Welp
It matters in weight loss, without a doubt and weight often matters in a lot of these arguments about what is killing you. I don't think you can equate weight and cholesterol though.
Is Fat Killing Us, or Is Sugar?
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Re: Is Fat Killing Us, or Is Sugar?
#42Welp
With regards to weight-gain, yes. Not overall health. You'll get yourself diabetes maintaining that kind of sugar consumption.
Re: Is Fat Killing Us, or Is Sugar?
#43There's a BBC Horizon episodes with two identical twins, one goes for the low fat diet and the other for low carb diet to test which one is worse. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03t8r4h http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1amh2t_bbc-horizon-sugar-v...
Spoil it for me, I don't have time to watch at work.. Also, what kind of fat? Saturated fats are very stable and easily used by the body -- in my opinion they have very very different health effects compared to cheap, polyunsaturated fats.
Eat a balanced diet, exercise is important and the brain has a very hard time resisting or stopping eating when fat and sugar are combined, 50/50 ratio being the most effective combination. So better eat sugar and fat separated.
Re: Is Fat Killing Us, or Is Sugar?
#44It’s one of many cautionary tales about assessing dietary data. Everyone wants to be healthy, and most of us like eating, so we’re easily swayed by any new finding, no matter how dubious.
That's why I ignore the headlines and read the paper of any study that I'm interested in.
Re: Is Fat Killing Us, or Is Sugar?
#45Neither by themselves, but when combined... I read somewhere that when they want to fatten up lab mice they feed them a mixture of 70% sugar and 30% fat or something similar. When you make something much more delicious and available than what appears in nature, it screws with an animal's energy balance signals.
> Neither by themselves, but when combined... I buy that argument with high-fat zero-sugar diet, but is there a reasonable evidence that eating a high-sugar but low-fat diet is healthy?
No
There are essential fatty acids, there are essential amino acids (protein), but there are no essential carbohydrates.
The "need" for sugar is completely manufactured, literally and figuratively.
Re: Is Fat Killing Us, or Is Sugar?
#46Yes. For me, probably most is the highly sedentary office lifestyle. Compounding this problem, I more or less live alone and thus 'community food' (eating out) is my best access to non-frozen pre-prepared meals. I refuse to do leftovers (this is not negotiable). The main problem with eating out is the portion size. Everything is insanely large.
> I refuse to do leftovers (this is not negotiable).
Do you see a difference between eating leftovers and preparing a future meal? For example, I may cook extra chicken for dinner, chop up the extra pieces and put them in a salad for the next day's lunch.
Re: Is Fat Killing Us, or Is Sugar?
#47Yes. For me, probably most is the highly sedentary office lifestyle. Compounding this problem, I more or less live alone and thus 'community food' (eating out) is my best access to non-frozen pre-prepared meals. I refuse to do leftovers (this is not negotiable). The main problem with eating out is the portion size. Everything is insanely large.
What do you mean leftovers are not negotioable? Are you saying you never cook because you don't want to eat the food the next day? Or are you saying you never take food you don't finish at restaurants to go?
Not the most healthful path you're on :/
Re: Is Fat Killing Us, or Is Sugar?
#48None of the above.
Re: Is Fat Killing Us, or Is Sugar?
#49I think that it's a deadly combination of both. We tend to consume way to much sugar, and usually sugar without the associated natural fiber. The fats typically consumed are cheap, low quality fats and oils.
Following a paleo-keto diet has been working wonders for me, I never felt or looked better in my 30+ years. So I think fats, when they are high quality, are the best source of fuel for the body.
Re: Is Fat Killing Us, or Is Sugar?
#50There's a BBC Horizon episodes with two identical twins, one goes for the low fat diet and the other for low carb diet to test which one is worse. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03t8r4h http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1amh2t_bbc-horizon-sugar-v...
Finally, I have something worth watching with my soda can.