Type 2 How much fat can you eat on the LCHF diet

[Robbity]

I've eaten LCFH for six years now - the amount of protein I eat is more or less what I've always eaten - I've not made any deliberate changes. The main change to my diet has actually been to cut right back on carbs again and I've just upped my fat consumption enough to cover the change in the main fuel source I use for energy.

I've always eaten normal full fat foods - it's what I was brought up on as part of a normal diet. The only thing I ever really changed was to use skimmed milk when we were first conned into believing all the low fat nonsense. I have more cream in various forms now, more nuts, etc, and a bit more fatty meat, and I can now indulge in normal fat food again without being made to feel guilty, but I certainly don't feel the need to stuff my face with it.

 

[Lotties]

After watching Dr Paul Mason, I popped down the research rabbithole and found this.
I have been trying to work out how much protein to eat and found there were arguments for limiting protein and many others advocating protein levels in the 100g+ ie 1-2g per kg bodyweight.
This chap, an academic researcher, Dr Benjamin Bikman, discusses practical aspects of this dichotomy at the end of this video. Not the easiest of presentations for the layman but easy takeaways.

He pesents an argument for low carb, lower protein, high fat for people with high levels of insulin, increasing the amount of protein and reducing fat as insulin levels fall.
The main focus of the video is to contrast the roles of insulin & glucagon.

 

[Cocosilk]

Can someone advise me on the amount of fat you can actually eat?
Is it unlimited?
Also how much protein?
Thanks in advance

I would not say any kind of food should be unlimited... ha ha
We ate a ham for Christmas and it had plenty of lard in it - and we ate the drippings from the pan. Both my husband and I had watery stools after that, so if you eat more than you should, your bowel movements will surely let you know. And you may end up with heartburn or indigestion and nausea first. I did after eating a bit too much double cream with raspberries after having that ham. So you can definitely overdo it on the fats. But if you've been in the low fat camp for years, then you have to loosen up and get brave and just go for it probably.
I was never scared of fat before (Croatian father always ate drippings from roasts) so I probably shouldn't be upping my fats by as much as I do. Especially don't up your fats and then sneak carbs back in because the weight can pile back on that way.

Anyway, as long as you don't have a problem eating normal amounts of food and stopping when you are satiated, and you were eating low fat before, then I would say swap low fat things for full fat and slowly increase your intake for the first few days, also increasing protein to replace the carbs you are no longer eating. You don't have to go hungry. Oh, and if you do get indigestion from too much fat, some find eating a bit of full fat yoghurt afterwards to be helpful.