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More bad news for the low fat diet!
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Lifterforlife
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You nailed things there whether you realized it or not. We as bodybuilders probably understand and know our bodies and what is good to put in them more than any mainstream folk out there.
What one has to realize is fats are of course very calorically dense. 9 calories per gram. Therefore, putting aside any cholesterol issues, etc., you will have to limit your intake to your macro needs or you will very quickly exceed your desired calories.
Do this on a regular basis, and you will become fat. This is what makes us fat, the overconsumption of calories. It is so like the media to take one nutrient or one item and blame it as the cause of everything. Carbohydrates are now taking a beating, and we also need carbs. But again, another discussion.
Fat got nailed very quickly mainly for two reasons, the name
..it was easy to associate with bodyfat, thus jump on the cholesterol bandwagon(which by the way we need some of), and without them really realizing why, it puts most folks over their caloric needs because of the calorie density coupled with the lack of activity.But, any nutrient will do this. Processed foods are highly calorically dense. The reason folks lose weight when changing to "clean" diet is they are actually cutting out calories without realizing it.
Any processed food is going to be more calorically dense due to added ingredients. By eliminating these additives, you are limiting your calorie intake without realizing it, thus losing weight.
The health implications between processed and unprocessed foods is another benefit, but this is for another thread.
javaguru
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I would love to see a large study comparing trans fat intake. I actually consider consuming more than 20% of your calories as fats "high fat." I always laughed when people were on a "healthy lowfat diet" and ate a bunch of fat free sugary foods like cookies and wondered why they were still pigs.
kiosk said:
Diets are terribly difficult to study. Longitudinal studies are impractical and impossible to monitor effectively, cross-sectional studies are more practical, but limited in reliability.
One common theme with fats, is that the total intake seems to have little impact on health, but the ratio of Unsaturated to Saturated is a huge variable. Every culture with lower occurrences of heart disease and cancer had a 2:1 or greater ratio of Unsat: Sat. i.e. Inuits, Okinawins, Pre-millenium Greece, etc.
GSP said:
you (or your study) are still assuming all saturated fats are trans fats...which is simply "wrong"
There Is No Link Between Saturated Fats And Heart Disease.
As a matter of fact studies have shown the intake of saturated fats to be
beneficial for your heart! Saturated fatty acids raise HDL cholesterol, the socalled
good cholesterol, whereas the Trans - fatty acids lower HDL
cholesterol.
The fat around the heart muscle is highly saturated which the heart will draw
upon in times of stress.
The Inuit people who live in the Arctic regions are a great example of a
culture which lives on saturated fats and proteins. The animals have less
unsaturated fats in their meat and fat as in the Arctic there are no plant
sources to graze. The result is a culture which has far less cases of obesity
and heart disease than the United States with all its technology and Diet
Gurus living on every street corner.
Saturated Fats Promote Health!
Saturated fats have many health benefits like:
- Help the body absorb calcium for healthy bones.
- Protect the liver from alcohol and other toxins like Tylenol
- Enhance the immune system
- Are required for proper utilization of essential fatty acids.
samples of good saturated fats? eggs, cheeses, etc....
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