Most people eat too much fat because their mothers cooked with too much fat.
A recent report from the Netherlands shows that a woman's knowledge about nutrition is influenced more by what her mother thinks about nutrition than by any other factor. Grandmothers, mothers and daughters have similar ideas about food and diet. It's perfectly healthful to eat olives and corn, but extracting oils removes all the fiber, vitamins and minerals and leaves nothing but calorie-dense fat. Food can taste just as good if you replace fats and oils with flavored liquids, such as bullion, fish stock, vegetable soups, beer and wine. Vegetables, whole grains and beans taste marvelous when you learn how to sweeten them with fruits and flavor them with ethnic spice mixes.