If animals store toxins in their fat, wouldn't a high fat diet be high toxin diet? - PaleoHacks.com

If animals store toxins in their fat, wouldn't a high fat diet be high toxin diet?

2012-05-26T16:48:58Z

If animals store toxins in their fat, wouldn't eating a high animal/fish fat diet mean eating a high toxin diet?

Mercury, dioxin, pcbs, Prozac, estrogen all these things are floating around our environment and are concentrated in the fats of the animals we eat, both in pastued and industrially raised.And of we all know course grassfed and organic may have toxins less than grain fed. And pastured has more good stuff.

This we all know and agree, so let's not focus on the benefits of grassfed. But the physiology of toxins being lipophilic, fat storing the toxins, or whatever mechanism I hear in CW that fat stores the toxins. How does the biochemistry work and affect us?

Are there good comparison studies on the toxins in animal fats you could share?

We often hear that that as you lose stubborn fat, toxins from them are being released in your body making u feel awful. As a community we are quick to jump on toxins and anti-nutrients in grains, legumes etc. What about toxins in fats?

Answer by Matt for If animals store toxins in their fat, wouldn't a high fat diet be high toxin diet?

2012-05-26T16:58:02Z

Animals don't store toxins in their fat, fat simply tends to accumulate fat-soluble compounds. Important difference.

Answer by tronathan for If animals store toxins in their fat, wouldn't a high fat diet be high toxin diet?

2012-05-26T17:01:35Z

I would answer this question, "Yes, if their food supply contains toxins." This is one of the main tennants of the Bulletproof Diet (modified Paleo). On Bulletproof, you're encouraged to only eat protein sources from Grass-Fed animals, and pasture-raised chickens. All fish should be wild-caught, not farmed (farmed = grain fed).

In my case, my diet consists mainly of pastured eggs from the farmers market ($7/doz) and grass-fed beef from Safeway ($7.99/lb) or US Wellness Foods (Mail Order, about $6/lb).

Answer by Primo Health Coach for If animals store toxins in their fat, wouldn't a high fat diet be high toxin diet?

2012-05-26T17:02:38Z

If you're talking about what's in the environment that's getting into these animals, even the grass fed, well then it's also getting into your fruits and vegetables and drinking water. The goal is to reduce toxic load. The clean raised animals will have no additional toxins from the industrial style of raising. In my opinion the benefits of eating Paleo and clean far outweigh the results of eating industrial food. The high vegetables in the diet naturally detoxify your body. We can't avoid toxins altogether. But we can reduce the toxic load so as not to tip the scale, so to speak. If you Google grass-fed meat companies, they provide plenty of research on the benefits of that type of meat.

Answer by Flip for If animals store toxins in their fat, wouldn't a high fat diet be high toxin diet?

2012-05-26T17:12:03Z

Thats why i belive in reducing one's exposure to such toxins( not to mention the pathogens transmited due to poorly confinment, fesis contact, and so on) by either grab as many grass fed as you can and fish, and by all means if you get commonly raised meat, poultry get the leanest cuts you can get. I Live with my parents, and I cannot cocntrol all the meat, and sometimes have to eat inferior quality meat, but when i do i make sure it is either chicken breast, turkey or lean cuts of pork.

I'm now grasping for the Summer to come, since with it will come the sardines and mackarel, and we have fish barbecues at least one time per week. YUM

Answer by Diane Tim for If animals store toxins in their fat, wouldn't a high fat diet be high toxin diet?

2012-05-26T17:13:00Z

I remember reading somewhere that our bodies don't release toxins as our fat cells shrink. Breast feeding is the only mechanism for toxins to leave our fat cells.

Answer by thhq for If animals store toxins in their fat, wouldn't a high fat diet be high toxin diet?

2012-05-26T18:43:59Z

Organic compounds such as pesticides and hormones end up in fat. Heavy metals concentrate in the liver and kidneys. If you follow iron you'll get an idea: 3x higher level than in muscle meat.

http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods