Should people be eating more fat?
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Re: Should people be eating more fat?
#2The Scandinavian country in question, might just be Sweden, though didn't look into it.
High fat has grown in popularity because the actual effects it have. People have started to feel much better and lose weight at the same time.
It's unfortunate the way the government treated Annika Dahlqvist when she first started recommending her diabetes patients to avoid carbohydrates and start with high fat instead. I think at some point she was shut down and prosecuted, but I am not sure.
Re: Should people be eating more fat?
#3The Scandinavian country in question, might just be Sweden, though didn't look into it. High fat has grown in popularity because the actual effects it have. People have started to feel much better and lose weight at the same time. It's unfortunate the way the government treated Annika Dahlqvist when she first started recommending her diabetes patients to avoid carbohydrates and start with high fat instead. I think at…
Didn't Sweden actually pass a law taxing fat at some point? Actually, now I think about it, it was Denmark.
Re: Should people be eating more fat?
#4One other recent study that jumped out at me was one on salt: apparently new studies are showing that CDC guidelines on sodium intake are far too low(1) and should be increased for health.
I wonder if much of the problem with the seemingly contradictory nature of studies like this the wide variance you see with us humans. I know good experimental design is about controlling for these variables, but it seems to be extremely difficult. Are the Danes in the above study eating something else that provides a benefit? Are they, on aggregate, more physically active than Americans? Is there a genetic variation present that means if I ate that much salt I'd have problems?
At the end of the day, I'll always take the guideline oft-attributed to Oscar Wilde: "Everything in moderation, including moderation."
[1] http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20140402/cdc-salt-gui...
Re: Should people be eating more fat?
#5I lost over 50 pounds about 3 years ago now. And since then I have been relearning to eat and doing a good job at it.
One of the tricks of the eating healthy trade that I learned and has helped me tremendously, is to put fatty stuff into drinks; mostly teas and coffees. Like bulletproof coffee[0]. Often you hear don't drink empty calories, but as someone that has never counted a calorie I can attest that it is more important to avoid sugary drinks.
For anyone interested, I started with the Four Hour Body by Tim Ferris and then migrated over to fatburningman[2] podcast after the slow carb diet. The only supplement company that I trust is Onnit[3], but I don't take a lot of supplements so I don't spend time researching them.
0.https://www.bulletproofexec.com/bulletproof-coffee-recipe/
also, if you are struggling with weight loss, I will motivate you with the power of email. dlooeps2 [at] gmail, drop me a line .. I consider myself a fat guy that got skinny to eat more food. if that makes any sense.
Re: Should people be eating more fat?
#6The Scandinavian country in question, might just be Sweden, though didn't look into it. High fat has grown in popularity because the actual effects it have. People have started to feel much better and lose weight at the same time. It's unfortunate the way the government treated Annika Dahlqvist when she first started recommending her diabetes patients to avoid carbohydrates and start with high fat instead. I think at…
Didn't Sweden actually pass a law taxing fat at some point? Actually, now I think about it, it was Denmark.
Yes, Denmark. It was scrapped after about a year since the government found out the Danes were buying fatty products in Germany and Sweden. Classic Danish government.
Re: Should people be eating more fat?
#7I lost over 50 pounds about 3 years ago now. And since then I have been relearning to eat and doing a good job at it. One of the tricks of the eating healthy trade that I learned and has helped me tremendously, is to put fatty stuff into drinks; mostly teas and coffees. Like bulletproof coffee[0]. Often you hear don't drink empty calories, but as someone that has never counted a calorie I can attest that it is more i…
What was your experience and opinion of Four Hour Body? I've heard recommendations for it, but its marketing speak of "AN UNCOMMON GUIDE TO RAPID FAT-LOSS, INCREDIBLE SEX, AND BECOMING SUPERHUMAN" has always turned me off to it before I started.
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#8The Scandinavian country in question, might just be Sweden, though didn't look into it. High fat has grown in popularity because the actual effects it have. People have started to feel much better and lose weight at the same time. It's unfortunate the way the government treated Annika Dahlqvist when she first started recommending her diabetes patients to avoid carbohydrates and start with high fat instead. I think at…
It says Sweden a little further down the article. I've read that Low Carb High Fat (LCHF) is very popular in Sweden. They even have a LCHF magazine. The dietdoctor.com blog is written by a Swedish doctor.
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#9A slight tangent to the parent topic, but should HackerNews be about nutrition as much as it has been in the last few days? The comments are frequently woefully ignorant of any current nutritional science and often anecdotes of how one trend diet or broscience factoid helped them achieve their goals.
As much as the discussion can be interesting its not really on topic for what this site is for no? What gets worse is when a group of people uneducated on the topic begin an echo chamber of poor advice and "it worked for me!" mantras we get a pretty sickening discussion that would be frowned upon if it was regarding an actual technology topic.
Re: Should people be eating more fat?
#10I lost over 50 pounds about 3 years ago now. And since then I have been relearning to eat and doing a good job at it. One of the tricks of the eating healthy trade that I learned and has helped me tremendously, is to put fatty stuff into drinks; mostly teas and coffees. Like bulletproof coffee[0]. Often you hear don't drink empty calories, but as someone that has never counted a calorie I can attest that it is more i…
I discovered the joy of (real) cream in coffee a few months ago. Immensely more enjoyable than sugar.