Re: Experiences with Atkins diet

From: Brian Atkins (brian@posthuman.com)
Date: Wed Apr 30 2003 - 16:09:18 MDT

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    Damien Sullivan wrote:
    >
    > I note that a couple of times they cite studies condemning "margarine and
    > vegetable oils", but as they note farther down hydrogenated margarine isn't
    > the same as unrefined olive oil, for example.

    I think it's clear they are discussing vegetable oils produced by
    industrialized, high-heat methods. Traditionally produced cold-pressed
    olive oil is an exception, but also rather low in potentially useful
    saturated fats. It's good for salads or anytime you need a very liquid
    fat at room temp, but I wouldn't prefer to cook with it compared with a
    more chemically stable mix of mostly saturated fats.

    > And the Masai and Eskimos
    > probably get a *lot* more exercise and just how long do they live, anyway?
    > The French drink their glass of wine with their fatty meals.
    >

    Well I believe you are speculating here. AFAIK traditional Eskimos sat
    on their butts for most of the winter. Let's have some URLs to look at
    please. Also the page clearly mentioned that in the area of France with
    higher saturated fat/organ meat intake they had significantly fewer
    heart attacks.

    There is quite a bit of other info on that page, do you have any further
    comments?

    -- 
    Brian Atkins
    Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
    http://www.singinst.org/
    


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