[ExI] Eating (Was: Drinking)

[Ben Zaiboc]

"spike" <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

> >... On Behalf Of Ben Zaiboc

> >...It's no paradox that eating fatty food doesn't make
> you fat, and doesn't
> give you heart disease.  You don't have to be French to
> prove it.  You just
> have to stop being scared of dietary fat.  And stop
> taking notice of the
> USDA.  I don't think it's a stretch to say that they
> have actually caused
> the obesity epidemic.  Ben Zaiboc
> 
> 
> 
> Ben I think you are right.  I come at this not from
> understanding diet
> theory, but rather from having stumbled onto an observation
> accidentally. 

[Story ensues]

> I think this trait of craving fat has evolved into
> humans.  If this is
> correct, it explains why so many weight losers fail: the
> dieter attempts a
> diet too low in fat, which creates a persistent craving
> which eventually
> overpowers all reason and the most iron clad
> willpower.  Eons of
> evolution-selected instinct brutally crushes everything in
> its path, up to
> and including the will to live.  
> 
> An alternative would be a relatively high fat but low
> calorie diet: go ahead
> and eat your egg mcmuffin, but have only one.  Then go
> ahead and eat a
> burger, but make it a small one, then stop!  That's it,
> enough calories for
> that day.


That's interesting.  I hadn't really considered the psychological effects of a low-fat diet, but it corresponds to my experience too (or rather that of a friend who is a bit of a 'low-fat' fanatic, and when exercising, especially when training for something like a triathlon, is frequently ravenous).  I'd just add that a high-fat (and especially high-protein) meal actually makes it a lot easier to stop eating.  Amino acids and fatty acids trigger satiation hormones that carbs don't.


Ben Zaiboc