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Originally Posted by Paul
I think most people with desk jobs should be on a low carb diet. I started reading up on fat and how important it is for hormonal regulation, brain health, absorption of nutrients etc It's vital for long term health to be getting a good percentage of your calories from fat, this low fat dogma we've been fed for the past 30/40/50 years is nonsense!
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this started with the announcement of the Surgeon General that a low fat diet is healthier. With that, everything that instantly "low fat" in stores and people started replacing real food with processed foods and of course started thinking that frozen yogurt (a cup full of sugar) is somehow better for you because it is "low fat". This is really what is at the core of the obesity epidemic - drifting away from whole foods to processed garbage and increased sugar/simple carb consumption - thats "low fat"
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People bang on about moderation and healthy balanced diets etc but there is nothing healthy about waking up and loading up on cereal and toast in the morning, followed by more and more carbs throughout the day. I know diabetics that have a diet that's full of carbs, nothing healthy about your insulin levels spiking up and down like a yo yo all day long.
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A group of doctors told me one time when i questioned them about the sheer volume of prescriptions - "of course i tell people they need to change their diet to lower their cholesterol and give them diets to follow - the problem is that they don't want to make the changes and if you want to help them and your choice is to watch them die or lower their cholesterol, the fact is that you almost always have to give them that pill"
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It's not easy to get over 50% of your calories from fat though, avocados, nuts, seeds & eggs are the main healthy options.
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You need "healthy fats" to make sure you are getting all your essential fatty acids. You don't need to worry about eating only "healthy fats" in ketosis - just eat more fat. Blood lipid profiles will still normalize as your weight does unless you have genetic issues with chlosterol. The whole "good fat/bad fat" bs is almost as bad as the idea of "this is low fat, so its good for me". Of course, there is a rock solid reason not to eat hydrogenated oils... but beyond that, if you want to eat more fat in your die...eat more fat. [/QUOTE]
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I find it amusing when people claim the Atkins diet doesn't work, or didn't work for them.
Yeah that's because they didn't stick to it, they went back to eating loads of simple carbs again and they start storing fat again.
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People are dumb. A "diet" in the context of weight loss means eating fewer calories than you burn. All diets operate on that principle. You're completely right in that people are very ignorant about even the most seemingly obvious facts.
What is worse, is helping people with diet and nutrition. It is EXACTLY like an episode of Kitchen Nightmares or Bar Rescue or something like that. A person is crying... they are losing it. They are losing everything. They want help. They beg for help. They know they NEED help. Then you start talking about the changes to be made and instantly all you get back is resistance, agitation, combativeness etc. You literally have to break that person down just as Gordon Ramsey does or you won't get through to them.