Last week the admin of NEWSTART® Insights said he sent out an email to NEWSTART® program alumni, inviting them to join this Facebook group. He must have succeeded, because the group jumped from 30-something to way over 100 members.
Well, a couple of weeks ago I asked about coconut oil and got this response:
“Sorry Jacqueline, for a therapeutic diet, to reverse disease, no added oil, only what’s found in whole foods like, olives, avocados, and nuts and these items should be in the appropriate serving sizes. Coconut oil has been refined because it’s been removed from the coconut as an oil. Hope this helps.”
That was very disappointing for me. Then, today, I got this response from someone else in the group, someone named Judie Lee Fizer:
“Jacqueline, on oils. There are two types of NEWSTART®: there is therapeutic, for those needing cures for lifestyle-related sickness. And there is just lifestyle NEWSTART®. For therapeutic, they withhold free oils and use avocado, nuts, etc. for oils. For lifestyle you should add in coconut, olive, avocado, walnut, etc. oils. We need these oils, but for obesity wait until you’ve lost most of the excess.”
And yet another response from one of the Weimar doctors:
“Free oils or excess fats are not part of the NS plan.” I asked what they considered “excess fats” and got this response from the Judie Lee:
“Excess depends upon the individual. Coconut oil has many benefits as you know and avocado as well, but I think your body will tell you. I’d not combine fat and carbs, though, fat and veggies, yes, non-starchy non-carb veggies, like greens. The fats help the body utilize the nutrients in the greens, etc.”
Finally! Someone at NEWSTART® is beginning to make sense! She also said in another post, “Some people need more fat and without it lose their energy. Others don’t do well with grains, so it’s an individual thing, as you probably know.”
Quite unlike the doctor, whom I’m guessing is quite old-school, who wrote, “Eliminating all fat in your diet would be good and for sure the pounds will melt away, triglycerides will drop overnight, and cholesterol will also come down.” And this was after I had already told him that my cholesterol had been normal since 2001!
My last response to him was, “My total cholesterol at my last test was 129 and LDL was 37. HDL was 43, so it’s almost up to normal. Yes, I’m technically obese, with a BMI of 31.1, having gained 15+ lbs. when I went on insulin. Triglycerides vary in proportion to my A1C, so it seems to have more to do with blood sugar than with fat.” I can hardly wait to see what he says next. Probably nothing relevant.
