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Thanks for sharing. I've taken a similar approach: cut all crap out of my diet and now in ketosis (according to urine strips). Ultimately this might not be the

Thanks for sharing. I've taken a similar approach: cut all crap out of my diet and now in ketosis (according to urine strips). Ultimately this might not be the fix for me, and I might have to add some other interventions (like replacing saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat if I turn out to metabolize SFA poorly) but I'm also convinced that the primary fix must be dietary/lifestyle with some limited support from medication if necessary.

dualogy 11y ago
> if I turn out to metabolize SFA poorly Is that a thing? Humans metabolizing Saturated Fats badly? I mean, I know of gall-bladder deterioration after maybe years of very-low-fat eating, but other than that. Would these people also weirdly burn their own body fat (saturated) "badly"? ;)
- boothead 11y ago
  It would seem so: http://eatingacademy.com/cholesterol-2/random-finding-plus-pi http://eatingacademy.com/cholesterol-2/random-finding-plus-p... I think that's essentially what a diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia means. Likewise people seem to vary widely in their ability to handle high carb diets. I guess a cookie cutter approach doesn't really work across the board.
  - dualogy 11y ago
    Cholesterol worries or issues in a lab panel may be troublesome, but the actual-process of fat metabolization (or any of the stages digestion, absorption, circulation, utilization, storage, burning, recycling) being "bad" compared to others/most I still haven't specifically seen mentioned including in the above. High carb diets of course that's common. But saturated fat, you know, it's simply what fueled the ice ages!
  - atomical 11y ago
    It's curious you don't find this author biased.
    - boothead 11y ago
      I don't find him biased because he's balanced, when he doesn't know he says so and he backs up everything he says with rigorous literature. Peter is also the president of NUSI (http://nusi.org/solving-the-problem/ http://nusi.org/solving-the-problem/), and as such dedicated to objective dietary science. In addition he's well respected by others whose work I also admire.
    - briHass 11y ago
      That's an interesting statement considering you like to use links from nutritionfacts.org, written and run by a questionable [1][2] indivdual, Michael Gregor with an obvious bias towards vegetarian/vegan diets. [1]https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/death-as-a-foodborne-illness-curable-by-veganism/ https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/death-as-a-foodborne-il... [2] http://www.humanewatch.org/hsus_doc_exposed_as_schlock/ http://www.humanewatch.org/hsus_doc_exposed_as_schlock/

dualogy 11y ago

> if I turn out to metabolize SFA poorly Is that a thing? Humans metabolizing Saturated Fats badly? I mean, I know of gall-bladder deterioration after maybe years of very-low-fat eating, but other than that. Would these people also weirdly burn their own body fat (saturated) "badly"? ;)

boothead 11y ago
It would seem so: http://eatingacademy.com/cholesterol-2/random-finding-plus-pi http://eatingacademy.com/cholesterol-2/random-finding-plus-p... I think that's essentially what a diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia means. Likewise people seem to vary widely in their ability to handle high carb diets. I guess a cookie cutter approach doesn't really work across the board.
- dualogy 11y ago
  Cholesterol worries or issues in a lab panel may be troublesome, but the actual-process of fat metabolization (or any of the stages digestion, absorption, circulation, utilization, storage, burning, recycling) being "bad" compared to others/most I still haven't specifically seen mentioned including in the above. High carb diets of course that's common. But saturated fat, you know, it's simply what fueled the ice ages!
- atomical 11y ago
  It's curious you don't find this author biased.
  - boothead 11y ago
    I don't find him biased because he's balanced, when he doesn't know he says so and he backs up everything he says with rigorous literature. Peter is also the president of NUSI (http://nusi.org/solving-the-problem/ http://nusi.org/solving-the-problem/), and as such dedicated to objective dietary science. In addition he's well respected by others whose work I also admire.
  - briHass 11y ago
    That's an interesting statement considering you like to use links from nutritionfacts.org, written and run by a questionable [1][2] indivdual, Michael Gregor with an obvious bias towards vegetarian/vegan diets. [1]https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/death-as-a-foodborne-illness-curable-by-veganism/ https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/death-as-a-foodborne-il... [2] http://www.humanewatch.org/hsus_doc_exposed_as_schlock/ http://www.humanewatch.org/hsus_doc_exposed_as_schlock/