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    Polyunsaturated Fat Addiction

    Posts: 21,219 Member
    edited February 2 in Chit-Chat
    I am addicted to polyunsaturated fats. Has anyone else been through this? What can I do to overcome my addiction?

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    • Posts: 21,219 Member
      I really need to know because fat makes us fat and having a fat addiction is like the worst thing every!
    • Posts: 871 Member
      Start eating sugars instead of polyunsat fats.
    • Posts: 3,038 Member
      Substitute with saturated fats!?
    • Posts: 23 Member
      Moar butter!
    • Posts: 123 Member
      Deactivate and go home. All is lost.
    • Posts: 169 Member
      I'm guessing you're addicted to nuts, right? Who isn't? Counting out the individual nuts before eating them just seems wrong but if I don't I'll eat a whole bag of them. So here's the distraction I use: eat dry roasted edamame instead. They are low in fats, high in protein, and they kinda almost go down like I'm eating peanuts. It's not the same, really, but it's close enough that I can live with it. And they are really pretty good and very healthy. Good luck!
    • Posts: 3,037 Member
      Substitute with saturated fats!?

      This. (and no, I am not joking)
    • Posts: 871 Member
      I'm guessing you're addicted to nuts, right? Who isn't? Counting out the individual nuts before eating them just seems wrong but if I don't I'll eat a whole bag of them. So here's the distraction I use: eat dry roasted edamame instead. They are low in fats, high in protein, and they kinda almost go down like I'm eating peanuts. It's not the same, really, but it's close enough that I can live with it. And they are really pretty good and very healthy. Good luck!

      At 3.3g of polyunsaturated fat per cup you are hardly helping her addiction.
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      At 3.3g of polyunsaturated fat per cup you are hardly helping his addiction.

      Her.
    • Posts: 14 Member
      The use of fats and how valuable they are to weight loss depends upon your lifestyle and eating habits. I am on a Keto Plan. I eat 65% of my calories from FAT! However, I do not eat just butter - we eat olive oil, coconut oil, and other "good" fats as well. Eating a balance of fats will help your body metabolize fat more quickly, as well as heal your no doubt highly damaged intestines.

      50 Pounds down since April 24th, 2013 - 35 to go...I lose about 8 pounds a month on an average and am NEVER hungry lol...check out my profile if you like.
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      Her.

      Sorry
      her addiction*
    • Posts: 847 Member
      This, this is amusing :)
    • Posts: 17,299 Member
      Tomatoes
    • Posts: 4,584 Member
      sub in cauliflower.
      ...then sub the cauliflower with air.
      ...then sub air with ketones.
    • Posts: 1,253 Member
      I am addicted to polyunsaturated fats. Has anyone else been through this? What can I do to overcome my addiction?

      You probably have a behavioral addiction, not a physiological addiction to a specific chemical.
    • Posts: 403 Member
      I really need to know because fat makes us fat and having a fat addiction is like the worst thing every!

      Fat does not make you fat.
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      Fat does not make you fat.

      Oh, I wish that were true.
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      At 3.3g of polyunsaturated fat per cup you are hardly helping his addiction.

      Dry Roasted Edamame = 3.0 g fat per 23 grams
      Peanuts = 22.0 g fat per 100 grams

      EDIT: Ooops. I had my units wrong. Looks like these are closer than I thought, though edamame is still half the fat.
    • Posts: 7,512 Member
      MMMMMM fat...yes I agree add more butter and lard

      Youre probably low in butyric and stearic fatty acids
    • Posts: 3,038 Member
      Salt everything. That will make it taste good so you won't miss the fats.
    • Posts: 21,219 Member
      Bump?!? The sugar thread got all the attention and I have a huge problem here.
    • Posts: 871 Member
      Polyunsaturated fat causes diabetes
    • Posts: 14,025 Member
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      Fat does not make you fat.

      *shakes his belly* Um, well it sure as hell doesn't make me look skinny.
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