Get ready to hear about the Hamptons Diet -- a new, healthy twist on the
traditional Atkins diet that encourages eaters to shift to healthier
oils and avoid processed foods that contain metabolic disruptors like
refined white flour. The Hamptons Diet is based on low-carb, but it goes
much further in teaching people which oils to eat. It's being promoted
by Dr. Fred Pescatore, former medical director of the Atkins Center.
One of the problems with the low-carb diet has been the widespread
consumption of unhealthy fats like animal fat (saturated fat),
hydrogenated oils and soybean oil, which is high in omega-6 fatty acids.
I've written an entire book on the dangers of low-carb dieting called
Low-Carb Diet Warning, where some of these nutritional issues are
discussed in more detail. But the bottom line is simple: too many
low-carb dieters are simply trading one category of disease-promoting
foods (processed carbs and milled grains) for another (saturated fats,
excessive animals proteins, hydrogenated oils, artificial chemical
sweeteners). While they may drop some serious pounds, they're
simultaneously threatening their long-term health. The Hamptons
Diet, as I presently understand it, is an improvement on the Atkins Diet
because it reveals the healthy fats that people should be consuming. For
years, the traditional Atkins Diet didn't distinguish between good fats
and bad fats. Only recently has the Atkins Center clarified its position
on the subject. But the Hamptons Diet makes healthy oils a foundation of
its nutritional advice. It also gets my vote by advising people to
avoid processed foods, which are precisely the foods that promote
chronic diseases like diabetes, cancer, obesity and heart disease.
Manufactured, brand-name foods are almost never healthy foods. The way
to eat healthy is to purchase ingredients in bulk, like vegetables,
fresh meats, quinoa, and fruits, then prepare them yourself. It doesn't
take a long time to prepare those foods, either: I typically spend less
than five minutes preparing each meal, and I eat five to six meals every
day. With the right recipes, you don't need to be a chef to make healthy
meals fast. It will be interesting to get my hands on this new book,
the Hamptons Diet, and see how it plays out in print. A lot of people
will undoubtedly dismiss the diet as "too expensive" on account of the
high price of healthy oils. But I've always said that healthy foods
would be a bargain at twice the price because they keep you out of the
doctor's office, out of the hospital, off prescription drugs and on your
feet enjoying life. Heck, the price of a single day's stay in the
hospital will buy you an entire year's supply of olive oil. One major
surgical procedure is equal to a lifetime of healthy oils, cost-wise. So
stop fretting about the cost of these healthy oils and just get your
financial priorities straightened out: health first, cars and TVs
second.
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