Eating too much fat?

The person who said your brain needs fat was wrong. The brain uses sugar. That's all it can use. Sugar is what fuels the brain.

This is so wrong it's almost funny.

Why don't you share your extensive knowledge of physiology with me.

Go ahead and use the big words. I'll try to keep up.

I am more interested in your evidence that the brain only uses sugar.

Go to a library. Pick up a book on Physiology. Read.

You'll learn all you want to know about how the brain uses glucose and how when the body runs out - like if you were starving - it will send messages out to the rest of the body and things will start being converted. The liver and gluconeogensis are particularly fascinating. To me, anyway.

If you're looking for Internet stuff, you'll need to do it on your own. Google.

Listen. I realize you mean glucose, but calling it "sugar" isn't exactly helpful. If you find one single scholarly source that says "sugar" my bad.

Glucose is a sugar.

If you just want to fight on the Internet, I'll concede that you're always right and much smarter than me and we need never get into it again. I have no interest in that silliness.

If you genuinely have an interest in these things - and why everyone doesn't, I don't know because it's fascinating! - the library has textbooks available to read for free! You don't even have to pay for a class and $500 for the textbook set. I hear they're going for about $500 now, I don't know.

Glucose is ONE TYPE of sugar. There's also sucrose, lactose and a whole bunch of other OSE's that the brain DOES NOT use, so it's perfectly fair to point out that your statement lacked precision in a similar way to the statement of the brains' using fat, no the organ itself does not use fatty acids as a direct fuel source, but given that lipids are readily converted by the body into usable fuel, it is in fact *using* fat as a fuel.

Thanks, but I used to teach the class, I got all my textbooks for free that way.

On a college level? Where did you teach? I understand if you don't want to say. But if you do, cool.

Did you major in A&P?

Do I know you?

Most of us are not professional nutritionists or doctors but we can share our experiences and what has worked or not worked for us. Without entering into metabolic pathway and philosophical discussions on how our body reacts to food types, ratios and food combinations. Whether "low fat foods" are loaded with stabilisers, sweeteners (natural and artificial) etc....

Top level - having a higher fat % and lower sodium as you have in general principles described - this is fine and if you find supportive of your goals and you have increased energy and vibrancy for life - then keep doing what is working.

My general rule for a product is that if it looks like it was cooked up in a laboratory with numbers and names that look like another language then these are less natural and personally I would consider limiting these.

The person who said your brain needs fat was wrong. The brain uses sugar. That's all it can use. Sugar is what fuels the brain.

This is so wrong it's almost funny.

Why don't you share your extensive knowledge of physiology with me.

Go ahead and use the big words. I'll try to keep up.

I am more interested in your evidence that the brain only uses sugar.

Go to a library. Pick up a book on Physiology. Read.

You'll learn all you want to know about how the brain uses glucose and how when the body runs out - like if you were starving - it will send messages out to the rest of the body and things will start being converted. The liver and gluconeogensis are particularly fascinating. To me, anyway.

If you're looking for Internet stuff, you'll need to do it on your own. Google.

Listen. I realize you mean glucose, but calling it "sugar" isn't exactly helpful. If you find one single scholarly source that says "sugar" my bad.

Glucose is a sugar.

If you just want to fight on the Internet, I'll concede that you're always right and much smarter than me and we need never get into it again. I have no interest in that silliness.

If you genuinely have an interest in these things - and why everyone doesn't, I don't know because it's fascinating! - the library has textbooks available to read for free! You don't even have to pay for a class and $500 for the textbook set. I hear they're going for about $500 now, I don't know.

Fight on the internet? No. I just hate to see people try to correct misinformation with really wobbly terminology that could easily confuse somebody without more education. If you are as well studied as you are trying to portray yourself, you know that glucose is a type of sugar that differs from other sugars in significant ways and those differences are critical when talking about the brain.

I don't think it's critical to get deep down into detailed stuff. You might. I don't. We discuss all kinds of things here with very Broad terms and that's cool. If you want to be uber-detailed in all your responses because you think it's critical, go for it.

I do not say that I'm "well studied" or well-read. I have said this many times: The only people who consider me well-read are people who aren't. That's the truth. I've argued this endlessly with friends. The definition of "well-read" seems to vary as much as the definition of "clean eating."

I am not what I'd consider "well-read."

The person who said your brain needs fat was wrong. The brain uses sugar. That's all it can use. Sugar is what fuels the brain.

This is so wrong it's almost funny.

Why don't you share your extensive knowledge of physiology with me.

Go ahead and use the big words. I'll try to keep up.

I am more interested in your evidence that the brain only uses sugar.

Go to a library. Pick up a book on Physiology. Read.

You'll learn all you want to know about how the brain uses glucose and how when the body runs out - like if you were starving - it will send messages out to the rest of the body and things will start being converted. The liver and gluconeogensis are particularly fascinating. To me, anyway.

If you're looking for Internet stuff, you'll need to do it on your own. Google.

You need to step back and stop this garbage. Glucose is one of the fuels to the brain. Preferred fuel for brain is Beta hydroxy butarate.

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The person who said your brain needs fat was wrong. The brain uses sugar. That's all it can use. Sugar is what fuels the brain.

This is so wrong it's almost funny.

Why don't you share your extensive knowledge of physiology with me.

Go ahead and use the big words. I'll try to keep up.

I am more interested in your evidence that the brain only uses sugar.

Go to a library. Pick up a book on Physiology. Read.

You'll learn all you want to know about how the brain uses glucose and how when the body runs out - like if you were starving - it will send messages out to the rest of the body and things will start being converted. The liver and gluconeogensis are particularly fascinating. To me, anyway.

If you're looking for Internet stuff, you'll need to do it on your own. Google.

Listen. I realize you mean glucose, but calling it "sugar" isn't exactly helpful. If you find one single scholarly source that says "sugar" my bad.

Glucose is a sugar.

If you just want to fight on the Internet, I'll concede that you're always right and much smarter than me and we need never get into it again. I have no interest in that silliness.

If you genuinely have an interest in these things - and why everyone doesn't, I don't know because it's fascinating! - the library has textbooks available to read for free! You don't even have to pay for a class and $500 for the textbook set. I hear they're going for about $500 now, I don't know.

Fight on the internet? No. I just hate to see people try to correct misinformation with really wobbly terminology that could easily confuse somebody without more education. If you are as well studied as you are trying to portray yourself, you know that glucose is a type of sugar that differs from other sugars in significant ways and those differences are critical when talking about the brain.

I don't think it's critical to get deep down into detailed stuff. You might. I don't. We discuss all kinds of things here with very Broad terms and that's cool. If you want to be uber-detailed in all your responses because you think it's critical, go for it.

I do not say that I'm "well studied" or well-read. I have said this many times: The only people who consider me well-read are people who aren't. That's the truth. I've argued this endlessly with friends. The definition of "well-read" seems to vary as much as the definition of "clean eating."

I am not what I'd consider "well-read."

I said you try to portray yourself as such, not that I thought you were.

Details. Pesky details.

OP, I think You've gotten some good feedback. Many people find that MFP sets their protein/fat too low and their carbs really high. You can alter the ratios, just do what works best for you.

Thank you!

This is helpful.

OP, addressing your initial question - don't worry too much about going over a bit on protein or fat...
Suggested reading:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819925-the-basics-don-t-complicate-it

The person who said your brain needs fat was wrong. The brain uses sugar. That's all it can use. Sugar is what fuels the brain.

This is so wrong it's almost funny.

Why don't you share your extensive knowledge of physiology with me.

Go ahead and use the big words. I'll try to keep up.

I am more interested in your evidence that the brain only uses sugar.

Go to a library. Pick up a book on Physiology. Read.

You'll learn all you want to know about how the brain uses glucose and how when the body runs out - like if you were starving - it will send messages out to the rest of the body and things will start being converted. The liver and gluconeogensis are particularly fascinating. To me, anyway.

If you're looking for Internet stuff, you'll need to do it on your own. Google.

Listen. I realize you mean glucose, but calling it "sugar" isn't exactly helpful. If you find one single scholarly source that says "sugar" my bad.

^This, believe it or not there are several people on this site who are *somewhat* familiar with physiology...

^^This

Gluconeogenesis is real.

What's your position on unicorns?

I'm on a ketogenic diet of 60% fats, 35% proteins, and 5% carbs. It's been working out well for me.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aiHSPoto_YqsNTDvL-g60nytMnyH-CJcCbiAx1IEUYM/edit - Keto in a nutshell.

The person who said your brain needs fat was wrong. The brain uses sugar. That's all it can use. Sugar is what fuels the brain.

This is so wrong it's almost funny.

You should see how much fat I eat in a day. Fats are good for you. Even better when you do low carb, like I am.