood.”
Modern science recognizes the symptoms of protein poisoning as nausea, diarrhea, malaise, headache, weakness, fatigue, and in extreme cases death—just as Stefansson described almost seventy years ago.
And yet, what constitutes the centerpiece of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dietary Guidelines for Americans? Lean meat (including skinless chicken breasts) and nonfat or low-fat milk.
The Guidelines admonish us to keep fat consumption (from vegetable oils) at 30 percent of calories or less and to get our remaining calories in the form of carbohydrates (carbs). Some extreme diets—such as the paleo diet—advocate eating lots of lean meat with no carbs!
While including carbs in the diet may forestall the danger of protein poisoning, this strategy does not address the other risk of eating lean meat exclusively—or of eating any kind of protein (skim milk, egg whites, protein powders) without fat—and by that I mean animal fat.
That risk is vitamin A depletion.
When we eat protein, the body releases vitamin A from the liver. Researchers posit “a very close relation between vitamin A and protein synthesis and between dietary protein intake and vitamin A.” When malnourished children, deficient in vitamin A and protein are fed protein in the form of skim milk, vitamin A levels in the blood initially rise as the liver releases vitamin A but then fall again as the liver becomes depleted.
A very efficient way to deplete your body of this essential nutrient is to eat protein without any fat—just what the USDA recommends. In several instances, feeding of skim milk powder to malnourished children caused them to become blind—the most severe consequence of vitamin A deficiency.
In the days before we let the government tell us how to eat, Americans consumed chicken with gravy made from the fat—and never thought to avoid the skin. We drank whole milk and enjoyed butter and cream; we ate plenty of eggs and added extra yolks to dressings and sauces; lean meat was dressed in cream sauces or simply garnished with a pat of butter. We ate lobster with drawn butter, and fish in cream sauces. Meat just tasted better that way, and our meals were satisfying. Now we know why: Animal fats like butter, cream, egg yolks, and poultry fat provide the vitamin A we need to utilize the protein in our food. And we were a healthier America.
It’s time to return to the eating habits of our grandparents, secure in the knowledge that the foods that are the most delicious are also the most nutritious.
A large T-bone or Porterhouse cut with almost equal proportions on each side of the bone, cooked as desired and consumed in one setting!!
Perfection!
“Fat makes you fat” is a brilliant piece of propaganda. It fooled a lot of people for multiple decades. It still is quite powerful.
Mass Psychosis indoctrination. Ignore 90% of everything you're told.
Like it or not, fat is essential, particularly for the brain. It’s not a health threat if you eat real fats and not bizarre lab products. Keto people survive quite well, although overall it might be better to have a little more variety (not from supplements).
Eat in moderation, but everything can be in your diet, and make sure it’s real food and not a lab-product.
That’s why human beings are called “omnivores”...we are meant to be able to eat everything.
I subscribe to the Ron Swanson diet.
A joke used to be said in school back during the “feed the world” concerts and such.
“What is the fasted animal in the world”
(Folks would guess all kinds of things, usually the cheetah or ostrich, or some kind of falcon)
“Nope- it’s the Ethiopian chicken”
But seriously- all they ate really was fairly lean stuff as getting food was a problem for everyone and everything in certain regions. Even gheir cows looked lean and thin, but of course likely had some fat on them.
The human brain is about 60% fat.
Burgers cooked on the grill with 73% ground beef.
Good genes help...BP 115/65 5'3" 115 lbs
Really lucky so far.
The government is playing with your diet to make it compatible with their "climate change" manuscript.
What I eat is no one's business...and surely not the government's choice.
90% of Americans are metabolically unhealthy and needlessly sick/dying because of FrankenFoods that are pushed and supported by Big Food, Big Pharma & Big Govt.
It’s 10,000 time worse than Al Qaeda in terms of the human toll.
The fatted calf.
When I was in Mongolia they served me a piece of meat with a lot of fat. I politely cut off the fat and ate the meat. On reflection I thought about how difficult it was to get fat on an animal in Mongolia and how I might have offended them
I also began to understand some of the Bible. Fat was important and highly desirable.
Gen_41:2 In his dream he saw seven fat, healthy cows come up out of the river and begin grazing in the marsh grass.
Gen_41:3 Then he saw seven more cows come up behind them from the Nile, but these were scrawny and thin. These cows stood beside the fat cows on the riverbank.
Gen_41:4 Then the scrawny, thin cows ate the seven healthy, fat cows! At this point in the dream, Pharaoh woke up.
Gen_41:18 and I saw seven fat, healthy cows come up out of the river and begin grazing in the marsh grass.
Gen_41:20 These thin, scrawny cows ate the seven fat cows.
Exo_23:18 “You must not offer the blood of My sacrificial offerings together with any baked goods containing yeast. And do not leave the fat from the festival offerings until the next morning.
Exo_29:13 Take all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, and burn it all on the altar.
Exo_29:22 “Since this is the ram for the ordination of Aaron and his sons, take the fat of the ram, including the fat of the broad tail, the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, along with the right thigh.
Lev_1:8 They will arrange the pieces of the offering, including the head and fat, on the wood burning on the altar.
Lev_1:12 Then cut the animal in pieces, and the priests will arrange the pieces of the offering, including the head and fat, on the wood burning on the altar.
Lev_3:3 The priest must present part of this peace offering as a special gift to the LORD. This includes all the fat around the internal organs,
Lev_3:4 the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These must be removed with the kidneys,
Lev_3:9 The priest must present the fat of this peace offering as a special gift to the LORD. This includes the fat of the broad tail cut off near the backbone, all the fat around the internal organs,
Lev_3:10 the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These must be removed with the kidneys,
Lev_3:14 The priest must present part of this offering as a special gift to the LORD. This includes all the fat around the internal organs,
Lev_3:15 the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These must be removed with the kidneys,
Lev_3:16 and the priest will burn them on the altar. It is a special gift of food, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. All the fat belongs to the LORD.
Lev_3:17 “You must never eat any fat or blood. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation, wherever you live.”
Lev_4:8 Then the priest must remove all the fat of the bull to be offered as a sin offering. This includes all the fat around the internal organs,
Lev_4:9 the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. He must remove these along with the kidneys,
Lev_4:19 Then the priest must remove all the animal’s fat and burn it on the altar,
Lev_4:26 Then he must burn all the goat’s fat on the altar, just as he does with the peace offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the leader from his sin, making him right with the LORD, and he will be forgiven.
Lev_4:31 Then he must remove all the goat’s fat, just as he does with the fat of the peace offering. He will burn the fat on the altar, and it will be a pleasing aroma to the LORD. Through this process, the priest will purify the people, making them right with the LORD, and they will be forgiven.
Lev_4:35 Then he must remove all the sheep’s fat, just as he does with the fat of a sheep presented as a peace offering. He will burn the fat on the altar on top of the special gifts presented to the LORD. Through this process, the priest will purify the people from their sin, making them right with the LORD, and they will be forgiven.
Lev_6:12 Meanwhile, the fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must never go out. Each morning the priest will add fresh wood to the fire and arrange the burnt offering on it. He will then burn the fat of the peace offerings on it.
Lev_7:3 The priest will then offer all its fat on the altar, including the fat of the broad tail, the fat around the internal organs,
Lev_7:4 the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These are to be removed with the kidneys,
Lev_7:23 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. You must never eat fat, whether from cattle, sheep, or goats.
Lev_7:24 The fat of an animal found dead or torn to pieces by wild animals must never be eaten, though it may be used for any other purpose.
Lev_7:25 Anyone who eats fat from an animal presented as a special gift to the LORD will be cut off from the community.
Lev_7:30 Present it to the LORD with your own hands as a special gift to the LORD. Bring the fat of the animal, together with the breast, and lift up the breast as a special offering to the LORD.
Lev_7:31 Then the priest will burn the fat on the altar, but the breast will belong to Aaron and his descendants.
Lev_7:33 The right thigh must always be given to the priest who offers the blood and the fat of the peace offering.
Lev_8:16 Then Moses took all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, and he burned it all on the altar.
Lev_8:20 Then he cut the ram into pieces, and he burned the head, some of its pieces, and the fat on the altar.
Lev_8:25 Next Moses took the fat, including the fat of the broad tail, the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, along with the right thigh.
Lev_9:10 Then he burned on the altar the fat, the kidneys, and the long lobe of the liver from the sin offering, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Lev_9:19 Then he took the fat of the bull and the ram—the fat of the broad tail and from around the internal organs—along with the kidneys and the long lobes of the livers.
Lev_9:20 He placed these fat portions on top of the breasts of these animals and burned them on the altar.
Lev_9:24 Fire blazed forth from the LORD’s presence and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When the people saw this, they shouted with joy and fell face down on the ground.
Lev_10:15 You must lift up the thigh and breast as a special offering to the LORD, along with the fat of the special gifts. These parts will belong to you and your descendants as your permanent right, just as the LORD has commanded.”
Lev_16:25 He must then burn all the fat of the sin offering on the altar.
Lev_17:6 Then the priest will be able to splatter the blood against the LORD’s altar at the entrance of the Tabernacle, and he will burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Num_18:17 “However, you may not redeem the firstborn of cattle, sheep, or goats. They are holy and have been set apart for the LORD. Sprinkle their blood on the altar, and burn their fat as a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Deu_31:20 For I will bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors—a land flowing with milk and honey. There they will become prosperous, eat all the food they want, and become fat. But they will begin to worship other gods; they will despise Me and break My covenant.
Deu_32:14 He fed them yogurt from the herd and milk from the flock, together with the fat of lambs. He gave them choice rams from Bashan, and goats, together with the choicest wheat. You drank the finest wine, made from the juice of grapes.
Deu_32:15 “But Israel soon became fat and unruly; the people grew heavy, plump, and stuffed! Then they abandoned the God who had made them; they made light of the Rock of their salvation.
Deu_32:38 Where now are those gods, who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their offerings? Let those gods arise and help you! Let them provide you with shelter!
Jdg_3:17 He brought the tribute money to Eglon, who was very fat.
Jdg_3:22 The dagger went so deep that the handle disappeared beneath the king’s fat. So Ehud did not pull out the dagger, and the king’s bowels emptied.
1Sa_2:15 Sometimes the servant would come even before the animal’s fat had been burned on the altar. He would demand
raw meat before it had been boiled so that it could be used for roasting.
1Sa_2:16 The man offering the sacrifice might reply, “Take as much as you want, but the fat must be burned first.” Then the servant would demand, “No, give it to me now, or I’ll take it by force.”
1Sa_2:29 So why do you scorn My sacrifices and offerings? Why do you give your sons more honor than you give Me—for you and they have become fat from the best offerings of My people Israel!
1Sa_15:9 Saul and his men spared Agag’s life and kept the best of the sheep and goats, the cattle, the fat calves, and the lambs—everything, in fact, that appealed to them. They destroyed only what was worthless or of poor quality.
1Sa_15:22 But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the LORD: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to His voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.
1Ki_8:64 That same day the king consecrated the central area of the courtyard in front of the LORD’s Temple. He offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of peace offerings there, because the bronze altar in the LORD’s presence was too small to hold all the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
2Ch_7:7 Solomon then consecrated the central area of the courtyard in front of the LORD’s Temple. He offered burnt offerings and the fat of peace offerings there, because the bronze altar he had built could not hold all the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and sacrificial fat.
2Ch_29:35 There was an abundance of burnt offerings, along with the usual liquid offerings, and a great deal of fat from the many peace offerings. So the Temple of the LORD was restored to service.
2Ch_35:14 Afterward the Levites prepared Passover offerings for themselves and for the priests—the descendants of Aaron—because the priests had been busy from morning till night offering the burnt offerings and the fat portions. The Levites took responsibility for all these preparations.
Neh_9:25 Our ancestors captured fortified cities and fertile land. They took over houses full of good things, with cisterns already dug and vineyards and olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate until they were full and grew fat and enjoyed themselves in all Your blessings.
Job_15:27 “These wicked people are heavy and prosperous; their waists bulge with fat.
Psa_73:7 These fat cats have everything their hearts could ever wish for!
Isa_1:11 “What makes you think I want all your sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am sick of your burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fattened cattle. I get no pleasure from the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
Isa_34:6 The sword of the LORD is drenched with blood and covered with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of rams prepared for sacrifice. Yes, the LORD will offer a sacrifice in the city of Bozrah. He will make a mighty slaughter in Edom.
Isa_34:7 Even men as strong as wild oxen will die—the young men alongside the veterans. The land will be soaked with blood and the soil enriched with fat.
Isa_43:24 You have not brought Me fragrant calamus or pleased Me with the fat from sacrifices. Instead, you have burdened Me with your sins and wearied Me with your faults.
Jer_5:28 They are fat and sleek, and there is no limit to their wicked deeds. They refuse to provide justice to orphans and deny the rights of the poor.
Eze_34:16 I will search for My lost ones who strayed away, and I will bring them safely home again. I will bandage the injured and strengthen the weak. But I will destroy those who are fat and powerful. I will feed them, yes—feed them justice!
Eze_34:20 “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will surely judge between the fat sheep and the scrawny sheep.
Eze_34:21 For you fat sheep pushed and butted and crowded My sick and hungry flock until you scattered them to distant lands.
Eze_44:7 You have brought uncircumcised foreigners into My sanctuary—people who have no heart for God. In this way, you defiled My Temple even as you offered Me My food, the fat and blood of sacrifices. In addition to all your other detestable sins, you have broken My covenant.
Eze_44:15 “However, the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok continued to minister faithfully in the Temple when Israel abandoned Me for idols. These men will serve as My ministers. They will stand in My presence and offer the fat and blood of the sacrifices, says the Sovereign LORD.
Amo_4:1 Listen to me, you fat cows living in Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, and who are always calling to your husbands, “Bring us another drink!”
Luk_6:25 What sorrow awaits you who are fat and prosperous now, for a time of awful hunger awaits you. What sorrow awaits you who laugh now, for your laughing will turn to mourning and sorrow.
Congratulations, you are intelligent enough to consume a real human species-appropriate diet.
I do not buy lean hamburger as there’s hardly any taste without the fat...and too dry. Beef Roast must have marbling for flavor and tenderness. etc.
During the Lewis and Clark Expedition, there was a period of time when all they had to eat was lean game, and they got I’ll from not having enough fat.
Fat is what your body considers food. It has all the flavor in meat, too.
We’ve been lied to by the government, I’m wearing my shocked face!
Back in the day it was recommended that you get 33% of your calories from fat.
We are seeing just how beneficial a large population of old, sick, fat government dependents is to the cause of the Revolution. Lenin would have been proud of the Food Pyramid, had he thought it up first.
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