Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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Paleo has convinced me to increase my intake of Saturated Fats. What foods offer a lot of Saturated fats WITHOUT many of the less-healthy unsaturated (particularly without the polyunsaturated fats)? Most foods whose labels I read seem to be high in all/both...

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Dexter · Answer 1 · 2010-03-07 16:30:00Z UTC

Coconut Oil, Coconut Milk http://www.sodeliciousdairyfree.com/ Median Chain Triglyceride Oil (Now Foods), Olive Oil, Grass Fed Beef, Lamb, Pork Chops, Bison, Seafood, Trout, Bacon, Eggs, Butter, Heavy Whipping Cream, Hard Cheeses (I like Cabot or Tillamook White Cheddar), Avocados, Cocao Nibs (Navitas Naturals--Amazon).

If you eliminate all the insulin spiking carbs such as wheat and sugar and eat all the above products, you are on the road to wellness. You are always going to eat some naturally occuring PUFAs but don't worry about it.

AllTooHuman · Answer 2 · 2010-03-08 02:19:10Z UTC

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My favorite new treat is coconut oil melted in a pan with as much powdered cocoa as seems appropriate. Poured into a mold and put into the fridge this hardens into bitter chocolate bars with a little bit of coconut flavor. Coconut oil and cocoa powder - just two ingredients -- almost all saturated fat.

answered Mar 8 2010 at 2:19

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	I am going to try that this week. Awesome. – Patrik♦ Mar 9 2010 at 23:23
	Ha! I've been doing this as well, but I'm too impatient to put in the fridge to harden. I eat it warm and gooey...kind of like nutella. I wonder if hazelnut oil would be a good sub nutrition-wise. – W8liftinmom Jun 4 2010 at 23:30

Rick Kiessig · Answer 3 · 2010-03-08 03:11:27Z UTC

Cream is my primary source of saturated fat without most of the "other stuff."

Butter, lard and coconut oil are also good.

Although you can get saturated fats from meat, you will also get protein and some mix of PUFAs, depending on what the animal was fed. If your goal is, say, 70% of calories from fat, you really need to include some "pure" fat in your diet.

Dexter · Answer 4 · 2010-03-08 03:56:19Z UTC

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AlltooHuman, Add to your concoction, turmeric and cinnamon and a little butter and you have the perfect high fat tasty treat with all the goodness as outlined by Nephropal...Dr Tourgeman and Dr Davis at Heartscanblog. Personally I really enjoy my treat...which serves as a breakfast for me...hot and runny. And as you say...all nutritious saturated fat!.

answered Mar 8 2010 at 3:56

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	That does sounds good, although I think I would still prefer it as cold chocolate bars. I will have to try to add some spices to it in the next batch. – AllTooHuman Mar 8 2010 at 18:49
	So you just mix turmeric, cinnamon and butter ? What amounts ? – Ikco Apr 6 2010 at 7:09

Mikael Jansson · Answer 5 · 2010-03-07 16:09:30Z UTC

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Butter/ghee. Coconut milk/fat. Lard. Olive oil (= monounsaturated, which is also good).

Note that polyunsaturated fats are essential.

answered Mar 7 2010 at 16:09

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PUFAs are essential, meaning they should make up at least 1% or so of your calories. Unless you eat food prepared in a laboratory, there is no way to run into a problem by trying to avoid omega 6 PUFAs. – Jay Mar 10 2010 at 16:20

Nero · Answer 6 · 2010-03-08 11:57:16Z UTC

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Ghee, coconut stuff and red palm oil which is extremely delicious + healthy but often overlooked.

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Jay · Answer 7 · 2010-03-09 18:15:34Z UTC

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Good sources of mono include macadamia nut oil and high oleic sunflower oil.

answered Mar 9 2010 at 18:15

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ben61820 · Answer 8 · 2010-06-04 23:23:34Z UTC

I was unaware of the very good ratio (read: low PUFAs) of omegas in mac nut oil. Surprisingly good. Here's a great link with a breakdown of omega ratios for most fats:

http://stay-healthy-enjoy-life.blogspot.com/2007/10/selecting-fats-and-oils-for-health.html

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