Most articles on health assume we are all the same. This isn’t true. We are as different on the inside as the outside. Yet we are told universally to eat lots of fruits and vegetables and avoid the dreaded fat.

Whatever the problem, fat gets the blame. Heart attacks. Cancer. Obesity. Soaring petrol prices. It doesn’t seem to matter. All would be well if only we switched to healthy vegetables, fruits and grains instead.

Fat Is A Good Guy

Well let me tell you about a medically approved diet for some children. 90% of the calories on this diet come from fat. The kids are normal weight and their cholesterol levels only a tad higher than usual. These children have epilepsy and this diet controls their seizures.

A typical meal of chicken, carrots, double cream and butter might turn your stomach. But to these kids and their families, it’s just what the doctor ordered.

What, you’re not convinced? It’s a special case you’re thinking. It doesn’t apply to the general population. For the rest of us, fats are bad, vegetables and fruits are good.

No, it’s not as simple as that. The number one dietary deficiency, according to some nutritionists, is…..fat.

Saturated fat is often portrayed as the great enemy. The reality is that while it may not be the best type of fat to eat, humans are adapted to eat it. The real enemy are the fats that come from food processing. These foods give us far too much of the omega 6 and trans fats and far too little omega 3 fats from fish oils.

Vegetable Can Be Bad

A Glasgow university professor warns us that the fastest growing cancer in the UK could be caused by eating vegetables. Professor McColl and his colleagues at Glasgow University believe that nitrate fertilisers may be responsible for seeing the incidence of throat cancer treble over the last 2 decades.

The answer is not to buy organic. These too contain a lot of nitrate.

I could mention all the naturally occurring toxins, carcinogens and mutagens found in fruits and vegetables. But I won’t. At least not for this article.

I could even point out how sensitive many people are to carbohydrates. They must limit their intake of fruits and vegetables because they play havoc with their blood sugar levels. But I’m not going to dwell on this either.

I might even mention the many people who have a toxic reaction to certain foods. Even ‘healthy’ foods, like grapefruit, oranges, tomatoes, onions.

I could also mention those that are allergic to aspirin. The chemical which is contained within this drug is also high in vegetables and fruits.

Of course I’m not really telling you to eat fat and avoid fruits and vegetables. The point I am making is that you are an individual, with your own personal requirements. You are different from every other person on earth. So nobody can tell you what to eat. You must get to know your own body and understand what it is trying to tell you.

Listen to your body, not to nutrition ‘experts’.