Xdafjgneoiwe

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by Xdafjgneoiwe 10y ago
Yes they do contain trans fats - just not the same kind - and recent research shows that they are probably just as damaging as the artificial creations. See my comment to the other poster.
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by Xdafjgneoiwe 10y ago
Losing weight, especially fat does wonders for insulin sensitivity, though. The low carb group lost 6.2 kg of fat. That is a lot. I do wonder what happens if you look at insulin sensitivity when weight and fat mass remains mostly neutral. I
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by Xdafjgneoiwe 10y ago
Completely agree. One mechanism for the effect that oil had here could be the ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 that most oils completely obliterate.
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by Xdafjgneoiwe 10y ago
"Published data suggest that all fatty acids with a double bond in the trans configuration raise the ratio of plasma LDL to HDL cholesterol." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2830458/
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by Xdafjgneoiwe 10y ago
Are tibetans generally heart-healthy, though? I took that for granted but did not actually fact check the original poster. I think he just wanted to give an example for a rural, healthy eating society. I do not know if that was true in the
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by Xdafjgneoiwe 10y ago
You are right that being active is also very important for cardiovascular health. However, you cannot underestimate the importance of diet as it too is a daily reoccurent factor for health.
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by Xdafjgneoiwe 10y ago
Insulin resistance: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20427477 As for the cholesterol, the study I linked was probably not a very good example - sorry. Saturated fat does raise cholesterol however - so unless you are
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by Xdafjgneoiwe 10y ago
If the sample size was large enough and you could factor our everything else, then yes. I don't think anything like this was done, though. What exactly is your point, then?
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by Xdafjgneoiwe 10y ago
Normally I am all for asking for sources, but this isn't really in dispute nor hard to find. Just one of a thousand sources: "50% of the fat content in butter is saturated fat and 4% is trans fat." https://www.hear
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by Xdafjgneoiwe 10y ago
I do not think you can generalize from Tibetans or other populations. That is because those rural populations often have a much healthier diet than the standard american diet. More vegetables, more fiber, less animal products in general. To
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by Xdafjgneoiwe 10y ago
For starters, saturated fat increases cholesterol and that is almost exclusively in animal products. Animal products are basically the only products to contain dietary cholesterol. So there you have at least a strong correlation. As for the
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by Xdafjgneoiwe 10y ago
This is correct. You can expect maybe a kilogram of fat (2 lbs) per week on a very restricted diet. Much more than that is hard to maintain over a longer period and unrealistic. When you first start with a keto diet, you can easily expect 3
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by Xdafjgneoiwe 10y ago
That sounds really delicious. But what does it have to do with heart disease risk?
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by Xdafjgneoiwe 10y ago
That may be so. But it's undisputed (aside from most keto blogs) that an increase in serum cholesterol and especially LDL-C increases the risk of heart disease. Studies show that you generally need a level of < 150 mg/dL to avo
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by Xdafjgneoiwe 10y ago
I do not have one. But I also never said it was better (!). I merely said that it works. People on a keto diet often say something along the lines of "Oh, keto is such a good diet. I lost 20 pounds with it". And I believe them. Bu
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by Xdafjgneoiwe 10y ago
Isn't the Omega-6 to Omega-3 ratio one important measure of how heart-healthy a diet is? This could at least in part explain increasing heart disease risk. I assume using lots of Omega-6 oil would push the ratio to even more unhealthy
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by Xdafjgneoiwe 10y ago
There is: Butter contains 3 % trans fats. And even keto fanatics admit that trans fats are extremely unhealthy. You could say it doesn't have a huge impact and that might be true because it's only a small part of the diet. However
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by Xdafjgneoiwe 10y ago
The problem with ketogenic diets is not the weight loss. The diet works for weight loss, that is undisputed. The problems are in the longer term with elevated cholesterol and increasing insulin resistance. Example: https://www.nc
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by Xdafjgneoiwe 10y ago
Those are very nice points... "The problem comes from the inability to use it because the body isn't healthy. Polyunsaturated fats will produce bad byproducts when it breaks down and over time makes the body sick." However yo
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by Xdafjgneoiwe 10y ago
Could you explain the joke?