Fat-free diet under accusation

Often people with a fit physique, fitness stars and nutrition gurus, hide real “skeletons in the closet” that come to light with time, years, and to the detriment of all the people they have influenced with choices. extremes of life, which however seemed healthy to most of us. After the famous confession of Marylin Diamond , who together with her husband wrote and invented a method known all over the world as “Fit for life” , only to admit years later that the restrictive vegetarian diet had ruined her health (” I lived for first twenty years of my life with a vegetarian and fat-free diet and I risked my life), today it’s the turn of another famous guru of fat-free diet and fitness, Diana Moran . Blonde, model, fitness fanatic, Diana Moran together with stars of the caliber of Jane Fonda was a true star of aerobics and healthy nutrition, so much so that she was nicknamed The Green Goddess.
Goddess who today vents in the British newspaper The Independent, saying that the fat-free diet typical of the Eighties caused her osteopenia, and that only thanks to an active lifestyle and her passion for aerobics was she able to limit damage to a skeleton depleted by vitamin D and calcium deficiencies

In fact, eating skimmed milk, margarines, fat-free cheeses, would have led to his body not being able to take the fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K) for years, which need fat to be absorbed. These are vitamins that the human body can store, so it takes months or years for the deficiency to occur. Often foods rich in fat-soluble vitamins also have the fats in themselves to absorb them: for example, eggs, butter, whole milk, whole cheeses, liver, red meats. Clearly, if for years our diet consists of egg whites, skim cheeses and skimmed or vegetable milk, it is easy for deficiencies to arise. Nutritionist Zoe Harcombe points out that the food we eat must nourish us,and that the food industry is responsible for trading in what can be called “fake food”, which contributes to undermining our health. As I have already explained once, this does not mean bathing in fat, but making conscious choices, avoiding all foods deprived of precious substances with the illusion that light products will make us lose weight.