Dietary Fat is not our enemy.

Yes, you must have a decent amount of fat in your diet in order to maintain hormone levels including testosterone for men. It can screw a lot things up over the long haul if you are not getting enough fat.

I totally agree. I've been learning all this as I go. I'd been cutting out bread and pasta and trying to add protein without fat. But it doesn't work. I'm finding that I need fat. like 25 percent of my diet is fat and I think I need more. My carbs are almost all fruits and veggies. My protein has to be meat, which contains fat. My body fat is actually trimming down since I added more fat to my diet.

I totally agree. I've been learning all this as I go. I'd been cutting out bread and pasta and trying to add protein without fat. But it doesn't work. I'm finding that I need fat. like 25 percent of my diet is fat and I think I need more. My carbs are almost all fruits and veggies. My protein has to be meat, which contains fat. My body fat is actually trimming down since I added more fat to my diet.

I agree. It has been easier to lose on a higher fat diet and my cholesterol and triglycerides have not been negatively impacted either.

So true. So true. Even one step better is to get that animal fat from grass-fed sources but unfortunately that usually consists of forking out some serious dough. (grass-fed animal fat has healthier Omega 3 to Omega 6 ratios). But you can still get regular lard and butter and make sure to get plenty of high O-3 fish and/or take O-3 supplements to help get that balance back.

I eat more fat than any other nutrient and it has helped my weight loss not hindered it. Fat does not make us fat!!! (And a lot of saturated fat). When I eat protein and fat I get full and stay full for hours.

If I eat carbs I just get hunger an hour later.

Just like eating cholesterol does not raise our cholesterol.

My fav article about fat....since we're sharing ^_^
http://www.wordofwisdomliving.com/home/is-fat-a-four-letter-word.html

So should I use butter or olive oil to scramble my eggs?

I love using butter. I've also used coconut oil but butter really makes them tasty.

There is a difference between good fat and bad fat nuts like walnuts and almonds are high in fat but it is good fat. You need good fat in your diet it takes good fat to loose fat.

There is a difference between good fat and bad fat nuts like walnuts and almonds are high in fat but it is good fat. You need good fat in your diet it takes good fat to loose fat.

Saturated fat IS good fat.

There is a difference between good fat and bad fat nuts like walnuts and almonds are high in fat but it is good fat. You need good fat in your diet it takes good fat to loose fat.

Saturated fat IS good fat.

^ This.

Also remember folks, no one is saying go to McDonalds and down 5 cheeseburgers and eat 4 large fries.

If you stick to the .35-.75g of fats INCLUDING Saturated fats like the above poster here says then you are fine.

You know what? I still struggle with this mindset, even though I've read these articles and understand where they are coming from. I just threw out bacon drippings yesterday without a second thought. I'll gravitate towards a food that says low-fat by habit versus an original fat ladened version. I still cook in vegetable oils versus lard or butter. I find it a hard habit to break and a mentality that's been ingrained for so long.

All that being said, I usually end up with more than enough fat in my diet. I think I end up with about 30% fat. All I know is that I used to LOVE the food my mom prepared with bacon fat.

I need to incorporate more of that into my cooking, especially now that I don't have a vegetarian wife to worry about pleasing.

Thank you for this thread.

Today marks my 6th week on MFP. It also marks my best loss to date (6.1lbs) after ONE week following a high fat, moderate protein, moderate carb diet. (40/30/30 respectively) I limited my carbs so I have no more than 100g a day, averaging about 75g a day this week and really cut back on sugar. (averaging about 20g a day this week)

Watch Fat Head - a great, informative documentary teaching you about fat and our unfounded fear of fat and where the real problems and causes of illnesses - all too often associated with fat - really lie.

It is really scary how misinformed so many people were/still are about fat.

P.S: Most days this week have consisted of a breakfast with whole scrambled eggs made with butter! Delish!

Thank you for this thread.

Today marks my 6th week on MFP. It also marks my best loss to date (6.1lbs) after ONE week following a high fat, moderate protein, moderate carb diet. (40/30/30 respectively) I limited my carbs so I have no more than 100g a day, averaging about 75g a day this week and really cut back on sugar. (averaging about 20g a day this week)

Watch Fat Head - a great, informative documentary teaching you about fat and our unfounded fear of fat and where the real problems and causes of illnesses - all too often associated with fat - really lie.

It is really scary how misinformed so many people were/still are about fat.

P.S: Most days this week have consisted of a breakfast with whole scrambled eggs made with butter! Delish!

I have 3 eggs and 4 bacon for breakfast on the days that I eat breakfast (I'm all for intermittent fasting, too!). I have a big salad with lots of meat (usually salmon) for lunch. I douse it with olive or avocado oil - no measuring here! Dinner is usually more yummy meat (when I buy conventional meat I buy lean cuts and douse with coconut oil (or olive or avocado) and more veggies - cooked in butter. I have nuts for snacks - usually a couple ounces of almonds or macadamia nuts.
I stay away from all vegetable oils - their O3/O6 ratios are really bad. And conventional meat has the same skewed ratios due to what they are fed.

I feel better than I have my entire life.

The only problem with fat is that it is calorically dense, and easy too eat too many calories from it. Fat is great for many different reasons. If you goal is weight loss, you still need to eat at a deficit, but eating high % of your diet in fat is good.