much care for that so to to kind of put
that all in perspective now we have
Lauren with us right now Lauren Smith of
dietitians of Palm Valley and Lauren
you've been on the show before and we've
talked about everything in moderation so
you agree with that you're really
getting that hard because I'm sure that
your clients ask you all the time the
time now when I hear headlines and I see
sea superfoods and all these kind of
names for a certain food I think of
super hype they're hyped up it's a tag
line it's gonna get your attention it's
gonna make you want to eat it where no
one food is a miracle drug just like one
food doesn't cause cancer one foods not
going to cure cancer so it's all about
moderation exactly what your hit home
with so superfood right then your your
hackles kind of go up you're like all
right they are trying to really push
that but when you talk about coconut oil
what is like the positive what is the
key ingredients that really works yeah
so really the debate about coconut oil
comes down to saturated fat now I take
the stance with the American Heart
Association that saturated fat is linked
to heart disease
that being said coconut oil is a little
bit different although it has saturated
fat it is a very high in lauric acid and
that does increase your HDL cholesterol
which is your good cholesterol but it
also increases your LDL cholesterol
which is your bad cholesterol so it's a
little give-and-take
you can't win so everything that's good
is bad everything that's bad could be
good the USA Today reported 82 percent
of the fat in coconut oil is saturated
well and butter it's only 63 percent so
how do you choose moderation and what
you enjoy to if you like the flavor of
coconut oil there's no issue with
putting it you know in the food that
you're eating but it's all about
moderation if your whole diet is
saturated fat it's gonna put you at risk
for heart disease and it also depends on
other factors like your lifestyle your
exercise routine that other foods you're
having as well and when you talk about
like these trends right what is the best
approach just to being healthy and
balance there's a lot of trends that
like you know there's the keto diet and
there's the new carbs or no sugars or
whatever it is there's all these I I
kind of feel like they're extreme just
like when people are binging on cooking
I solve all their problems right is it
just a balanced approach moderation like
what what is I mean my experience
working with clients is all about
moderation the more you just restrict
the food the more you're gonna want it
and if you like certain foods there's no
issue with having them in your diet but
you do have to have a solid foundation
you can't outrun a bad diet you can for
a little bit but it will catch up to you
so pizza every day is not a good idea
unless you're running a lot and you're
having fruits and vegetables and meats
and whole grains and other things as
well what about Lauren what we talked
about a little bit earlier with the
nutrition labels I know you brought the
coconut oil nutritional label for us to
look at but men reading them less than
women do you find with your clients that
women come in to think the original
meeting knowing though I mean just with
our culture women tend to be very
focused on their weight it's big stigma
and so looking at the Nutrition Facts
labels a lot of men have no idea how to
read it and often the first question I
ask is what are you looking at first you
look at and it tells me it's delicious
[Laughter]
the first thing you should be looking at
is first the serving size nothing on the
label makes sense or is any help to you
if you're not looking at the serving
size Plus on this you see the saturated
fat on this coconut oil label is 64% now
that's based on a 2,000 calorie diet you
want less than 10% of your calories to
come from saturated fat every day so
knowing that coconut oil is very dense
and that nutrient however I don't think
it's gonna kill you it's not pure poison
it's all about knowledge and knowledge
is power there you go
that is that was very well said so we
want to make sure that if you have these
kinds of questions you can find Lauren
and the dieticians of palm valley boy
they are out everywhere educating people
and we really appreciate you coming on
our show so if you go to River City live
TV com we will link you but it is as
simple as looking them up as dieticians
of palm valley Lauren thank you next
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