Guest guest Posted February 10, 2000 Report Share Posted February 10, 2000 From: Greg <gowatson@...> Hi All, Just to touch on a few points. 1g of Fat is worth about 9 calories. The max fat loss (not weight loss) possible per week is about 1kg (2.2lbs). That's about 9,000 calories per week or 1,285 calories per day that the body must get from it's fat stores. This means you need to eat 1,285 calories less per day than you burn. For most of us, that's a big ask as a diet below about 1,000 calories is classified as starvation and will severely reduce the bodies metabolic rate and thereby weight loss. The goal of eating different foods and using weight loss supplements is to try to control where the body sources the energy it needs (to try to always direct in to our fat stores) and where it stores any short term dietary excess (hopefully as protein in the muscles). This simple diagram may help you to understand how the body manages it's internal energy stores. Notice that converting excess Aminos / Glucose to Fat is a ONE WAY street as FAT stays as fat until it is burnt. Also FAT is not a bio-convertable energy source like Protein and Carbs. FOOD ----------------------------- V V V PROTEIN CARB FAT V V V PROTEIN > AMINO > GLUCOSE > GLYCOGEN V PROTEIN < AMINO < GLUCOSE < GLYCOGEN V V V V V >FAT <<<<<< V <<<<<<<<<<<<< V V V V V V >KETONE V V V V V V V V V E N E R G Y (Life) V CO2 So, eat more Protein, less Carbs and even less Fat (except Omega 3/6 oils). Reduce total calories to less than you burn and use an early morning GH boost to assist the body to burn fat, build muscle and improve health. Here is another way to look at food and where it's stored. (Muscles) PROTEIN V ^ AMINOS >>>V V ^ V (Blood) GLUCOSE >>V V ^ V (Liver) GLYCOGEN V V (Spare Tyre) FAT <<<<< V Still want to eat FAT????? -- Good Health & Long Life, Greg , http://www.ozemail.com.au/~gowatson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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