I am cleaning up my DVR and have an old segment of OPRAH that I was just watching with Dr. Oz, who is happen to think is great.

On his list of “To Eat” foods he has ONE tablespoon of olive oil.

That is absolutely all you should have on a daily basis, if any.

The media keeps saying that olive oil is healthy.

Sure, it has the right fat, but one tablespoon a day is all that you need.

If you eat a salad in a restaurant with vinagrette, you are probably getting 3+ tablespoons on that one salad.

PLEASE cut down on your olive oil use. Don’t dip bread it in, don’t drown your salad and grilled vegetables.

Be smart. You will lose weight right away if you cut down on the olive oil.

Jim

I didn’t know this and just read it as a part of an article on Ezine:

Everyone needs to add natural fiber to their diet. Research has shown that certain types of fiber such as resistant starch can increase fat metabolism by up to 30%. Resistant starch is formed when foods such as potatoes, grains and beans are cooked and allowed to cool down. Such foods should not be re-heated as it would transform them. They are called resistant starch because they are resistant to quick digestion. Therefore such foods give the feeling of fullness and curbs hunger.

Since resistant starches are resistant to digestion they are also not broken down and stored as fat. Instead what happens is that they get fermented as they get to the large intestine creating small fatty acids called butyrates which inhibit metabolism of carbohydrates. Since the body is deprived of breaking down carbohydrates it breaks down fat instead. A good choice would be to consume at least 20-30 grams a day of such resistant starch daily. This would roughly correspond to about half cup of potato, rice or cereal plus half cup cooked vegetables or one cup of cooked beans and 1 slightly unripe banana.

Jim