Re: On the genesis of scientific thinking that fats are bad for you

[Guest guest]

I actually do really well on high fats! And my doctor tested everything and

can't find a darn thing wrong with me! In fact, she wrote A+ on my very

extensive lab results.

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> > > Then again, none of us should go crazy eating saturated fats, if nothing

> > > more than the simple reason that high fat diets can lead to obesity,

> > > which in turn can cause health and heart issues.

> > >

> > No, saturated fats don't lead to obesity; carbs do (though a small recent

> > study preliminarily indicates that some people may have a gene that causes

> > them to utilize fats differently). The saturate-fat-is-bad-for-you thing

> > has been a big part of the fallacious argument used to link heart disease

> > and saturated fat -- and the multi-billion dollar low-fat craze

> > (especially in dairy products). We need the amino acids and other

> > nutrition in saturated fats.

> > I'll recommend again the books Good Calories, Bad Calories and Life

> > Without Bread, both of which explain who the body makes energy and why we

> > needs saturated fats but why we don't need to eat carbs (the body makes

> > the carbs it needs from fats and proteins, but can't make protiens and

> > fats unless you eat them). Good Calories, Bad Calories, particularly, very

> > carefully traces the history of the studies that came to link saturated

> > fats to obesity and heart diesease, and shows clearly how essentially one

> > doctor/reasearcher (yes, one person was initially behind this), who had

> > preconconcieved notions about what the outcomes should be, and had the

> > clout to steer the results, decade after decade to match his

> > preconceptions.

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> > >> Heart disease - on the genesis of thinking that fats are bad for you

> > >>

> > >> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35058896/ns/health-heart_health//

> > >>

> > >> " It is now acknowledged that the original studies purporting to show a

> > >> >linear relation between cholesterol intake and coronary heart disease

> > >> >may have contained fundamental study design flaws, " wrote the author

> > >> >of a recent review in the International Journal of Clinical Practice.

> > >>

> > >> Mara

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[Guest guest]

Amen! What do they feed livestock to fatten them up...grains!

> >> I'm not disputing the fact that carbs may cause carbs, but I

> >> challenge anyone to eat a high fat diet (burgers, ice cream, fries,

> >> etc. etc.) and claim that they can still stay thin and healthy! Nice

> >> dreaming!!

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> > But in the case of your high fat diet example, the issue would be all

> > the OTHER junk that's in the burgers, ice cream, fries, etc. Not just

> > the presence of fat. I bet someone could eat a diet that's very high

> > in good quality fats, like butter, good quality meat, coconut oil,

> > eggs, etc.. and still stay thin and healthy.

> >

> > Peace =)

> > Alyssa 16 yo

> > UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008

> > SCD June 2009 (restarted)

> > Azathioprine 50 mg 1x per day

> > Prednisone 35 mg 1x per day

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[Guest guest]

If you eat too many calories, fat or carb, you're going to gain weight. It's

just easier to do with fat. For instance, I was floored by the number of

calories in one little piece of SCD pizza with almond flour crust. Nut

butter/flour muffins are easy to over-indulge in as well, and just one packs a

large amount of calories. I sure notice a weight gain when I eat too much nut

butter and the like, and I've seen several people here say the same. I recently

had to cut back on cheese, because I can't afford to outgrow any more clothes (I

had to discard 3/4 of my shorts today *sniff*).

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

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> >

> No, saturated fats don't lead to obesity; carbs do (though a small recent

> study preliminarily indicates that some people may have a gene that causes

> them to utilize fats differently). The saturate-fat-is-bad-for-you thing

> has been a big part of the fallacious argument used to link heart disease

> and saturated fat -- and the multi-billion dollar low-fat craze

> (especially in dairy products). We need the amino acids and other

> nutrition in saturated fats.

> I'll recommend again the books Good Calories, Bad Calories and Life

> Without Bread, both of which explain who the body makes energy and why we

> needs saturated fats but why we don't need to eat carbs (the body makes

> the carbs it needs from fats and proteins, but can't make protiens and

> fats unless you eat them). Good Calories, Bad Calories, particularly, very

> carefully traces the history of the studies that came to link saturated

> fats to obesity and heart diesease, and shows clearly how essentially one

> doctor/reasearcher (yes, one person was initially behind this), who had

> preconconcieved notions about what the outcomes should be, and had the

> clout to steer the results, decade after decade to match his

> preconceptions.

>

> n