Do vintage cookbooks hold the secret to diets and weight loss? Is the truth about diets hidden in plain sight?
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Diet Secrets Hidden in Vintage Cookbooks
Do vintage cookbooks hold the secret to diets and weight loss? Is the truth about diets hidden in plain sight? Many years ago, in a city far, far away, I started a low-carb diet. The first thing I did was go online and study up; the second thing I did was buy a low-carb cookbook.
Then I tried portion control and purchased a chart showing proper serving sizes. Check out WebMD; they have a great one. Next was keto, and yes, after learning about it, I bought a couple of keto cookbooks.
Then I heard about Intermittent Fasting (IF.), but I did not buy any new cookbooks. I know they are out there, but I have found that the pantry in our home has an entire shelf of cookbooks. Ranging in age from 1905 to 2020. I also discovered that there is no need for new cookbooks; the old ones are just fine! The example in my picture is “The Joy of Cooking” 1964 by Irma Rombauer and Marion Becker. This one is one of my wife’s first cookbooks. Let’s look inside.
In the first chapter, page 1, paragraph 1, we find the following statement: “…the old fashioned doctor insisted on first on going straight to the kitchen of the afflicted household. Not until he had effusively thanked the cook for giving him a new patient did he dash upstairs to see how he could relieve the cook’s victim.”
In one of my older postings titled “Bacon, Butter, and Cream…Oh my!”
[You can review it at: https://lovethisdiet.com/2021/12/16/butter-and-bacon-and-creamoh-my/ ]
I said, “Everything you have been told about how bad fat is – is wrong.”
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, don’t believe everything you hear about how bad fatty foods are for you! This assumption first gained popularity in the late 1960s, led by dietary experts and medical professionals. However, their claims were based on assumptions rather than facts, making them ineffective. Unfortunately, the myth of fat being bad for you led to food manufacturers turning to sugar as a crucial ingredient instead, kick-starting the rise in health issues we’ve been facing ever since: heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and stroke.
Interesting!!! Let’s see what the 1964 cookbook says about fat.
There is no question that the dietary recommendations of the last 60 years are clearly wrong. If the folks of the 1950s and 60s had it right, then we need to take a good long look at how they did it!
