Saul Luizaga <sau### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
> > My diet is 80% cheese, 15% chocolate, and 5% other stuff. My lifestyle 
> > consists of spending hours sitting completely motionless in front of a 
> > computer, and also sleeping.

> This is great to gain weight and loose metabolism, you go slowly and 
> silently down to a road of physical misfit. And from the above you eat a 
> lot of fatty food, change that, go to a Nutritionist to eat balanced and 
> healthy.

  Actually modern nutritionist knowledge is slowly changing the classical
notion of fats&cholesterol = bad.

  It is becoming more and more clear that fats+carbohydrates, especially
when the latter is unhealthily abundant, is the killer combination. Fats
in themselves are not that bad, but when you combine them with tons and
tons of carbohydrates, that's when the body starts really storing the stuff.

  The reason is simple: The main energy source for the body is carbohydrates.
When you eat a balanced diet, you get approximately the right amount of
carbohydrates for your energy needs, and your body then neither consumes
nor increases its fat reserves. When your weight is normal, this is the
optimal situation.

  The problem with eating tons of carbohydrates is that now your body is
getting a lot more energy than it needs. This triggers the body to start
storing those fats. (Also some of the extra carbs are also *converted*
into fats and stored, besides the actual fats you are eating.)

  If you eat tons of fat but only some carbs, your body is actually not
getting extra energy (the body converts fats into energy very slowly, so
eating tons of it is almost as if you were not eating them at all, assuming
you are not eating tons of carbs as well). Thus those extra fats are not
stored, but ejected by your body.

  Of course this doesn't mean that eating tons of fat and no carbs is
healthy either. Fats can start building up on your artery walls and other
such nasty stuff, so it's not really a good idea to hog on tons of fat.
The other extreme: Not eating fats almost at all, is also not very healthy
because the body *needs* fats for many things.

  Also eating meat/fats and no carbs (the so-called Atkins diet) has proven
to be unhealthy in the long run because the body needs carbs as well. So
the most healthy diet is always balanced: Some carbs, some fats, a good
amount of proteins, and a healthy amount of other nutrients.

  The problem with the modern western eating culture is that most foods
contain tons and tons of processed carbohydrates which digest fast. Not
only does this overwhelm your energy needs (triggering the fat storing
processes of your body), but it gets you "sugar highs", getting you
basically addicted to these carb rushes. When you get addicted enough,
it will be *very* difficult to stop. This is the worst possible situation.

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                                                          - Warp

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