The Obesity Epidemic: What Caused It? How Can We Stop It?

by Zoe Harcombe

Nature puts macronutrients, let alone fat, in real foods in quite an interesting way. Protein is in virtually everything from lettuce to lamb. Other foods then tend to fall into ‘things from faces’ which are fat/proteins or ‘things from trees and the ground’, which are carbohydrate/proteins. The former group comprises zero carbohydrate foods (meat, fish), virtually zero carbohydrate foods (eggs) and low carbohydrate foods (dairy products). The latter group includes fruit, vegetables and whole grains (remember this is all about real food as nature delivers it, not processed food as manufacturers deliver it). Rarely does nature put all three macronutrients in good measure in a food (nuts, whole milk and avocados being three notable exceptions).