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[–]goonmessiah 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

What if that isn’t true? Fat Fiction

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I need to watch this.

EDIT: oh, it's about carbs/fats. I've read Garry Taubes' Good calories, bad calories, a most excellent read.

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I'm familiar with the saturated fat argument, that doesn't run counter to anything I said. That's adding to the subject, thermodynamics still applies, you can't lose weight without a calorie reduction. But some things make dieting easier, like avoiding carbs.

The video, I just spot checked it, is a little misleading in that while fats are essential, you get all the fats you need without trying, even on a low fat diet. 10% of your calories, as a rule of thumb, need to be fats for proper hormone regulation. But log what you eat and tell me you ever need to add fat to hit that goal, it just happens.

Also, protein is the best fuel imo, not fat. Really easy to test, eat the same amount of calories for dinner two nights in a row, once with just bacon and once with just chicken breast. Say 500 calories total. That's like 6 pieces of bacon vs. 3 chicken breast halves.

Although whether saturated fat is not as bad as we thought is an interesting argument. I don't think anyone can claim to be 100% certain about that. Nutrition is just very difficult to be certain about anything because of all the variables and the most effective tests can only be done on animals.

Personally I'm for running a dietary experiment on prisoners, allowing them to opt into a dietary study where they'd eat much better food than typical prison fare, but wouldn't have access to the commissary or outside food. We could experiment on large populations controlling everything they eat, and everyone benefits.

I know experimenting on prisoners is iffy.