A Call for a Low-Carb Diet That Embraces Fat

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  • RockstarWilson
    RockstarWilson Posts: 836 Member
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    Stop getting your information from low-carb gurus that don't understand basic human physiology


    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


    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/how-we-get-fat.html

    So if carbs are rarely stored as fat, when are they? what are the parameters? It is pretty generic the way you copy/pasted it. And if you could, please explain how you perceive the information. In all my sources, I wrote out what I perceived the information to be, and never quoted. People can form their own views about what they read. Copying/pasting doesn't mean anything to me. 2,3,4 reiterate what I said in my post, except the protein was assumed, and I am not completely sure what 5 means...
  • FunkyTobias
    FunkyTobias Posts: 1,776 Member

    Stop getting your information from low-carb gurus that don't understand basic human physiology


    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


    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/how-we-get-fat.html

    So if carbs are rarely stored as fat, when are they? what are the parameters? It is pretty generic the way you copy/pasted it. And if you could, please explain how you perceive the information. In all my sources, I wrote out what I perceived the information to be, and never quoted. People can form their own views about what they read. Copying/pasting doesn't mean anything to me. 2,3,4 reiterate what I said in my post, except the protein was assumed, and I am not completely sure what 5 means...

    Read the article
  • RockstarWilson
    RockstarWilson Posts: 836 Member
    Sorry, im not going to just read the article because you say so. that is not a conversation, and I don't partake in simple requests. I look at articles where people have a take on it and have formed an opinion about it.
  • FunkyTobias
    FunkyTobias Posts: 1,776 Member
    Sorry, im not going to just read the article because you say so. that is not a conversation, and I don't partake in simple requests. I look at articles where people have a take on it and have formed an opinion about it.

    Your questions are all answered in the link. I'm not typing it out for you on my phone because you can't be bothered to click the link.
  • parkscs
    parkscs Posts: 1,639 Member
    Sorry, im not going to just read the article because you say so. that is not a conversation, and I don't partake in simple requests. I look at articles where people have a take on it and have formed an opinion about it.

    The body may store carbs as fat once muscle glycogen stores are fully saturated, but that can take a lot of carbs to reach that point. More often what happens is the body will burn your carbs for energy, use some to replenish glycogen stores as needed (probably not much if you're completely sedentary), burn fat as a secondary source of energy and store any excess dietary fat you're consuming. Eating lots of carbs can cause your body to store more fat if it puts you into a caloric surplus because it doesn't need to burn as much fat as a secondary source of energy, but even then it's almost always storing the fat, not the carbs.

    But ultimately, it doesn't so much matter unless you're dong something like a carb cycling routine and trying to avoid fat gain during carb refeeds - which the vast majority of people do not need to worry about. What matters more is that you find a way to fuel your exercise, if applicable, and that you create a caloric deficit over time if your goal is to lose weight. But seriously, go read the article - Lyle knows what he's talking about. If you're doing a ketogenic diet, you should read his book on the subject.
  • RockstarWilson
    RockstarWilson Posts: 836 Member
    Thank you for the information. I am actually looking at getting some books for this diet, so I can read about it. I will check it out. I do plan on doing anaerobic exercises with weights, but I am going to educate myself first. I know nothing about lifting (i.e. intervals, maxouts, sectionals etc). But I want to make sure I know all about what I want to do. I plan to do it for the next three to four months, up through my Spartan Sprint in December in Malibu.

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