Interesting fat loss articles

[didelydoo]

In my search for various diets, I came across some great articles here - http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/articles/
Particularly this one - http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/how-we-g... - where I lifted the below info from:

Nutrient Intake, Oxidation and Storage.
1.Carbs are rarely converted to fat and stored as such
2.When you eat more carbs you burn more carbs and less fat; eat less carbs and you burn less carbs and more fat
3.Protein is basically never going to be converted to fat and stored as such
4.When you eat more protein, you burn more protein (and by extension, less carbs and less fat); eat less protein and you burn less protein (and by extension, more carbs and more fat)
5.Ingested dietary fat is primarily stored, eating more of it doesn’t impact on fat oxidation to a significant degree
.......
But when you eat more carbs, you burn more carbs and burn less fat. And that’s why even if carbs aren’t directly converted to fat and stored as such, excess carbs can STILL MAKE YOU FAT. Basically, by inhibiting fat oxidation, excess carbs cause you to store all the fat you’re eating without burning any of it off.

Have a read, answered a lot of questions that I've had buzzing around my head for a while.


Edit
This one too - http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cac...

Edited by didelydoo on Tuesday 20th October 13:46

[ATG]

The comments section of the 2nd article is very funny.

[HarryFlatters]

So what you're really saying is that if you eat no carbs or protein, you'll be thin?

Edited by HarryFlatters on Tuesday 20th October 15:57

[Crush]

HarryFlatters said:

So what you're really saying is that if you eat no carbs or protein, you'll be thin?

Edited by HarryFlatters on Tuesday 20th October 15:57

So eat only fat.......I don't fancy milking John Prescott

[OllyMo]

Carbs make you store fat, protein makes you store fat, fat makes you store fat. So what he's saying is just sort your calories out, it doesn't really matter what you're eating? What did you take from it Didley?

Lyle McDonald no doubt knows exactly what he's talking about, but he doesn't half chat some st and make it difficult to work out what he's getting at...

ETA - there is definitely a lot of good stuff on his site if you can be bothered to wade through it and all the vitriol in the comments

[Hoofy]

If fat doesn't become fat, protein doesn't become fat and carbs don't become fat, I guess I can eat what the fk I want and won't become fat either.

[didelydoo]

I find it interesting as to how the body works, and the way things are processed/stored/used for energy and the order/efficiency that these things happen with.

My diet is very high protein and low fat/carb. Works very well for me, but I was interested to find out whether having a higher carb or a higher fat uptake would work better for me. I've concluded that very low fat, slightly higher carb (around training times) seems to be the way to go, so that's what I'll trial.

edit- I didn't bother to read the comments on the site, just the articles - likely as sensible as some on here...

[OllyMo]

Yea the comments sections are interesting...

I find for me that either lowish fat, or low carb works for loss. Or rather, combining fat and carbs in large amounts is best for gaining fat quickly!

[Flibble]

High fat and carbs together is basically ice cream / milkshake. They're pretty good weight gain foods (not least because you can eat a lot of them).