Irish equivalent of the Eatwell Plate

[MrsA2]

I prefer to follow Low Carb, healthy fats, not High fats
So I eat the naturally occurring fats from meat and dairy and olive oil and nuts
I don't eat highly processed fats or oils or fry or add much extra fat.

For example tonight's tea was grilled steak, with the fat around it and cauliflower seasoned with a mere sprinkling of grated parmesan and ground pepper. It was great

 

[HairySmurf]

I prefer to follow Low Carb, healthy fats, not High fats
So I eat the naturally occurring fats from meat and dairy and olive oil and nuts
I don't eat highly processed fats or oils or fry or add much extra fat.

The part where I have the most trouble is the varying opinions on what is and isn't a healthy fat. Naturally occurring does not necessarily imply that something is healthy to eat regularly over the long term.

Dairy for example is refined and/or fermented baby food for cattle. Unless you drink unpasteurised milk it's all processed, in a sense. Natural yes, compared to something like hydrogenated vegetable oil, which all agree is bad for you. Then you have oils like extra virgin rapeseed oil, which is basically a genetically engineered food. According to an information booklet I have from an Irish heart health charity it is extremely good for you, while others, mostly online, claim that it's too unnatural and that it causes inflammation or some such.

The evidence that butter is bad for you seems strong, while when I look for information that backs up claims made on this forum and elsewhere that butter is not so bad I get unconvincing sources of information. Lots of anecdotal evidence and small scale, often poorly conducted studies, with blatant confirmation bias at play in the work of seemingly well-regarded experts in the low carb community.

It's a very tricky thing to navigate, this low carb business. Still, I continue to keep an open mind. Galileo was right after all.

 

[aylalake]

I totally agree, @MrsA2 - I always refer to it as Healthy Fats.