I totally agree with you about low-carb not being a license to gluttony! And I really do notice that my appetite is really lessened in this eating style. My question was hypothetical, as it seems with a low carb diet, the old calories in equals calories absorbed equation does not hold true. I have a friend who is also low carbing at this time, and her husband is greatly alarmed because of her increased dietary fat. We couldn't find any hard science on this issue. My cardiologist told me that I was playing Russian roulette by going off statins, especially as I had increased my fat intake. He adamantly sticks to the American Heart Association beliefs on Chloresterol, and denies that there's any new real scientific research on the issue. It's very difficult to negotiate your way through so many differing opinions and interpretations.