Thu, Jan-17-13, 17:46
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Plan: mostly milkfat
Stats: 190/152.4/154
BF:
Progress: 104%
Location: Ontario
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I think in an extremely low fat diet, you might run up against difficulty in growing fat just because any fat deposited, you'd have to synthesize in the first place. With the Kitivans, the fat is almost all coconut--medium chain triglycerides that the body handles differently from most fats. So it's sort of a special case--but that doesn't matter, there's lots of lean peoples that eat a similar macronutrient ratio, with little obesity.
I think there's sort of a question of at what point carbs make people overeat, if they do. Maybe french fries would make people over eat, where potatoes with butter added to appetite might not. Maybe it's less palatable that way, I prefer to think it's easier to satisfy separate appetites for glucose and fat by eating that way.
If not the carbohydrate hypothesis, why does low carb work? You could say low palatability... but lots of people tried low fat, lost the weight, couldn't stick to it long term... But maybe it's a reward thing? If low carb is high-reward without being hyperpalatable, where low fat is low palatability (without being particularly rewarding), there'd be room for us low carbers to continue in our smugness.
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