we've been eating what?!

Just taking a break from studying. As I'm reading my study guides for Kinesiology, I found a few interesting facts!

1. Low fat diets doesn't necessarily mean less weight gain; in fact, we've been gaining weight cause of the low fat.
   The low fat diet tells our body that we don't have enough fat, thus, we conserve the fats that we already have.
   
   
2. Exercise will improve your body's sensitivity to insulin.
   
   
3. It doesn't really matter how much calorie you consume, but the type of calorie you consume matters more.
   
   
4. The Canadian Food Guide was funded by the Canadian Wheat Board. Tricky, eh.
   
   
5. Not all fats are bad.
   Saturated and Mono-Saturated fats are good for your health.
   
   
6. Butter vs Margarine.
   Butter is made up of cream and salt. Margarine is made up of 13 ingredients. Most I've never heard of and are processed.
   
   
7. Avoid glycemic food (these, I refer to as the "evil carbs")
   More on Glycemic food here
   

In conclusion, my professor said this:
"If man made it, don't eat it".

Natural foods with the least amount of process would be better for our health.
Raw food diet, anyone?

Food Pyramid from Harvard: School of Public Health