"Let’s make one thing clear – when someone is going to lower carbohydrate content in their diet, they should replace it mostly with fat, not protein. Eating a lot of protein with little fat and carbs may be a short term strategy for initiating fat loss, but not a healthy way of eating in the long run. A lot of people, who are willing to try or have already felt the benefits of low-carb/high-fat eating, are scared of hurting themselves, because the common knowledge is that saturated fat and cholesterol cause heart disease by clogging arteries. In reality, that is as far from the truth as Planet Earth is from the Sun!
By minimizing SF intake, it is impossible to get enough fat soluble vitamins. A lot of nutrients found in vegetables go to waste if not prepared with fat – and by fat I mean SF, because only saturated fatty acids have the ability to resist heat and thus not oxidize. Moreover, energy provided by fats is long-lasting and does not result in an energy crash. And SF is the most satiating macronutrient of all!"
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I totally agree with this, have been looking at my printouts since diagnosis in April 2008.
November 2008
Total Chol 5.18
Trigs 0.65
HDL 1.62
LDL 3.27
Chol/HDL ratio 2.7
After gradually upping my dietary sat fat intake.
January 2011
Total Chol 5.23
Trigs 0.52
HDL 2.04
LDL 2.95
Chol/HDL ratio 2.6
Bearing in mind if my LDL was directly measured it would be even lower! and as a skinny T2 my calorie intake is substantially higher than your average T2. The majority of these extra cals come from sat fat, so why has my LDL dropped and my HDL risen, cutting the Carbs is the only explanation
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