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I am not eating mega fat as you infer........I do NOT eat all these things
every day, I do not eat more than 10g fat with any meals. My rule. THAT is low fat...... Quantity is all........
The guideline Daily Allowance for Fat consumption is no more than 70g to 95g depending on if you are male or female .......therefore as you can clearly see if I am only having about 10g at my main meal......that surely HAS to be LOW fat.
FYI a well done Grilled Sirloin Steak has around 9g fat per 100g. My portion of Steak would be around 70g therefore I am only consuming 6.3g fat in one meal. The rest is usually something like a salad and mushrooms. The rest of the day it is mega low fat. I don't just buy a huge portion of Steak and eat it all the same day or every day.......it is divided into smaller portions which is why you will always see me advocating portion control. Some steaks are higher in fat than others.
Pork Crackling is where I 'fall off the wagon' once in a while.......I love it, but it is only a treat, not an everyday item. Same with butter, cream........all used sparingly. So....very low fat.
I can eat carbs without any problems .......again, because they are measured and rationed to stay within my limits. That always keeps me well within target Bg levels too.....no more than 7 mmol/l after meals although sometimes it does go up a little depends what I ate. Not a problem as it is only a 'blip !'
It isn't just what you eat........it is also the AMOUNT you eat. My main plate is a side dish, not a dinner plate. I eat like a mouse as someone once said here.....because I am NEVER hungry. That's how my regime affects me. It works
Of course if you trim fat off things it makes it lower......you seem to have this idea I am 'gorging' myself on Steaks every day, nothing could be further from the truth. My overall diet is very low fat whatever you may think. As said before I count carbs, protein and fats in all my foods. They are logged on my meter so I know exactly what I consume each day/week/month etc.
My Endocrinologist has looked at my regime and thinks it's great, low fat, low salt, low GI, low GL coupled with 'reduced carbs' or as someone recently told me 'low carbs.'
As for advising anybody anything they are free to read what I post and make their own mind up about how low is low. Nobody tells them they have to eat it. The Basic advice that Sue and I put together and hand out seems to give most Newbies here a flying start, even some of the older and more experienced members seem to think it is good advice. That is basically the only advice I/we give out here.........seems to work judging by all the successes around here.
They have choices and those choices can be how many carbs to eat, how much protein to eat, how many grams of fat to eat.
You have a strange idea of the quantity of food that I eat at one sitting. 2 main meals, one tiny lunch and NO snacking. That's MY regime.
It works well even though it is contrary to your oft repeated "Fat is good." :wink:
For me and others...it 'aint !