Food Then And Now The Changing Face Of Modern Nutrition

This Ebook Belongs To Dfromparis Page 1 We are often told that today’s modern diet is an unhealthy one, and how our eating habits have changed so drastically over the years Before: Our grandparents ate practically nothing but food full of saturated fat and... More

This Ebook Belongs To Dfromparis Page 1 We are often told that today’s modern diet is an unhealthy one, and how our eating habits have changed so drastically over the years Before: Our grandparents ate practically nothing but food full of saturated fat and here we are, watching our intake because saturated fat was supposedly the cause of heart disease. But just how much have our eating habits changed over the decades, compared to that of our grandparents and parents? For starters, the British Medical Journal recently released a new study which showed that things are actually to the contrary of what we’ve come to believe, particularly the fact that saturated fat is now good for us. A little confusing isn’t it? This now raises the question: What other foods that have been deemed as bad for our health of late are actually not so bad after all? Dr.Christa North, a registered dietitian based in Johannesburg, helps to clear up some of the confusion. Confused? What was deemed bad is now good Less