This is an extremely interesting and exciting topic you guys are researching. Diet is one of the fundamental ways in which we prevent getting many of the leading causes of death (heart disease, diabetes etc). Although diet/food is essential for life, it is often overlooked at how powerful a healthy diet can be to prevent leading diseases.
I just have a couple questions.
1) Even if you are slightly under your caloric baseline for gaining/losing weight, but are eating a diet high in saturated fats, can you still gain weight? For instance, if I need to eat under 2000 cals a day to lose weight, and I eat 1700 calories in bacon and McDonalds, can I still gain weight?
2) Many people are a fan of the keto-diet: a diet low in glucose and high in fat. Is there a stress difference on your body between using ketones as metabolic fuel vs. glycogen?
3) How much easier is dietary fat stored as body fat compared to carbohydrates?
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Hi,
This is an extremely interesting and exciting topic you guys are researching. Diet is one of the fundamental ways in which we prevent getting many of the leading causes of death (heart disease, diabetes etc). Although diet/food is essential for life, it is often overlooked at how powerful a healthy diet can be to prevent leading diseases.
I just have a couple questions.
1) Even if you are slightly under your caloric baseline for gaining/losing weight, but are eating a diet high in saturated fats, can you still gain weight? For instance, if I need to eat under 2000 cals a day to lose weight, and I eat 1700 calories in bacon and McDonalds, can I still gain weight?
2) Many people are a fan of the keto-diet: a diet low in glucose and high in fat. Is there a stress difference on your body between using ketones as metabolic fuel vs. glycogen?
3) How much easier is dietary fat stored as body fat compared to carbohydrates?
Super cool AMA. Sorry for rush of questions
Thanks
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