Do you feel better on a high/moderate fat or low fat diet?
By low fat I'm thinking something lower than 15-10% fat by calories and most likely high in carbohydrates.
By high/moderate fat I'm thinking something around 20%+ fat by calories and most likely low in carbohydrates.
By feeling better I mean you feel like you have more energy, better mood, no brain fog, less pain, etc.
I'm also thinking long term, like say being low fat or high/moderate fat for greater than say 2 weeks.
Do you feel better on a high/moderate fat or low fat diet?
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HIGH FAT, low carbs works best for me. I get fats from meats and seafoods and don't use dairy milk, butters, or cheeses anymore. I'm a carnivore by default.... what other choice do some of us have?
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Joanna
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Hi Mike!
Higher fat and protein and lower carbs work best for me. This is totally opposite from the 12 years that I was a vegetarian before the MC hit.
The fats that I try to eat are from olive, canola, and walnut oil, nuts, fish, etc.
Love,
Polly
Higher fat and protein and lower carbs work best for me. This is totally opposite from the 12 years that I was a vegetarian before the MC hit.
The fats that I try to eat are from olive, canola, and walnut oil, nuts, fish, etc.
Love,
Polly
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Mike
I have never kept any statistics on the fat content of my diet. Any meal is about two thirds vegetables and fruit and one third semi lean protein. In other words the once a week that I eat barbecued chicken I don’t take the skin off. The oily fish like salmon works best for me and I eat lots of it. I always add a few teaspoons of olive oil, the only oil I use, to the steamed vegetables at the end of the cooking. I eat pork and look for the cuts that are somewhere in the mid range of visible fat. After cooking if it looks like more fat than I want I just cut it off. When I make chicken soup I pull off all the skins and after the soup has cooled remove as much of the fat as I can using a fat separator. I regularly take fish oil supplements. It really has made a difference in dry skin. A real problem for me in the high Colorado desert.
If their is any category I would say lots of tolerated vegetables and more protein than I used to eat works best for me. In that I eat no processed food at all bad fats are not a large concern.
Hope this helps
Matthew
I have never kept any statistics on the fat content of my diet. Any meal is about two thirds vegetables and fruit and one third semi lean protein. In other words the once a week that I eat barbecued chicken I don’t take the skin off. The oily fish like salmon works best for me and I eat lots of it. I always add a few teaspoons of olive oil, the only oil I use, to the steamed vegetables at the end of the cooking. I eat pork and look for the cuts that are somewhere in the mid range of visible fat. After cooking if it looks like more fat than I want I just cut it off. When I make chicken soup I pull off all the skins and after the soup has cooled remove as much of the fat as I can using a fat separator. I regularly take fish oil supplements. It really has made a difference in dry skin. A real problem for me in the high Colorado desert.
If their is any category I would say lots of tolerated vegetables and more protein than I used to eat works best for me. In that I eat no processed food at all bad fats are not a large concern.
Hope this helps
Matthew
Try to use organic meats and fowl which tend to be sort of light to moderate in fat content, if you'd like to put that category on here.
I like these due to the much higher percentage of essential fatty acids in addition to the other health benefits. Just use a tiny bit of Macadamia Nut oil for cooking, and occasional dribbles of a good olive oil on something, like spagetti, for example.
I do have a habit of snacking on chips of one kind or another, but I try to get the reduced fat version of the chips whenever I can, and of course, limit the size of the portions. The brands I use don't use transfats, by the way.
My overall health would probably benefit from dividing all that I eat up into several smaller feedings, but it's just easier to eat one small meal in the morning, and another big one late in the afternoon, and be done with it, at least for this particular time, although I will try to improve things a bit when summer's over.
Main thing that makes me feel better is to eat a variety of veggies regularly in bigger portions of my plate, taking the place of the starchy vegetables or bread that are often said to be ideal, and making it less likely that I will eat too much meat/fowl. This is what I do when I cook at home.
At a restaurant (we have few left that I trust) I will eat lots of rice, or a baked potato.
Yours, Luce
I like these due to the much higher percentage of essential fatty acids in addition to the other health benefits. Just use a tiny bit of Macadamia Nut oil for cooking, and occasional dribbles of a good olive oil on something, like spagetti, for example.
I do have a habit of snacking on chips of one kind or another, but I try to get the reduced fat version of the chips whenever I can, and of course, limit the size of the portions. The brands I use don't use transfats, by the way.
My overall health would probably benefit from dividing all that I eat up into several smaller feedings, but it's just easier to eat one small meal in the morning, and another big one late in the afternoon, and be done with it, at least for this particular time, although I will try to improve things a bit when summer's over.
Main thing that makes me feel better is to eat a variety of veggies regularly in bigger portions of my plate, taking the place of the starchy vegetables or bread that are often said to be ideal, and making it less likely that I will eat too much meat/fowl. This is what I do when I cook at home.
At a restaurant (we have few left that I trust) I will eat lots of rice, or a baked potato.
Yours, Luce
Hi Mike. I've always eaten lots of protein, veggies and not a lot of catbs - so I guess I prefer a moderate fat diet.
A recent article in "Digestive Health Matters" suggests that fats can actually help with diarrhea since they slow the digestive process. They caution, however, about any rich emulsions such as liquid nutritional supplements as they can trigger a reaction (I could not tolerate Ensure or EnsurePlus).
Love,
Carole.
A recent article in "Digestive Health Matters" suggests that fats can actually help with diarrhea since they slow the digestive process. They caution, however, about any rich emulsions such as liquid nutritional supplements as they can trigger a reaction (I could not tolerate Ensure or EnsurePlus).
Love,
Carole.
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I didn't vote, because I don't really know how much fat I get, but I could pretty much cut and paste Mike's post and use it. That would be my ideal diet. In reality, I don't eat as many vegetables, and more potatoes.
Love, Marsha the carnivore
Love, Marsha the carnivore