Re: Increasing fat without dairy

[Guest guest]

Hi Mike-

> I was a little concerned about hamburger at first, but I was

> confused by labels like " 80%

> lean. " When someone suggests I eat 80% fat, they mean calories,

> right, not mass? I just

> looked up 80% lean hamburger and it's actually 71% fat calories.

Actually I think it's somewhat less than 71%, but regardless, it's

true that the percentages don't exactly indicate what's happening

calorie-wise.

> Right now I'm eating very little plant food, and no plant seeds

> besides coconut. Would

> adding avocadoes and olives help? I'd really prefer to focus on

> local Pennsylvania food, but

> I understand that might not be possible with my other limitations.

The problem with relying on avocadoes on olives is that they have too

much PUFA, which makes keeping your PUFA intake to 4% of calories or

less that much more difficult. Sadly, the same is true of pork

sausage, which would otherwise be an ideal means of eating a dairy-

free high-fat low-carb diet.

I rely on heavy cream as my fat staple, so I'm not entirely sure what

to suggest to you other than coconut milk, coconut cream and coconut

oil, though it might be a good idea to balance those with some

macadamia oil for the MUFA. You can make lots of delicious things

with coconut milk and cream, and recipes that rely on dairy can

sometimes be adapted into coconut versions... assuming the fiber

content of coconut cream and the carb content of coconut products

generally aren't problematic for you.

-

[Guest guest]

Coconut oil for sauteeing veggies, coconut cream concentrate with raw

egg yolks in smoothies would add tons of fat.

For instance, if you are making mashed potatoes, you can blend them in

bone stock (beef or chicken) and with added coconut cream concentrate

(as much as you like, experiment). The result with be potatoes with

far more fat and nutrition than otherwise that rival the best milk and

butter version.

But overall, coconut oil is probably the easiet way to up your fat

intake, IMO. You can even just take a few spoonfuls per day.

[Guest guest]

can you put some ghee on your food but not on your wife's food? how about using

tallow/beef fat?

--- In , " captainmikee " <captainmikee@...>

wrote:

>

> Hello, I'm a very occasional poster; Masterjohn suggested I come over

from

GFCFNN

> to post this:

>

> I just realized (I guess I was in denial!) that my very low carb diet is way

too high in

protein

> and too low in fat. I am gluten- and casein- intolerant, so I can't just add

some cream

> sauce to my steak. I can do ghee, but DW doesn't like it.

>

> Could I have some suggestions for increasing my fat intake? Here are some

thoughts I've

> had:

>

> I was a little concerned about hamburger at first, but I was confused by

labels like " 80%

> lean. " When someone suggests I eat 80% fat, they mean calories, right, not

mass? I just

> looked up 80% lean hamburger and it's actually 71% fat calories.

>

> Right now I'm eating very little plant food, and no plant seeds besides

coconut. Would

> adding avocadoes and olives help? I'd really prefer to focus on local

Pennsylvania food,

but

> I understand that might not be possible with my other limitations.

>

> Since I don't use grains or root starch, roux/gravy is pretty much impossible,

and most

of

> my sauces are reduction sauces. Can you get enough fat in a reduction sauce?

Can you

> emulsify with egg yolks at cooking temperatures? Is there a trick to it? Or

should I allow

a

> little tapioca or arrowroot starch?

>

> I'd love to see some meal plans and maybe some recipes.

>

[Guest guest]

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 10:49 AM, captainmikee <captainmikee@...> wrote:

> Hello, I'm a very occasional poster; Masterjohn suggested I come over

> from GFCFNN

> to post this:

>

> I just realized (I guess I was in denial!) that my very low carb diet is way

> too high in protein

> and too low in fat. I am gluten- and casein- intolerant, so I can't just add

> some cream

> sauce to my steak. I can do ghee, but DW doesn't like it.

Does your wife need to up her fat? Even so, is there any reason why

you can't use ghee? You could cook with it and/or use it as a dip for

various foods like oysters, or homemade meatballs or the beef trim I

mention below.

> Could I have some suggestions for increasing my fat intake?

Beef trim: bits of meat with lots of fat left over from the trimming

process of other cuts. I like mine 70% fat and 30% meat. You may not

have the option of specifying the ratio.

Meat/fish/chicken salads made with macadamia nut mayo.

Chocolate coconut candies/bars. These can really up your fat intake

and might as well be looked at as a very tasty way to supplement with

the various fruit/seed/nut oils that are actually good for you

(coconut, macadamia, palm kernel, cocoa butter). Look for coconut

candies in the archive and you should find some recent posts with the

basic recipe and some tweaks.

--

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Like it or not in either of these situations there is inescapable

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gauge in living in an intimate vowed relationship that cannot be

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