> The truth is, ingested fat can not be turned into bodyfat directly. It is way easier for the body to turn carbs into fat than it is to turn fat into fat. > C

> The truth is, ingested fat can not be turned into bodyfat directly. It is way easier for the body to turn carbs into fat than it is to turn fat into fat. > Caloric restriction is bs. Carb restriction is key. You can literally eat until your stomach hurts all day long and lose weight. Its what Ive done. I'm sorry but your post is not supported by the research at all. The process which turns carbs into fat is called de novo lipogenesis and is extremely rare in humans. It only happens when your glycogen stores are full AND after masssive overfeed of carbohydrates(500 grams+) for days. http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/74/6/707.long http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/74/6/707.long Hellerstein, 2001 the addition of excess carbohydrate energy to a mixed diet so that total energy intake exceeded total energy expenditure (TEE) increased body fat stores, but not by conversion of the carbohydrate to fat. Instead, the oxidation of dietary fat was suppressed and fat storage thereby increased. [...] Thus, de novo lipogenesis does become a quantitatively major pathway when carbohydrate energy intake exceeds TEE, but this circumstance is unusual in daily life. Also, calorie restriction is not "bs".Protein is more satisfying, spares lean mass and has a larger TEF(thermic effect of food), which makes it great for fat loss. A carb restricted diet is usually high in protein, since carbs are typically replaced by meat, cheese etc and that is a confounding factor. The point is that low-carb diets are not good because they are low in carbs, rather they work well because they are high in protein. In fact, when studies control for protein i.e the protein content is the same for the low and higher carb groups, the fat loss is the pretty much the same. See Johnston CS et. al (2006)