Sat, May-11-19, 08:03
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Plan: mostly milkfat
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Progress: 104%
Location: Ontario
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Big Avocado at it again
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releas...90508134529.htm
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Avocados, as a substitution for carbohydrates, can suppress hunger without adding calories
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A bit of tongue-in-cheek sticking this in the War Zone, I'm fine with people eating avocado, especially if it's instead of twinkies.  But yeah, of course this is funded by the Haas Avocado Board.
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A new study released by the Center for Nutrition Research at Illinois Institute of Technology suggests that meals that include fresh avocado as a substitute for refined carbohydrates can significantly suppress hunger and increase meal satisfaction in overweight and obese adults.
As rates of obesity in the United States continue to rise, the findings from Illinois Tech suggest that simple dietary changes can have an important impact on managing hunger and aiding metabolic control.
The new research, published in the peer-reviewed journal Nutrients, assessed the underlying physiological effects of including whole and half fresh Hass avocados on hunger, fullness, and how satisfied subjects felt over a six-hour period. Researchers evaluated these effects in 31 overweight and obese adults in a randomized three-arm crossover clinical trial. These dietary changes were also shown to limit insulin and blood glucose excursions, further reducing the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease by adding healthy fats and fibers into a regular daily diet.
"For years, fats have been targeted as the main cause of obesity, and now carbohydrates have come under scrutiny for their role in appetite regulation and weight control," said Britt Burton-Freeman, Ph.D., director of the Center for Nutrition Research at Illinois Tech. "There is no 'one size fits all' solution when it comes to optimal meal composition for managing appetite. However, understanding the relationship between food chemistry and its physiological effects in different populations can reveal opportunities for addressing appetite control and reducing rates of obesity, putting us a step closer to personalized dietary recommendations."
The research found that meals including avocado not only resulted in a significant reduction in hunger and an increase in how satisfied participants felt, but also found that an intestinal hormone called PYY was an important messenger of the physiological response.
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The nut boards do this all the time. Almonds and walnuts have a fairly predictable effect on blood lipids, they keep funding pretty much a repeat of the same silly study, to reproduce the results and generate the same headline, and get people to buy more nuts, driving the price up. I'm glad my idea of a "healthy" fat includes beef fat and butter, if these get popular, it's a lot easier to scale up production, it's a little harder to drive the price up than for nuts and avocado.
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