Re: How to combine low fat, low sugar, low simple carbohydrates, low oxalate, low purine dietary recommendations. Food shopping. Portions preparations.

On 18 Jan 2007 13:15:42 -0800, "Ron Peterson" <ron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:30:32 GMT, Jim Chinnis <jchinnis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

"Ron Peterson" <ron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in part:

Brains have high levels of omega 3 fatty acids, so they may be a
nutritious food.

They are definitely nutritious.

Yet you clamed they were all fat when they are less than 10% fat?
So what special nutrition are you claiming?

25% of the fatty acids in human gray matter is DHA, an omega 3 fatty
acid. Some fats are essential to human nutrition, namely PUFAs (omega 6
and omega 3).

Not relevant. Jim Chinnis claimed that animal brains were "all fat".
I've just located another book that gives fresh lamb's brains as 7.5%
fat. Go figure!
The only essential FAs are a few milligrams per day of one of the long
chain n3s.

Certainly you have heard that trans fats and saturated fats are harmful
in large amounts.

Everything is harmful in large amounts. Trans-fats are harmful even in
pretty small amounts. The same cannot be said for saturated fats.

But the worst thing is too many calories and the inevitable obesity.
So where would you cut these calories from? Fat intake, if it is above
30% of your caloric intake? That's where the best "bang for the buck"
lies in the calories reduction stakes.

The body burns equal amounts of calories of carbohydrates and fatty
acids when exercising, so it would make more sense to just cut fat
intake to be slightly less than carb intake on a calorie basis. Cut out
the fats that aren't metabolized well such as the trans fats and
saturated fats.

The body burns whatever it is fed, so long as it is not fed excess
energy. If excess is consumed, then whatever is in excess (fat or
glucose converted to fat) will be stored. Since when are trans and sat
fats not metabolised well?

jack
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