Learning about food groups, minerals and vitamins that you can sometimes barely pronounce can be a tad daunting at first but this is one instance where the end totally justifies the means. You will be glad you took your pregnancy nutrition into your hands when you see all the evidence in the baby that you hold and when you come out of pregnancy loving and not absolutely hating your body and its state.
Most of the experts say you shouldn't go low fat because you need some fat in your diet to be able to absorb some of the vitamins that are fat soluble, like vitamins A, D, E and K. So the message these experts give is to replace bad unhealthy fats with good healthy fats. Most consider olive oil to be a healthy fat. Almost every nutritionist, doctor, health expert of any kind says olive oil is healthy. Just Google it.So how did this oil get this overwhelming reputation as being healthy Well, back in the 1950's it was noticed that the people living in the Mediterranean, especially on the island of Crete, were lean and almost free of heart disease. They consumed high amounts of olive oil, about 40% of calorie intake was from fats, mostly olive oil. Their rest of their diet consisted of mostly fruits, vegetables and beans, and they also ate a little fish. They also ate very little saturated fat.
Today, the same region of the Mediterranean has a population that is just as fat as Americans. More than half are overweight, both adults and children. Heart disease has jumped dramatically. They still eat a lot of olive oil but their consumption of veggies, fruits and beans is down and consumption of meat, cheeses and fish are up. Exercise is down also.They also worked very hard. Most worked long days pushing a plow or some other kind of farm equipment. They got plenty of exercise. The experts didn't get the message that eating lots of fruits, vegetables and beans and also get loads of exercise was good, they just got the message that olive oil was healthy.
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