Thegroundedhuman

Here's a detail from this month's post that surprised a few people: Vitamins A, D, E, and K can't be absorbed without enough fat in the meal — supplements alone won't cut it. More on why in the full post: https://thegroundedhuman.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/reclaiming-fat/

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I love seeing what you're all cooking up — drop a photo or tell me what's on your plate this week. Always inspires my next post.

Eating fat makes you fat" is one of the most repeated pieces of nutrition advice — and one of the least supported by current research. I go through what the studies actually show in this month's post: https://thegroundedhuman.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/reclaiming-fat/

If you only take one thing from this month's post, let it be this: swap the vegetable oil in your kitchen for butter or tallow. It's a small change that adds up fast. Full post here if you want the "why" behind it: https://thegroundedhuman.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/reclaiming-fat/

Wrapping up this month's post with the line that stuck with me most while writing it: "Fat was never the problem — it might just be the answer we forgot we already knew." If you missed it, it's still up: https://thegroundedhuman.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/reclaiming-fat/

Genuinely curious: what's the biggest thing that's made you hesitant to eat more fat? Old low-fat advice, a doctor's comment, cholesterol numbers? I read every comment — let's talk it through.

If you've been following along, this month's post is the one that finally ties June (fat and brain health) and July (tallow sunscreen) together. Same fat, three different angles.

Catch up on all three: https://thegroundedhuman.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/reclaiming-fat/

For decades we were told fat was the enemy. I finally sat down and wrote the post I've been circling for two months — what dietary fat actually does for your brain, your hormones, and your energy, and why the science is finally catching up to what ancestral eating never let go of.

Read it here: https://thegroundedhuman.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/reclaiming-fat/