Banting Progress…

The weekend has come and gone and I have successfully ‘banted’ my way through it with one small slip at a restaurant for lunch. Not a big deal, there was balsamic vinegar in the sauce for the steak so I scraped some off and felt none the worse for wear. The roast veggies were what I was craving and the cheesecake did not lure me. In fact, the sight of lemon cheesecake in the cake fridge made me keen to make a Banting-legal one so I have put it on the list for the week. My sister is coming to stay for 5 days, and we plan to make it a really healthy visit. What a pleasure. She is a great cook and we may well come up with a food trial or two. Cheesecake will be one of them. Watch this space!

It has taken a long time coming and now it has been shown quite convincingly that low carb high fat is a healthy, healing way of eating. There have been many reports of diabetics no longer needing medication, of PCOS being healed, of autism, epilepsy and obesity being successfully treated. More and more science around low carb high fat eating is getting through to the public and we are in a position to choose what works for us as far as health is concerned. But first we need to get rid of faulty thinking around the matter of fats. Understand that it is healthy and needed. The good stuff is not manufactured by man. It is a natural food, and in that lies the answer. Natural.

Why swop butter for margarine which is reputed to be one molecule away from plastic? Why eat boxed cereals which have been laced with no nutrition sugar and mysterious E numbers when there’s fresh berries and cream, and eggs and bacon with mushrooms and courgette fritters to delight in. (I think that will be brunch today!)

Shop around the edge of the supermarket where all the fresh foods are and leave the packaged inflammatory foods on the shelves. Read the ingredients of those packaged goods and if there is anything you cannot pronounce, MSG, E numbers or preservatives, it would be wise to steer clear of it. Wherever possible choose organic vegetables, raw milk products and grass fed free range meats. Good real food.  The marketing around unhealthy foods is backed by huge money. Big corporations make billions from inferior foods which keep people unhealthy and in need of doctors and medication, and that is the territory of Big Pharma and more big money. Conspiracy theory? I don’t think so.

My personal experience with this lifestyle and in particular with fat, is that it tames my appetite. I am learning to reach for cream, coconut oil, cream cheese, avocado, macadamia nuts, mayonnaise, butter and high fat meat broths when I need to still the food voice in my head and it works. My energy levels are high and my motivation is strong. I shall keep on eating good fats, including healthy saturated fats. The treat is that I don’t have to resist a beautifully grilled lamb chop with a strip of crisp fat nor a perfectly roasted chicken, skin and all, because they hold such culinary pleasure as well as necessary nutrients and fuel for my now diminishing body. Yes, I am three kilos lighter this week. That makes it four in two weeks. I know a lot of it may be water weight right now, but it feels really good!

Roll on the Revolution!…