Time to end the war against saturated fat?

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Post by kareemm » Wed, Nov 06, 2013, 4:32 AM UTC

Time to end the war against saturated fat?
latimes.com

Re: Time to end the war against saturated fat?

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Post by dragonshed » Wed, Nov 06, 2013, 6:14 AM UTC

It's several decades past due.

Robert Lustig, quoted in the article, gave a fantasticly informative talk which hit youtube a few years back, which explains the folly of the low-fat diet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

Re: Time to end the war against saturated fat?

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Post by nanexcool » Wed, Nov 06, 2013, 6:20 AM UTC

This is anecdotal, but I've now lost 20 kg with a ketogenic diet. Started at 110 kg, I now weigh 90 kg after 5 months. I've complemented the diet with a regular amount of exercise (mostly running).

If anyone is interested, http://www.reddit.com/r/keto has a nice community of ketoers.

Re: Time to end the war against saturated fat?

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Post by michaellosee » Wed, Nov 06, 2013, 6:28 AM UTC

+1 for keto. The wife and I have lost 20 lbs each in the last 3 months.

Re: Time to end the war against saturated fat?

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Post by hiroaki » Wed, Nov 06, 2013, 6:31 AM UTC

Comment thread from last week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6623205

Re: Time to end the war against saturated fat?

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Post by csshelton » Wed, Nov 06, 2013, 6:37 AM UTC

dragonshed wrote: post #2

It's several decades past due. Robert Lustig, quoted in the article, gave a fantasticly informative talk which hit youtube a few years back, which explains the folly of the low-fat diet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

Seems like Lustig's point is that a high-fructose diet is worse for you than a high-fat diet. We have replaced the fat in our diet with fructose, but that isn't necessary. We could just eat carbs low in fructose and/or more protein instead of fat. Regardless, this article is discussing saturated fat, which is a subset of all fats. "Healthy" oils like olive oil, canola oil, and many nuts have lots of fat, but very little saturated fat.

Re: Time to end the war against saturated fat?

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Post by Nilzor » Wed, Nov 06, 2013, 6:38 AM UTC

tl;dr: we don't know shit about the human body.

Re: Time to end the war against saturated fat?

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Post by autarch » Wed, Nov 06, 2013, 6:41 AM UTC

Yes, I take all my health advice from newspaper articles summarizing single journal articles.

Re: Time to end the war against saturated fat?

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Post by yetanotherphd » Wed, Nov 06, 2013, 6:43 AM UTC

Before jumping to conclusions based on an opinion piece of one researcher, I would suggest looking at the article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturated_fat_and_cardiovascula...

Re: Time to end the war against saturated fat?

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Post by meritt » Wed, Nov 06, 2013, 7:02 AM UTC

michaellosee wrote: post #4

+1 for keto. The wife and I have lost 20 lbs each in the last 3 months.

Congrats. Just like a determined programmer will do well with any language/platform, determined individuals will realize their health goals regardless of which fad diet they are currently utilizing.