I am pretty new to this, and understand that dietary fat will not create an insulin response. Hence, Dr Fung has said that a "bulletproof coffee" "fast" (a couple cups a day, to prevent hunger) will not reduce the...
I’ve seen a minimum of 20% of total calories from fat from many sources. Where does this number come from?
I was listening to the Stronger by Science podcast, and Eric Trexler recommended Sigma Nutrition's three part series about dietary fat, cholesterol, and CVD risk. It's the most thorough outline on this topic that I've seen, so I thought I'd...
Does getting a certain amount of dietary fat even matter? Would a normal healthy individual just be better off using those calories for more carbohydrate loading and protein intake, and just making sure They get their daily serving of flax...
Does your body get its fat soluble vitamins and omega 3s and 6s from your adipose tissue when fasting? Or does it just turn adipose tissue into ATP and survive without essential fats for the duration of fasting. Only scientific...
From what I have read, the fat in nuts in general has been found to be good for you. https://i.imgur.com/EyE3opX.jpg
Can someone eat as much of this as they want? The tub Contains 7 servings (100 calories with 0 fat, 6 grams of carbs, & 18g protein).
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Please help me make sense of this. My understanding has been that a food’s total fat content is the sum of saturated fat, unsaturated fat, and cholesterol. If this is true, then Oreos (7g total fat, 2g saturated fat, 0mg...
Sour cream with 18% fat costs 1€ and sour cream with 30% fat costs 2€. I thought the former is healthier because less saturated fat = lower risk of cardiovascular disease, but then why is it cheaper? Why would people...
Is there a difference in the way the body processes these? I know that a processed carb is processed much faster than a whole carb that still contains its original fiber and such. I was wondering if the same concept...
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Does your body get its fat soluble vitamins and omega 3s and 6s from your adipose tissue when fasting? Or does it just turn triglycerides into calories and survive without essential fats for the duration of fasting?
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Usual daily requirements I've seen is 1-4g total fish oil intake with smth like 250-1000mg EPA + 125-500mg DHA. In my understanding we need diatery fat for its essentials fats thus In my understanding large dosage of fishoil can substitute...
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If you eat 1700 calories a day, but consume 200% of the daily fat value are you likely to gain weight? Trying to understand the daily % to calorie correlation. Thank you
So everyone has fat What do people mean
Does anyone have any experience with dry fasting getting rid of back fat? I have a lot. It’s a big embarrassment for me.
I have some fat all over my body I want to lose, never done a real fast before but is it healthy to fast for me if i’m not overweight? also tips for fasting bc I get horrible cravings
Its so confusing, so please advice which cut is the lowest fat: Chuck, Hanger, Skirt, Flank, Tenderloin ? May i know how many calories/fat per 100g? Thanks all!
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I am curious how Coco stands up nutrient wise to beef tallow etc. which known to be high in vitamins. I am not saying either is "healthy", just merely asking how they are different. For example I know Lauric Acid...
so, using the calories in calories out law, if you are consuming more calories than you need, then you will definitely gain weight, and the other way around is weight loss. if one person is consuming high amounts of carbohydrates, as...
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[EPG](https://www.epogee.com/the-technology) is a fat replacement that contains 0.7 cal/g instead of 9cal/g, they claim that there are no side effects, which to me sounds too good to be true
Is a low carb, high protein diet truly effective? Every website seems to say something different.
So I know that saturated & trans fat are the worst, but please help us understand this: if someone has unsalted nuts which the says “15g fat [2g saturated, 0 trans], then what about the other 13g fat??? What exactly...
How much of fat( butter or heavy cream)break your fast… 1 tablespoon or 2 tablespoon ?????
I've heard that you need fat to aid in the digestion of other foods. If a food has very little fat, should some be added? Also would the same go for adding protein?
Considering joining for the support. I'm down around 30lbs but have stalled out. Fasting and low carb/ high fat working, then I get sloppy. Going to be on steroids for awhile, so that is an added dimension causing me problems....
Related questions: - Are eggs a good source of fat? - Is it good to have multiple sources of fat or is it fine to stick to one? - Does not eating enough fat lead to health issues, particularly regarding the brain?
It seems to me that my main focus should be getting the correct calories and protein in for the day, and that counting the fat and carb gram macros to the recommendations aren't as important. Is this correct? I figure...
My understanding is fat burning happens when your insulin is at a lower level and your body depletes all it's glycogen. Let's say you do cardio when you start your fast, will this increase the amount of time you'll be...
Is it true that you lose 2 pounds of fat everyday when you dry fast? I am 250 pounds so will i be able to lose 10 pounds of fat in 5 days of dry fasting?
A friend said I should be careful for saturated fat or some kind of fat, because it never leaves youre body, and stays in youre veins.
I want to lose fat fast! I'm 5'11.5 and 250lb I need to get like to 180lb.
It seems that coconut meat has quite a lot of saturated fat in it (approximately 11 grams per 1/3 cup). Yet you do not generally hear advice to limit coconut. Is it more complicated than it seems?
I few summers ago, I did 18:6 and that seemed to work really well. Would that be the best ratio?
Is this normal? A&P covered how dietary cholesterol has little to no effect on cholesterol levels in the body meanwhile majority of the nutrition courses I took taught that it does have a major role in raising cholesterol. Why so...
When we work out and lose weight, our fat cells shrink but are still there. Does dry fasting really dehydrate the cell to the point of it's death and subsequent removal or is this a myth?
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Found some organic avocado oil from avohass.com that claims monounsaturated fats help absorb water soluble nutrients. How true is this since it seems like no one really brings up how to increase the absorption of water soluble vitamins.
I have two weeks vacation coming up and I want to start IF and be finished fat adaptation by the time I return to my construction job, so I'm not all weak at work. I did IF with a 20:4 window...
Im looking for high fat foods and meals, healthy and un healthy for research.
Hi, what is the longest you can fast for to not loosing your muscle? Also, can I do weight training during that time?
I've often heard that Duck is actually quite lean, if you remove the skin and visible fat. Is that true?
Is one really healthier than the other?
For women in general, is this considered too high? What does the science say is the top amount of saturated fat a woman should consume daily?
If I load my body with litres of water is that going to impact my ability to burn fat vs not having much water and being able to lose fat quicker? I just don’t want to load and bloat myself on...
From reading previous posts, people lose around 10+ lbs on 3 day dry fast and 20+ lbs on 7 days dry fast. How much weight do they regain after refeeding just from the water weight they initially lost? How much...
Just learned about Brown Fat this morning … a friend described it perfectly to me: Brown fat burns calories. White fat just sits there looking like hail damage.
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Before I get downvoted to hell, i just want to see if y’all noticed any benefits with a low vs high carb diet. Of course this comes with the assumption that it’s minimally processed and full of variety, not a...
The Fastic app says fat burning happens from 11-14 hours after your last meal, and then ketosis kicks in from 14-16 hours after. Does the fat burning stop during ketosis? I’m just a little confused about what exactly is happening....
I read that oat milk is very environment-friendly and easy to make at home. But it is not very nutritious in terms of protein and (essential)fats. How do you solve this? Or do you even solve this? (PS: I can’t seem...
I've bought cheese that says 33% fat in dry matter. The nutrients are: 9g fat, 4g carbohydrates and 20g protein. Wouldn't this be 9/33 ≈ 27% fat?
So recently i’ve been thinking about eating healthier for a change. Today I went to the store and bought chobani 0% greek yogurt and i regret it. I read online that you shouldn’t get 0% and full fat for better...
It's very frustrating. I usually just assume if it doesn't specify, it is insoluble. Is this usually a safe bet?
I'm wondering how different types of fat are stored in a human body, and how these fats are lost as part of a weight loss regime. Let's say that I am fat, and my fat consists of some mix of...
I’m 200 lbs currently (5’9 male), 4 days into a fast. Feeling great. Anyways my main question is how much belly fat, just fat off my midsection in general can I expect to lose the longer I go into this...
I'm interested in ways to trigger fat burning and/or how to increase metabolism.
Just listened to a podcast with Dr Fung and he said that between 24h and 36h fasting you burn protein and after 36h you start burning body fat. What do I burn during the first 24h fast then?
Okay, so apparently, BMR is how much calories your body burns while at rest. And a pound of fat is about 3500 calories. So if I have a BMR of about 1300 (used BMR instead of TDEE just to be...
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I'm confused on this. Is it simple once your glycogen tank is past capacity (8000 calories i've heard) then it becomes fat? If not when you maintain say 4000, do you still put on body fat in other processes?
I looked up too much discussions about low or moderate fat subjects, but can't find any scientifical explanation about essential fat acids. Are they usable from body fat or must we take fat daily? I need an explanation about fat...
I’m quite new to counting macros, and cannot seem to find a clear answer on this lol. I know guidelines are 20-35% of calories,but then the amount of fat would differ between a 900 cal vs 500 cal meal right? I...
Need some guidance
What’s up y’all, in your experience what’s the quickest way to get fat adapted? I’m tweaking my diet soon and would love to hear some advice on this. Thanks!
Everyone always says "fat has 9 Cal per gram, carbohydrates and proteine have 4" but is it exactly 9 and 4? If for example you have eaten in a day 60 grams of fat, 190 of CHs and 140 of...
It’s been working for me because I also pair it with a calorie deficit. But I can’t tell if it’s the OMAD alone or the calorie deficit that is helping me to lose weight. I do realize the longer you...
As we now know, dietary cholesterol isn’t as bad as we thought it is 10+ years ago. Especially for healthy & active individual there seems to be no upper limit that would cause problems. ...
I am doing somewhere between 16 and 18 hours of fasting most days. The zero app tells me I'm in fat burning after 16 hours, but thats a generic time. How would I know if my metabolism is slow and...
I am almost 3 weeks into my weight loss journey. I was not very fat to start off with, but I have most of the fat at stomach and thighs. I do IF 15:9 and try to consume around 600-700...
Hi everyone, I started my IF journey roughly a month ago and since I don't have that much weight to lose but struggle with very stubborn belly fat and thighs, I thought it might be motivating to measure body fat. I've heard...
is it better for overall health to eat nonfat varieties plus added fats OR full fat (without fat added)? how about for weight loss? have studies shown that those eating the full fat or nonfat varieties maintain their weight over time?...
Hello. As I am at chapter 19 of the book. If this comes up in the Appendix B let me know that i hsvent gotten far enough in the book. However, in Chapter 19 Fung mentions that...
So I’m currently only consuming 1300 calories a day with a goal of 30 grams of fat a day as well. If I remain within the 1300 calorie goal but go over the 30 grams of fat I am allowed...
I am trying to find foods that are nutrient-dense, low in calories, and high in fat.
At 12am today I started a 24hr dryfast… I failed to complete it.😞 My SW was 238lb and Ending weight was 234lb around 9:40 I drunk water and ate yet when I measured my weight I was only 325.6lb… Did I...
Whenever healthy fats are talked about, it is usually avocados, nuts, nut butters, avocado oil, seeds, eggs, fatty fish, yoghurt, heck even *olive oil.* But no one seems to talk about just... straight up olives? Is it because they're actually not...
How much fat will i lose in 10 days no food just water and exercise i want to look like a shredded cunt veins
I have a goal and need to reach it (or get very close to it) by september, I want to lower my body fat percentage, but I need to gain muscle and strength. Given my deadline I don’t have time...
How much trans fat are in Avocados?
I've bought cheese that says 33% fat in dry matter. The nutrients are: 9g fat, 4g carbohydrates and 20g protein. Wouldn't this be 9/33 ≈ 27% fat? The original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/nutrition/comments/wmijy9/confusion_with_fat_content_in_cream_cheese/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share This is driving me insane.
Seen a recurring theme that saturated fat and sugar can be some of the biggest problems- food wise. So I'm curious to ask- what do you all think of Chobani yogurt? Thanks
Can anyone please explain to me the math used for Saturated Fat %DV on food labels? For example, one serving of Quorn Meatless Pieces is 1g Saturated Fat with 3% DV, yet one serving of Fage 5% Milkfat Greek...
so is coconut something we should avoid or what
I just noticed grapes have fat content. Where is the fat coming from?