Fri, Oct-18-13, 16:21
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Senior Member
Posts: 113
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Plan: Low Carb/Intermittentfast
Stats: 133/133/125
BF:
Progress: 0%
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob-a-rama
Repeat after me, FATS DO NOT MAKE YOU FAT - that is a (pardon the archaic expression) wive's tale.
Fats do not go from your digestive tract to your hips, waist or wherever your problem is. They get digested and broken down in your gut like all the other foods you eat.
Sugar doesn't make you sweet.
Blueberries don't make you blue.
Veggies won't make turn you into a plant.
The LC diet is a modification of a ketogenic diet. The K diet is a high fat, moderate protein, very low carb diet. It was given to epileptic children and it reduced both the frequency and intensity of their seizures.
There was one side effect. The high fat diets made them lose weight.
The way I understand it is that high glycemic foods make you fat. High G foods are those that are either sugar or turn into sugar quickly in your body (most starches). This causes an insulin burst which in turn tells your body there is an excess of sugar and it starts to store that sugar in your body's fat cells so you can have some reserves when the starvation season comes. But we don't have a starvation season anymore because we have food storage and importation down.
Fats have a very low glycemic - next to nothing. Therefore they do not trigger an insulin reaction.
So fats don't make you fat, starches and sugars do.
Learn about how your body processes the food and you will understand why fats don't make you fat.
Other than sugar/insulin there is one more thing that will make you fat. Eating more calories than you burn. Fat does have a lot of calories, so if you sit down to eat a few pounds of bacon, and you don't exercise, you can expect to gain some weight.
The grain industry started telling people that fat makes you fat, and complex carbs do not. So the people in the US started eating a low-fat, high complex carb diet. What happened? America got more and more obese, and heart attacks climbed through the roof.
The grain companies like this because they are making huge profits, the doctors don't mind because they are making money with drugs and operations, and so the ads (both overt and covert) keep on coming.
But the proof is in the pudding. Fat makes you skinny.
Of course, there are special circumstances in a small percentage of people where fat may be a problem. Always use caution when changing a diet and check with your health care provider if you have any problems.
Bob
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I am so glad you typed this out for me, reading it really made me feel better! Thank you Bob!
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