Comments on: Ahahahahaha

By: dearieme

dearieme — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:13:54 +0000

“And how many years have people been telling us that to lose weight we must ingest less fat?” Since Dr Ancel Keys’ notorious study in which the data from fifteen countries was suppressed so that he got the correlation he sought from the remaining seven.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:32:02 +0000

About 2 years ago I discovered I had a digestive disorder that meant I had to stop eating as much carbohydrate as possible. So no bread, cake, biscuits, fruit, or sugary products. I ate instead meat,veg, potatoes (which despite being carbs don’t seem to cause me problems) cheese, butter etc, in fact pretty much the reverse of what we are told is good for us.

I immediately lost the best part of a stone (and I wasn’t fat before) and have stayed slim, pretty much however much of the fatty stuff I eat. I had my cholesterol checked after about 6 months of the new diet, and while it had risen a bit, the doctor was perfectly happy with its level – he said that higher cholesterol is only an issue if you are overweight, smoke or drink heavily as well. On its own, a slightly higher level is fine.

I am convinced the human body is not designed to consume large amounts of processed carbs. Our caveman ancestors ate mostly meat, and a few berries. Organised farming, allowing production of grains and sugars, only arrived much later.

By: john miller

john miller — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:12:22 +0000

I seem to remember from my A-level biology studies of a hundred years ago, that the body is rubbish at processing fats, but really rather good at metabolising carbohydrates, and equally good at converting them into a stored substance for later use. Called, er, fat.

As an aside, I wonder if this was one of the modern type of experiments. Those which don’t bother with control groups. The little piggies drinking liquid fat can’t ram in that second bag of crisps and so end up being the lesser porkers.

By: AntiCitizenOne

AntiCitizenOne — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:27:39 +0000

It’s well known that fat gives the highest level of satiety. This will tend to stop you snacking.

By: Brian, follower of Deornoth

Brian, follower of Deornoth — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:57:34 +0000

There was a time when children putting on weight was a Good Thing. It was called Growing.

By: Flatcap Army

Flatcap Army — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:04:27 +0000

ah, but which way does the arrow of causality run? Are kids fat because they drink skimmed milk, or do people with fat kids give them skimmed milk because they’re fat?