Your body needs fat to operate. When we don't give it the fats it needs, it will store any kind of fat it can get (like potato chip fat and french fry fat) and hold it just in case there is a famine. It wants to be able to keep you alive. (Our bodies are so thoughtful that way). When you give your body a steady supply of good fats it will release the bad fats and not bother to store up so much because it's getting it on a regular basis (like when we retain water... if we drink water we stop retaining it - if we give our bodies EFA's it will get rid of fat deposits it doesn't need).

As for the question of the amount of fat and calories in Udo's. I generally explain it this way: A car needs both fuel and oil to operate. Without oil the engine seizes up and won't work and without fuel it just won't go. Putting fuel in the oil pan won't do any good and putting oil in the gas tank won't do any good. Think of Udo's as your oil and your food as your fuel.

Food is burned as energy whereas EFA's are used by our bodies for structural, hormonal and electrical functions, rather than energy.

PLEASE read my Letter from an Udo's Spokesperson. Bill Phillips gives us great instructions of what to do with this program food-wise, but this letter explains WHY. It's an amazing process and you'll never look at food the same way again.

For more information check out Udo Erasmus's Website and get the book "Fats that Kill, Fats that Heal" by Udo Erasmus. My favorite place to buy Udo's is Netrition. The 8.5 oz bottle is $9.95 and $17.95 for the 17 oz bottle, plus shipping. My local health food store sells it for $24 a bottle so I usually buy 2 and freeze the other.

Netrition - The Internet's Premier Nutrition Superstore!