It's 2025— you don't have time to waste worrying about bunk nutrition fads anymore.

In fact, it's the perfect time to get your health on the front-burner, and make the high-impact choices that will make you look and feel better.

I know you have big goals for this year and you want to feel energized and creative as you get after it. And, you need it to be fun and delicious!

Enter: fat.

Now, not all fats are created equal.

You might have become concerned about PUFA's in your diet, and looking to find another option for dietary fat. And, perhaps you're concerned that pork and eggs are too high in PUFA for your healthy diet.

And, you'd be right...if you were thinking of commercial pork and eggs.

I am also concerned about PUFA's and have taken a great level of care to reduce the PUFAs in our meat and eggs. How? By closely monitoring their feed, and making rotational grazing an essential aspect of our program.

Let's get into it.

Over the past one hundred years, health advice AND agricultural practices have changed drastically. The boom of corn and soy production after World War II changed the supply chains of livestock feed in this country, and as a result, changed the fat profile of the livestock consuming these feedstuffs.

Think: the advent of industrial corn, soy, canola, sunflower, and safflower seed meal and oil.

When it comes to fat, this means that instead of historical feeds for chickens and pigs, which were low in polyunsaturated fat, modern feeds are high in polyunsaturated fats aka PUFAs.

For example, soybean meal (per gram) has 3x the polyunsaturated fat of barley. Linoleic Acid (an Omega-6 PUFA) used to only make up 1-2% of our diets. Today, some estimates guess it makes up as much as 25%!

Essentially, this build-up of PUFAs in the American diet has been linked to the epidemic of chronic illness, as well as increased body fat overall. Why? Because PUFA's down-regulate your metabolism. They make your body store fat for winter, instead of utilizing it as fuel in the here & now. PUFAs are also associated with increased inflammation and oxidative stress because of the unstable structure of the bonds— they react to heat, light, and oxygen, and, as a result, go rancid easily.

It's the reason why you can feel so sluggish and low, even if you're "eating healthy" and exercising regularly. You're not doing anything wrong, it's just that the polyunsaturated fats are working against you (and, more specifically, your metabolic function).

Instead, focusing on saturated fats is a way to increase your energy and metabolic health. Recently, the research has taken a turn to show there is no real evidence that saturated fat correlates to heart disease. It turns out, we had it wrong for so long.

Take newborn mammals, for instance. Up to 50% of mother's milk is saturated fat. That's how potent, nourishing, and energizing healthy fats can be! It's what your cells know how to use and put into action.

Every single cell in the human body has saturated fat. Your brain is mostly fat! And, fat is the medium by which vitamins A, D, E, and K are transported and utilized. Fat is not the enemy - the wrong fat is.

At the end of the day, radiant health is metabolic health. So put your metabolism first!

Want to reduce PUFAs and increase your healthy, saturated fats? Well, it's all about your diet. Going zero-PUFA isn't possible, or even advisable (we do need a small amount). But, significantly reducing PUFA intake is for the best.

My low-PUFA pork and eggs are full of healthy, saturated fats. It's the difference between the average farm-raised pig, and what we do at Late Bloomer Ranch. I hear clients tell me every day how much better they feel, and how much energy they have, when they fuel their day with Late Bloomer Ranch pork and eggs.

Often, when people are confused about the healthfulness of pork, they are thinking of the fat profile of commercial pork— the corn & soy garbage raised indoors and full of pharmaceuticals and growth hormones (not to mention the preservatives in the processing). Late Bloomer Ranch is a whole different ballgame!

Sources:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2974200/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8805510/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10445668/

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