I eat OK (I tend to cook chillis and currys using sauces, a couple vegetables/pulsars and meat), however I exercise at least 3 times a week (games of football [soccer], run, squash, climbing etc). I also drink a few pints of water or cordial a day. Recently I've been cutting down on my sugars in the hope of slightly more sustained energy levels and it does seem to have had a small effect. Although I'm still only 20 and have a fast metabolism the only thing that really scares me is saturated fat, because I can't really exercise it away. Otherwise as long as you're reasonable (not eating fast-food all the time) I don't see it being a huge problem.
Please, let's get rid of the saturated fat bogeyman:
This is the part conventional “wisdom” doesn’t get: saturated fat in the diet doesn’t directly translate to saturated fats in the blood. It’s all how it’s metabolized. Saturated fat levels in the blood are influenced by the prevalence of carbs in the diet and the subsequent carb-generated lipogenesis process. -- http://www.marksdailyapple.com/saturated-fat/
Thanks for this information, I had assumed the low-carb diets I'd heard a lot of US people were eating were some form of Atkins diet aimed at just losing weight. Clearly I stand corrected.
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I eat OK (I tend to cook chillis and currys using sauces, a couple vegetables/pulsars and meat), however I exercise at least 3 times a week (games of football [soccer], run, squash, climbing etc). I also drink a few pints of water or cordial a day. Recently I've been cutting down on my sugars in the hope of slightly more sustained energy levels and it does seem to have had a small effect. Although I'm still only 20 and have a fast metabolism the only thing that really scares me is saturated fat, because I can't really exercise it away. Otherwise as long as you're reasonable (not eating fast-food all the time) I don't see it being a huge problem.
Please, let's get rid of the saturated fat bogeyman:
This is the part conventional “wisdom” doesn’t get: saturated fat in the diet doesn’t directly translate to saturated fats in the blood. It’s all how it’s metabolized. Saturated fat levels in the blood are influenced by the prevalence of carbs in the diet and the subsequent carb-generated lipogenesis process. -- http://www.marksdailyapple.com/saturated-fat/
Thanks for this information, I had assumed the low-carb diets I'd heard a lot of US people were eating were some form of Atkins diet aimed at just losing weight. Clearly I stand corrected.