Re: Very low fat versus very low carb diets


runnswim@xxxxxxx (Larry Weisenthal) wrote:
> >>Very interesting but what happens to hair and skin under such tight
> fat restrictions? Can one get an adequate supply of EFAs on a diet
> consisting of 10% total fat? Also, I have a hard time believing that
> the key is dietary fat reduction rather than total calories that is
> responsible for fat loss. Wasn't one of the problems we always heard
> about low-fat diets was that people thought they could eat all the
> low-fat food items they wanted. Sure, they cut out a lot of fat but
> they overate on low-fat foods thereby causing weight gain.<<
>
> I think that the take home message of the last 20 years of diet wars
> and nutrition research is that there is no one size fits all diet plan.
> Like everything else in health and medicine, it (diet) should be
> individualized.
>
> I haven't eaten red meat or other than non-fat dairy since 1971 and
> I've been following a (10% cals as fat) Pritikin Diet since the early
> 1980s. I'm 6', 165 #, which are exactly where I was when I graduated
> from HS in 1965. I've got a full head of hair and nice finger nails
> without the dreaded vertical ridges made famous by Gittelfinger. My
> lipids and other health markers are also just fine. I don't restrict
> calories at all. Just eat what I want, but read labels and hassle
> waiters to make sure that gratuitous butter and/or cream and/or cheese
> doesn't find its way into what I (carefully) order. So it works for
> me.
>
> On the other hand, I got into an argument with this guy who calls
> himself "The Omnivore" and is a proponent of an Atkins-like approach.
> He says that he tried Pritikin and it almost killed him. He says that
> he does great on Atkins. I don't disbelieve him. He was conscientious
> about trying things, and he found out what worked for him.
>
> The nice thing is that we certainly have an abundance of choices.
> There is literally a diet for everyone. I personally don't make the
> claim that an ultra low fat diet is right for everyone, but neither do
> I like it when people claim that carbohydrates are toxic, when I know
> that to be nonsense, at least from the point of view of my own anatomy,
> physiology, and biochemistry.
>
> - larry w

Carbs toxic? I've never heard anyone make that statement. Especially
among low carbers.

Fresh whole food carbs are the absolute bedrock fundamental basis of
good health. As well as good healthy animal fats and proteins from good
healthy well-raised animals.

On the other hand let's look at High Fructose Corn Syrup, refined wheat
flour and sugar.
Can you equivocally say that these three highly processed un-natural
carbs are not toxic, even to some minor degree?

TC

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