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Low carb should never be low fat & the fat should be mostly saturated fats & monounsaturated with only whole food polyunsaturated fats. A ketogenic diet needs to be 65% of total calories from dietary fats - a true ketogenic diet has an 80% fat ratio.

Animal fats have mostly monounsaturated fatty acids - Bacon grease is 45% monounsaturated fat, 39% saturated fat & 11% polyunsaturated fat.

Saturated fats are needed to raise your HDL

Fructose, the sugar in most fruits (as well as table sugar, honey, corn syrup, etc.) creates triglycerides which "trap" fat in fat cells. Fructose is the most lipogenic (fat producing) carb.

If you are eating just fruit/vege/fish, you've probably shut your metabolism down with low calories - which will convert dietary protein into a fuel source leaving no protein for cellular needs which will force the body to catabolize it's own lean tissues for nutrition. There is no nutrition in fat stores, only energy & the body will shut down it's energy needs.


The body does better with more saturated fat than less. Saturated fats are required to make many vitamins & minerals bioavailable so they can be incorporated into the body structure. Saturated fat is required for the body to function properly & to regenerate & heal.


7 Reasons to Eat More Saturated Fat

1) Improved cardiovascular risk factors

Saturated fat in the diet is the only means to reduce the levels of lipoprotein (a) — that correlates strongly with risk for heart disease. Eating fats raises the level of HDL, the good cholesterol.

2) Stronger bones

Saturated fat is required for calcium to be incorporated into bone - According to expert in human health, Mary Enig, Ph.D., as much as 50% of dietary fats should be saturated fats for calcium to be effective in the bone structure.

3) Improved liver health

Studies show that saturated fat encourages the liver cells to dump fat content. Saturated fat has been shown to protect the liver from toxic insults & even to reverse the damage.

4) Healthy lungs

The fat content of lung surfactant is 100% saturated fatty acids. Replacement of these critical fats by other types of fat makes faulty surfactant & potentially causes collapse of the airspaces & respiratory distress.

5) Healthy brain

Your brain is mainly made of fat & cholesterol. Most of the fatty acids in the brain are actually saturated. The brain needs saturated fats to function optimally.

6) Proper nerve signaling & hormone production

Certain saturated fats, found in butter, lard, coconut oil, function directly as signaling messengers that influence the metabolism.

7) Strong immune system

Saturated fats found in butter & coconut oil play key roles in immune health. Loss of sufficient saturated fatty acids in the white blood cells hampers their ability to destroy foreign invaders, such as viruses, bacteria, germs & fungi. We need them to keep the immune system vigilant against cancerous cells & infectious invaders.

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/200…
http://www.lewrockwell.com/miller/miller…


Plaque build up in the arteries are more attributable to carb consumption than dietary fats, which seems to be the conclusion of the following study. Carb consumption raises triglycerides & VLDL (bad cholesterol). Fats raise the HDL (good cholesterol). High triglyceride levels & low HDL levels are an indicator of plaque, glycation - the precursors to a heart attack and heart disease.

study from the Oxford group examining the postprandial (after-eating) effects of a low-fat vs. low-carbohydrate diet. (Roberts R et al, 2008)

Postprandial lipoproteins, you'd think, would be plentiful after ingesting a large quantity of fat, since fat must be absorbed via chylomicrons into the bloodstream. But it's carbohydrates that figure most prominently in determining the pattern and magnitude of postprandial triglycerides and lipoproteins. Much of this effect develops by way of de novo lipogenesis, the generation of new lipoproteins like VLDL after carbohydrate ingestion.

http://heartscanblog.blogspot.com/2009/1…

The link between saturated fats & heart health was based on faulty science & has been disproven. Dietary fat, whether saturated or not, is not a cause of obesity, heart disease, or any other chronic disease. Through their direct effects on insulin & blood sugar, refined carbohydrates, starches & sugars are the dietary cause of coronary heart disease & diabetes.

http://www.drbriffa.com/blog/2010/01/15/…

FINALLY they admit - no difference in the risk of heart disease even with highest intake of saturated fat & eggs are a superfood & have no effect on cholesterol

http://blogs.webmd.com/heart-disease/201…

Robert H. Lustig, MD, at min.mark 36-40 explains cholesterol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-…

http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/archi…

As you get older, your metabolism does slow down.

I am not sure about your good cholesterol, you should talk to your doctor.

Even if you are a little chubby, sounds like your are in 100 times better shape than the typical heavy person.