The Good Fats Miracle

I've been reading an older book (written mid '90's) by Sam Graci called The Power of Superfoods: Thirty Days that Will Change Your Life. What a great book!

In the book, Graci shows what's wrong with our diet, why we're fat, full of cancer and degenerative diseases. It's an eye-opener.

I like that Graci became a health researcher when he finally got sick and tired of early aging and obesity when he was in his thirties. He's authentic. He speaks from experience and backs up his conclusions with research.

Interestingly, I finally have a better understanding of a miracle cure that happened in my own life, because of reading his chapter on healthy fats. Graci explains how trans fats (from hydrogenated or partly hydrogenated oils) and damaged fats (heat processed cooking/vegetable oils) not only add unhealthy toxins to our bodies, but actually prevent our bodies from accessing the essential fatty acids that we take in when we consume good fats. These unhealthy fats hit the body at a cellular level with a double whammy as a result.

The bottom line is, though many of us are eating twice the recommended daily allowance of fats, we're still deficient of the essential fatty acids that our cells need for normal functioning.

Which helps to explain something that happened in my own life. Several years ago, I had severe eczema on my hands and legs. It was extremely uncomfortable. Added to that, I had itchy, flaky scalp. I used medicated dandruff shampoo and still suffered. The doctors prescribed corticosteroid ointments for my legs and hands, but they didn't help.

Then I read a letter in an Alive magazine about someone who had similar problems. The advice given in the letter was to take flax seed oil. I began taking 2 T/day. Within 2 weeks, my skin closed up, the weeping stopped. It was a miracle! The pain was gone. Within a month or so, my skin was completely healed. Amazing.

I was deficient in essential fatty acids. Such a simple cure, but such profound results. Thanks, Sam Graci, for the explanation!