My observations regarding people’s fat consumption pattern has come to an initial conclusion this February 2008. I have observed that people need their dietary fats, and they are going to get that dietary fat one way or the other.
Yes I can see people consuming lots and lots of refined carbohydrates from rice, corn, wheat and potatoes, as such they forget about the more nutritious fruits. What people see to it subconsciously is they get to consume the minimum of FAT they need to sate their appetites.
Filipinos have been taught to drink low fat milk, to remove the fat of pork or beef or the skin of chicken. This poses a dilemma with their body’s hunger for fat. So where does the regular Filipino get his dietary fats? From FRYING!
Frying is the number 1 cooking preference of urban Filipinos. Their fat requirements are met by the cheapest cooking oils they can afford. Who knows what mixtures of vegetable oil, hydrogenated coconut oils, other trans fats, corn oil, canola oil, any kind of cooking oil including margarine, etc.
Let me state it more bluntly. You are EATING cooking / frying oil. Every time you buy another bottle of frying oil, you should realize you and your family ATE most of that oil as part of your food. Yuck!!!
Now do you know WHY the instant noodles they used to sell had a separate sachet of oil? Oil gives you the sense of fullness, Oil is FAT. Frying oil is BAD FAT.
I have observed that if a person got his dietary fats from beef or pork saturated fat in a broth, he won’t look for fried food. If a person got his dietary fats from raw coconut meat, raw fish, raw extra virgin olive oil, avocados, durians, raw egg yolks… he won’t need to eat fried food.
People must know this. People must be conscious to stuff themselves with the good raw dietary fats so they do not wind up unconsciously consuming bad fats.
It balances out at the end of a couple of days. Feed yourself with enough good fats and you will feel sated, content, happy and healthy… and consciously you will be avoiding the consumption of bad fats. Say goodbye to frying oil… forever!