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Eskimo communities are certainly not the only populations to have adopted a high protein, high fat diet, and lived fairly comfortably on their preferred non- carbohydrate staple of meat. American Indian populations often consumed bison almost exclusively as their food source, only turning their noses up at the bison in the winter and early spring months when bison body fat levels had dropped down to around 2 percent, making the meat virtually poisonous as a sole source of nutrition. Likewise, Midwestern trappers who made the mistake of thinking they could live off rabbit meat in the winter months discovered the protein source was so lean that no matter how much meat they ate they continued to remain hungry (and eventually died if they kept up the habit). The point am I am trying to make here is that a certain amount of fat in the diet is not only desirable, it is absolutely essential to the metabolism of protein and the maintenance of energy levels. So when I say that you should eat lean meat as a source of protein I am really talking about meat that is considered lean in modern day terms, with a fat percentage of maybe 15 or 20 percent. This is in contrast to corn-fed livestock whose body fat percentage can be closer to 50 percent. In the latter case, this excess (saturated) fat is really a secondary source of carbohydrate calories and the animals that supply the meat for our consumption are far from healthy specimens. This is why “lean” meat is always to be preferred over the alternative. Discover The Best Way To Lose Weight Once And For All! © Copyright Carolyn Hansen 28