Re: sat vs mono, weight loss re:Schwarzbein and fats

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And by the way, when I was a vegetarian I would eat and get full from my

meal, but my fullness would only last a couple hours. I used a great deal of

fat. I used primarily canola oil for cooking and olive for other things, the

idea being to maximize monos, though I unavoidably consumed lots of polys

from all the soy I was eating. In any case, I ate as much fat, probably, as

I do now, but different kinds. Since I started eating meat, but particularly

since I started using lots of butter, I get fuller for longer. Now I eat and

am full for five hours, sometimes six, unless I undereat.

One of the reasons fat helps lose weight, among others, is because it

provides more fullness than other foods equivalent in calories. However, in

my experience, it makes a large difference whether this is saturated animal

fat or unsaturated plant fat, the former being about twice as effective in

promoting fullness. I have no idea why this happens chemically, but that is

my experience.

Maybe it is different for individuals, but if I had a weight problem, I think

I would be the wiser to choose butter over olive oil.

-Chris

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