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> I don't know of any memes where people say it's OK to eat fat in excess or pretend "it doesn't matter". Hang around on Reddit for a day or two and you'll see
by lmm 2y ago
> I don't know of any memes where people say it's OK to eat fat in excess or pretend "it doesn't matter".
Hang around on Reddit for a day or two and you'll see them. Or heck, remember the Atkins diet, which was explicitly advertised as "you can eat as much fat as you want"?
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- hn_throwaway_99 2y agoAtkins doesn't say that, at all, and then explicitly mentioned extreme low carb diets in my comment.
- lmm 2y ago> Atkins doesn't say that, at all The meme version of it does, and their official website gets pretty close - fat is unrestricted, it's fine to eat as much fat as you have an appetite for, it's fine if a large proportion of your calorie intake is saturated fat. I guess "to excess" is subjective, but Atkins certainly says that fat consumption levels that respected medical authorities say are dangerous are fine.
- DrFalkyn 2y agoAtkins theory was if people restricted their carb intake they would naturally eat a lot less calories. Because counting calories is difficult, the easier thing to do was just restrict foods to ones that were low in carbs
- sfjailbird 2y agoTry eating as much fat as you can, without any carbs to go with it. It's not going to be much.