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Originally Posted by Turbo>NA
and fat. More fat in the daily value...
I believe 50 grams of fat a day is normal for a diet correct?
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Putting a single number on how much fat intake everyone should have just doesn't work. Everyone one's demands are different dependent upon a variety of factors. Most americans undereat healthy fat to their detriment. The american diet is very deficient in omega 3 fatty acids and
far too rich in inflammatory omega 6 fatty acids which many feel is why we have so much degenerative disease in this country.
Everyone associates eating fat with getting fat. That's incorrect. If you eat fat, you don't get fat as it allows you to regulate your blood sugar which provides satiety and long-term energy. See book "Eat Fat, Lose Fat" by Mary Enig. An exceptional book.
Eat fat - bile is release from the gallblader to break down ingested fats. Bile doesn't send a fat storage signal to the body and fats effect on blood sugar is very, very little.
However,
Eat carbohydrate - spike blood sugar - release insulin - insulin is a fat storage hormone. Body fat is stored excess blood sugar.
If you want to be lean (and healthy), eat healthy fats.
Coconut Oil
Raw butter
Palm oil
Raw dairy, raw colostrum
Ghee
Avocado
Any animal food - fish, chicken, beef, buffalo
Avoid vegetable oils, hydrogenated anything
Like I said in my previous posts you have to have fat in the diet (essential fatty acids). Fat is the precursor to ALL of your steroidal hormones like DHEA and testosterone and Vitamin D. It provides intergrity to cell walls. Helps repair the brain and skin. Protect the digestive tract. Etc, etc.
The low-fat BS marketed to Americans is a joke. Anything that is "low fat" is "high carb". See above for how stupid that is. Don't fall for it. If you want to look like the food pyramid (skinny at the top and fat around in the middle), eat lots of carbohydrate and fats "sparingly". It's a recipe for being unhealthy, depressed, and chunky.