Luna said:And all the meat and fat? What do you mean by ALL the meat and fat? I
mean, yeah, you can eat as much meat and fat as you like, but since
limiting carbs seems to curb the appetite in most people, it doesn't end
up being an inordinately large amount of meat or fat, usually.
Yeah, I find this to be true.
I posted an example recently... if eating hamburgers with buns and
fries, I have no problem scoffing down 8 oz or more of meat. Whereas
if eating hamburger stir-fried with garlic, ginger and a quarter-head
of cabbage, 4 oz is more than sufficient. Actually, I stir-fry a whole
head of cabbage with a pound of hamburger... but this is 4 *large*
servings for me.
I really don't think I eat more protein on low-carb.
Quoted message said:I just find it a little odd that you yourself have experienced first
hand that living low-carb, including eating "all" that meat and fat,
helps you to lose weight and be healthier, yet you continue to spout the
propaganda of "fat is bad" without critically examining that old wives'
tale, even though it flies in the face of your own experience. There's
research saying meat and fat are unhealthy, but there's also research
saying the opposite, so why don't you trust your own body and your own
personal experience?
I do think I eat a higher percentage of fat, as I like my veggies with
ranch dressing, oil, butter, mayo or some other fat slathered on. But
given that we're all, whether low-carb or not, supposed to be eating
more veggies, it seems fat intake *must* increase.
I am just not going to eat piles of naked steamed green beans.
They're not very interesting. But fry them up with some olive oil and
garlic or top the steamed version with some butter and parmesan and
I'll eat a bunch of them.
Similar with an undressed salad - I'm just not interested. But throw a
couple TB of ranch dressing on it and I can happily chomp through a
couple cups of radicchio and butterhead..
I mean, sure you can *make* yourself eat undressed veggies, but that is
a temporary change, not a permanent one. To really eat veggies for the
long haul, they have to be yummy.
I don't think I actually eat more fat on low-carb. It's just a much
larger percentage of my diet than on high-carb because I eat way fewer
calories.
I doubt there is more fat in a serving of cucumbers dipped in fresh
sour cream than there is in a serving of potato chips, especially given
what actual real-life servings end up being. The difference is that
you're eating cucumbers rather than potatoes... much less carb, so a
higher percentage of calories from fat.
If you're piling the fat on veggies rather than on potatoes or bread or
such - I think that's an improvement in diet, regardless of the
percentage of your diet from fat. The percentage only goes up because
the amount of your diet from carb goes down, rather than because you're
eating all that much more fat.
The whole percentage thing is silly anyways. If you eat 600 calories
of fat a day, at 1500 calories, that is 40%, but at 3000 calories, it
is 20%. There is no way the second is "healthier" than the first -
it's the same amount of fat after all.
