I was diagnosed with type 2 due to cancer treatment. "cancer drug treatment induced diabetes" I am struggling to hold any weight while sticking yo low Carb diet. Tried usual stuff
I thought fats did not cause weight gain, as that is what I have read
are you a type 2 on insulin? Could you fill in your profile please, and then people replying will know how to tailor their suggestions.Yes definitely Type2 apparently. Tablets were mentioned initially but after hospital admittance, doc carried on with insulin.
I have to have an immunotherapy drug (cancer treatment) every 3 weeks which doesn't help!!
If you are fat adapted and eat fats, without over doing it, your body will preference burning fat for fuel what you eat and some stored fat. If you over eat fats, this is stored energy so weight will be gained. The worst case scenario is high carbs and high fat. The carbs need to be burned off first, the overflow of this will turn to fat, adding to the fats consumed.I thought fats did not cause weight gain, as that is what I have read
I've read that the saturated fats you eat only contribute around 15% to your liver's output of cholesterol hence having sat fat should have very little effect. It appears to be your overall diet etc including carbs that drives the liver's output.Hi pixie1,
It is my understanding that saturated fat increase the LDL levels or what I know of as the bad cholesterol.
I am sketchy on the egg yolk because I have read contradictory articles. Some suggest they are OK some suggest they aren't. Most researches I read about give statistics on one egg a day. I eat around 3 eggs a day, so to err on the side of not OK, I avoid the yolks. Egg whites also give me the proteins necessary for my workout.
The egg cholesterol myth was widely debunked 10 yrs agoHi pixie1,
It is my understanding that saturated fat increase the LDL levels or what I know of as the bad cholesterol.
I am sketchy on the egg yolk because I have read contradictory articles. Some suggest they are OK some suggest they aren't. Most researches I read about give statistics on one egg a day. I eat around 3 eggs a day, so to err on the side of not OK, I avoid the yolks. Egg whites also give me the proteins necessary for my workout.
Hi pixie1,
It is my understanding that saturated fat increase the LDL levels or what I know of as the bad cholesterol.
I am sketchy on the egg yolk because I have read contradictory articles. Some suggest they are OK some suggest they aren't. Most researches I read about give statistics on one egg a day. I eat around 3 eggs a day, so to err on the side of not OK, I avoid the yolks. Egg whites also give me the proteins necessary for my workout.
But all the goodness is in the yolks.
My understanding is the liver makes our cholesterol as and when it is needed. If we consume dietary cholesterol the liver simply makes a bit less.
I have 3 eggs a day on average, and eat tons of saturated fats from dairy foods. My lipids are perfect. What I don't eat are vegetable fats and seed oils. (except the rapeseed in my mayonnaise but that is compensated for by the omega 3 it contains)
Alright, looks like I might be in for an extended research on the egg yolks consumption!
I am T2 about 14 years and also on statins for high cholesterol. I will admit to a certain level of cholesterol-paranoia and confusion on what I should eat. Like I mentioned earlier, I chose to just abstain, because lot of the stuff I read specified eating one egg a day has not effect, but did not comment on 3 or 4!
Thank you guys for the comments, and completely apologize for the thread getting hijacked by the egg yolk discussion.
I think this thread may be informative..Maybe instead of extended research on egg yolks you could spend time researching statins and lipids. (Triglycerides, VLDL, LDL, HDL ). There is an excellent thread on these forums with most of the information you need. I am away from home this week with no access to my bookmarks so I can't give you any links, but @bulkbiker or @Guzzler will be able to. You say you have high cholesterol ...... but what is it? What is the breakdown of the lipids that make up the total? Did you know statins raise blood sugar levels, and have actually given non-diabetics Type 2 diabetes?