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izzzi

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If you put petrol into a diesel tank your car is in trouble, as the seals get damaged.

If you put wrong fat into your body, your pancreas it gets damaged.

Surely this makes more sense than what is being preached.

All I would like to know is, what is bad fat,high fat,low fat etc;

Example: Mobil 1 is claimed to be the best car lube in the world.Yet nobody can state what is the best named fat that is necessary for our body.

Roy. :)
 
Thanks Indy51,

That is brilliant, The kink of information I was looking for.

Roy. :)
 
Ah, I thought you were looking for something different: as I've written it, I'll post it!
To carry on your metaphor. Our body has a need for a variety of different fats, fortunately it can convert the various fats we have to others. There are only 2 types that are essential. These are the polyunsaturated fats Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), an omega-3 fatty acid, and linoleic acid (LA), an omega-6 fatty acid. These are considered essential fatty acids because they cannot be synthesized by humans .
Omega 3 is contained in fish, fish oils , seeds like flaxseed, nuts (eg walnuts), eggs (free range has more) and some meats (more so in Europe than the US since most of our meat is at least partly grass fed)
Omega 6 is contained in a wide variety of foods both plant and animal, there is a lot in manufactured foods coming from palm, rapeseed, soy and sunflower.
Most people today are thought to eat a lot of omega 6 (perhaps too high a proportion) and not enough omega 3.
As a vegan you may not eat very many of the foods that contain it and need to make sure that you include some in your diet.
http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/omega3

Beyond that you will find contradictory advice on the internet. (and on here). Science is evolving and so is our knowledge of fats. Personally, I think that
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionso ... index.html
has good general information about the types of fats considered to be 'good' and 'bad' in our diet (though apart from trans fatty acids, I think it should really be in terms of use more, use less rather than considering anything totally bad)

But fat is only one of the nutrients that go to run our engine. The modern western diet is considered my many researchers to be proiinflammatory leading to diseases/conditions such as heart disease, insulin resistance etc . A dietary pattern that reduces this should help protect your pancreas (and other organs)
This recent review suggests
• Increase consumption of omega-3 fatty acids from fish or plant sources.
• Reduce saturated and trans fats by substituting nonhydrogenated unsaturated fats.
• Consume a diet that is high in fruits, vegetables, nuts, and whole grains in addition to low amounts of refined
grains and sugars.
( my note :whole grain means just that ie not refined breakfast cereals)
http://ajl.sagepub.com/content/6/1/14.full.pdf+htm
 
I think that whatever fats naturally occur in the foods we eat, meat, fish, eggs, avodacos etc are probably as much as we need and the right balance. All other fats are processed and probably unnecessary from a dietary point of view, but they do enhance the flavour of our foods which is why we use them.

I buy black pudding every week and have it for breakfast. The particular type I buy has big chunks of white fat in it which makes it taste gorgeous to me. When I fancy a piece of steak I buy the fattiest piece of ribeye I can find and I eat fatty fish like salmon and mackerel. I now rarely add butter to anything, I've not even used 1.5lb of butter in 5 months and I never use oil now at all. Since low carbing, HOW I eat has changed, not just WHAT I eat. My meals are more like snacks. If I just feel like meat, that's what I'll have, nothing else. I may suddenly get an urge for some veggies and will microwave them and add butter but I rarely enjoy eating meat and veggies together at one sitting. But it works for me and my digestion and for my diabetes.
 
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