Does fat matter?

"Gregg Davis " <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

If I'm on a 1,700 calorie diet, for the purpose of losing
weight, does the composition of those calories matter? If
I burn 2000 calories a day, why does it matter if my
calorie intake is derived from fatty foods or non fatty
foods, won't I still lose weight because I'm burning my
calories than I'm taking in?

Dietary fat signals the body that you are full when you eat.
It also slows down the absorption of refined carbs,
minimizing the insulin spike that signals your body to store
fat and/or not use up fat. Without fat you will digest the
carbs much faster and be hungry within a shorter period of
time (as in when you eat chinese food) and your body will be
flush with insulin signalling your body to store every
available bit of food into body fat.

With regards to calories, don't even bother. Restricting
fats and calories to lose weight fails in 98% of cases. The
calorie values as you see them on the packaging or from USDA
tables are very inaccurate and it hasn't even been proven
that the body will use up the stated calories the same way
in every circumstance every time. It simply doesn't work in
the real world.

TC

[email hidden] (tcomeau) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

"Gregg Davis " <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

If I'm on a 1,700 calorie diet, for the purpose of
losing weight, does the composition of those calories
matter? If I burn 2000 calories a day, why does it
matter if my calorie intake is derived from fatty foods
or non fatty foods, won't I still lose weight because
I'm burning my calories than I'm taking in?

Dietary fat signals the body that you are full when you
eat. It also slows down the absorption of refined carbs,
minimizing the insulin spike that signals your body to
store fat and/or not use up fat. Without fat you will
digest the carbs much faster and be hungry within a
shorter period of time (as in when you eat chinese food)
and your body will be flush with insulin signalling your
body to store every available bit of food into body fat.

With regards to calories, don't even bother. Restricting
fats and calories to lose weight fails in 98% of cases.
The calorie values as you see them on the packaging or
from USDA tables are very inaccurate and it hasn't even
been proven that the body will use up the stated calories
the same way in every circumstance every time. It simply
doesn't work in the real world.

TC

The composition of foods is more important than the overall
calorie estimation/count/assumption.

TC