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Sunday, August 23. 2020

Why you have to eat fats to gain strength

Fat Will Help You Get In The Best Shape Of Your Life: Here's How


To lose body fat, low carbs is the way to go. But the age-old notion that eating fats and oils makes people fat is nonsense. 


Believe it or not, there is a thing called "Rabbit Starvation." You can starve to death on a diet of rabbit meat. 


Best nutritional summary I've been able to come up with, applying to most active, exercising people: To lose body fat, low carbs. To gain muscle mass (heavy weights often, ie 4 hrs/wk): lots of all foods 5 times daily.  To gain general Fitness for Life (with 2 days of cardio, 2 days of calis, and 2 days of heavy): 5 small meals/day - 2 of them being snacks like yoghurt and nuts, or half a sandwich), with plenty of protein. If too scrawny, hit the weights for 6 months and eat all you can. Nothing wrong with a Big Mac and Fries with a beer if that's your goal. Nutrition has to be in sync with your goals. 


Posted by Dr. Joy Bliss in Physical Fitness at 14:21 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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One way to look at fats is that they are the oil that keeps the motor running. No oil and a motor locks up.
#1 Gringo on 2020-08-23 15:04 (Reply)
...except that your body is not an engine. In fact your body's internal lubricants are all water based.

Unlike many, i actually read.the books by Taubes that started.this fad.

Unfortunately tbat was after i followed the buzz and "ate all the fat i wanted" while lifting weights and doing light cardio - and suffered a "mild" heart attack with resulting stent.

Sorry but:
1. For 1st worlders without genetic greyhound metabolisms there is no such thing as weight loss without dietary restriction. It is all too easy to out-eat any exercise program unless you're a professional athlete, dancer, or fitness trainer. When you actually look at the studies Taubes cites, the sample diets are spartan.

2. One of Taubes' main points is that the hormonal feedback cycles that signal satiaety no longer work in overweight people. That means that people who got fat in the way Taubes describes are going to overeat fat just like they've been overeating carbs. In fact Taubes prescribes a rather spartan "induction" diet and describes a.similar "reset" phase in similar diet regimens.

3. Taubes has the integrity to admit that we don't yet know all there.is to know about cholesterol/fat metabolism and heart disease. After following Dr. Internet and surviving a heart attack, i am less flip and dismissive of these possible connections than many laypeople touting oversimplified versions of Taubes" work.

It was an eye opener to finally embark on a serious weight loss program after the heart attack. To actually log and weigh my food to match the sample diets cited by Taubes and others.

Read The Books.
#2 Ben david on 2020-08-23 16:23 (Reply)
It isn't what you eat it is more about what you do and your genetics. We need fat but not too much. We need protein but not too much and we need carbs. But your body doesn't know or care where they come from UNLESS you have a genetic problem. You can body build eating McDonalds and beer or eating a typical American diet. Most diets are fad, someone's "brilliant" idea that they then build a story around to justify/prove it. It is pure BS. If your mom or dad were fat then you probably will be too. If your parents died early of a heart attack more than likely you will to. If your parents are diabetic than more than likely you will be too.

Dietary cholesterol doesn't cause heart disease it is genetics that creates high cholesterol. If you have cholesterol numbers in excess of 300 mg/dL you are in deep trouble but it is genetic and you can't 'fix' it by diet. If you have normal cholesterol numbers then you can eat anything you want and you cannot get to 300 mg/dL.

Most serious weight lifters and almost all serious body builders get there through the wonders of chemistry and not diet.
#3 OneGuy on 2020-08-23 18:00 (Reply)
with respect to rabbit starvation, watch for a laugh

https://youtu.be/joashcRwlp0
#4 Brother John on 2020-08-23 21:28 (Reply)

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