food aversion

If you’ve banned high fat foods such as egg yolks, butter and beef from your diet and can’t lose weight, a nutritional therapy practitioner (NTP) says she knows the reason: You’re missing out on the fat-burning benefits of healthy fats. In an exclusive interview on Feb. 25, we talked with Liz Wolfe, NTP, about what she’s discovered when it comes to permanent weight loss and health.

Why the epidemic of obesity in our nation? Liz links it to “decades of the Standard American Diet, which leads to hormonal imbalance and out-of-control hunger.”

She’s convinced that our tendency to avoid fat is a large part of the problem. Our hormones need fats such as butter, beef and eggs, says Liz. And her new book’s title sums up her philosophy: “Eat the Yolks: Discover Paleo, fight food lies, and reclaim your health” (click for details).

Modern science proves that we need both fat and cholesterol, and “fat and cholesterol from ethically raised animal products, along with the fat-soluble vitamins that come with them, are vital to our health,” Liz told us.

And when it comes to the ideal diet for weight loss and health, Liz is a Paleo plan proponent. However, she does modify the traditional Paleo approach slightly by adding certain types of dairy.

“Paleo opens the door to a world of nourishing, delicious, appetite-regulating foods that many of us eliminated out of fear or simply forgot as a result of our standard diet rut,” she explains.

In contrast, “the standard American diet is based on restricting calories, restricting fat, eliminating fats and cholesterol from properly raised animals, and ignoring real food in favor of the profitable, nutrient-poor products we’re sold as if a so-called “whole grain” with a long ingredients label was somehow a true health food.”

Liz offers this insight on the benefits of whole grains: “That’s propaganda, pure and simple.”

So what really works for weight loss? To become what Liz calls an “efficient fat-burner,” dish up “healthy fats and cholesterol, properly-raised animals and the fat-soluble vitamins that come with them, and whole vegetables and fruits of all kinds. ”

A typical day in Liz’s own “Eat the Yolks” diet includes:

A ginger-lemon tea or glass of beet kvass.
Breakfast is eggs from our free-range flock, over sweet potato or taro root with a dollop of goat cheese or butter from grass-fed cows.
Lunch is quick: wild-caught sardines straight from the can – a fantastic, budget-conscious, low-food-chain source of Omega 3, calcium and protein – with leftover sautéed rainbow chard and other veggies, like roasted carrots or beets left over from dinner the night before.
Dinner might be soup or stew, made with homemade broth in the pressure cooker (another time-saver), or tomato sauce with ground beef over spaghetti squash, a favorite ten-minute meal.

For those who are vegetarians, Liz suggests modifying the traditional approach by incorporating “the right types of dairy products, eggs, and bivalve seafood like oysters.”

Liz feels that “eliminating processed grain products and packaged foods is 95% of the battle for most of us; from there, it’s simply tweaking to achieve our goals while paying close attention to how we feel.”

Tuesday night ABC’s “The Bachelor 2014” will show Juan Pablo Galavis go on his overnight dates in St. Lucia. There have been “The Bachelor” spoilers available for episode 18×9, but on Feb. 25 Reality Steve’s Juan Pablo spoilers connected all of the dots that had previously been missing. Just what goes down after the fantasy suite overnights?

“The Bachelor” spoilers indicate that Juan Pablo Galavis will have Clare Crawley’s date first, then Andi Dorfman’s, then Nikki Ferrell’s. Though the previews make it seem that things are disasterous during Juan Pablo and Andi’s date, Reality Steve’s spoilers indicate that things seemingly go fine during the date. The chaos comes when Juan Pablo goes to watch the videos each of the final three make for him.

Clare and Nikki’s videos are traditional fare about how strongly they feel for Juan Pablo. Andi’s, however, brings a first for the franchise. She says that she’s done a lot of thinking, and she thinks the two of them should talk in person. Next, viewers see Andi walking to meet Juan Pablo.

“The Bachelor” spoilers from Reality Steve indicate that Dorfman has a number of things she is upset about. She says that he essentially told her that she’s a default pick, though he apparently says he didn’t say that and doesn’t know what she means. However, Galavis did seem to lay the groundwork for this one in his blog for People this week. He said he almost took Renee over Andi to the overnight dates, and it seems during the fantasy date he clues her in on this. Most would say that was probably a big mistake.

Andi also says that she didn’t like how Juan Pablo had talked about already having had his date with Clare. When he says he’s just being honest, she says, “That’s not being honest, that’s you being an a**hole.” Dorfman also says that Juan Pablo talks about himself all of the time and showed very little interest in getting to know her. Andi says she’s not in love with him, and she decides to leave.

There will be a rose ceremony in Tuesday’s episode, but the final two are already determined at this point. Clare Crawley and Nikki Ferrell will both accept roses from Juan Pablo, cementing his final two for the season. Though Reality Steve’s spoilers say things aren’t nearly as dramatic between Juan Pablo and Andi as the previews suggest, it does sound like it’ll be a juicy exchange.