But oils are bad for you!

This article is shared from information obtained from Dr Jim McAfee.

Or not, as the case may be.

I have been covering the basics of nutrition recently. As I have said on more than one occasion, nutrition starts with your cells. If your cells are not able to absorb correct nutrients and discard waste products effectively, that's when our body becomes overwhelmed and illness develops.

The true dimensions of the damage to the human body resulting from consumption of refined grains began to be clarified by research conducted at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital beginning in 1946.

In the early 1940’s Dr. Earl Freshman pioneered methods of extracting vitamin E from wheatgerm. After removal of the vitamin E, Dr. Freshman found that he was left with a waxy, oily substance that contained large quantities of protein, B vitamins, lecithin, unsaturated fatty acids, phosphatides, phospholipids, phytosterols, and long chain alcohols such as octacosanol. He found similar nutrient blends could be extracted from rice and soya husks.

Improvements in body chemistry of patients were noticeable within a matter of weeks with this new material.

Researchers came to the conclusion that quality fats and oils in grains and legumes were being removed as a result of the process of refining. Paul Meynell who chronicled this research wrote, “The cell-supporting lipids were slipped out of the modern diet with all the eye-evading speed a magician uses with card tricks.”

This nutritional depletion forced the body to build structures from inferior materials. One observer wrote, “Essential fatty acids as such take part in the formation of the basic structures of life. When the body has to make these bricks without the right kind of clay…it makes bricks that crumble.” In other words, a body built from poor structural components resembles a sand castle built on the beach a low tide. It is preordained to destruction when the tide rises, the only question is how long it will be able to maintain itself against the forces accumulating against it.

These researchers observed that degenerative diseases formerly associated with advanced old age were being reported in younger people. This appeared to be caused, at least in part, by the consumption of excessive saturated fats (primarily from animal fats), and a decrease in the softer, more oily fats found in grains, legumes and other vegetable material.

One researcher wrote, “I don’t believe vitamins and minerals even keep us alive much longer. They just tend to over-pep us—we are restlessly active rather than

actually strong and well. Without these essential lipids along with them, these popular supplements actually may over-stimulate us—and kill us sooner.”

The research suggested that “the lack of daily optimal supplies of the essential lipids, both the essential unsaturated fatty acids and the essential sterols, has been a continuing and unperceived cause of degenerative conditions considered irreversible. Restoration of these missing components of the diet offered promise that conditions considered progressive and irreversible could be “subject to excellent correction.”

These researchers came to the conclusion that the essential lipids were nutritionally important for two reasons. Firstly, they play a role in enabling the hormones to effectively function in the use of all classes of food for complete bodily nutrition. Secondly, the quality fats were involved in building cellular membranes. The bounding membrane of the cell “must permit needed nutrients to pass through into the interior” and it must “keep out metabolites in the blood not needed by that cell.” The cell wall was also responsible for determining which elements within the cell were waste products and allowing them to pass out of the cell. Finally, the cell wall must regulate the amount of water in the cell preventing dehydration or accumulation of excess water (dropsy).

In other words, the refining of the grains made it difficult for cells to function normally. An obstacle was thrown up hindering the entrance of nutrients into cells and the passage of waste products out of the cell. Those with this abnormality also became more susceptible to either dehydration or fluid accumulation in the tissues. The accumulation of waste products within the cells is particularly troubling, as tissue cultures do poorly when cellular waste products are allowed to accumulate. A lesson learned by every researcher growing tissue cultures is that it is more important to be consistent in removal of waste products from the cellular environment than it is to supply essential nutrients.

In order to obtain these essential grain oils, you either need to eat sufficient non-GMO whole grains daily or you need a supplement.

Think of this as supplying your car with sufficient and correct oil in the engine. Without it, you aren't going to drive too far.

Should you want more information on obtaining these oils, please contact me.