Post by kirmy on Jun 29, 2012 16:53:01 GMT -5
Why do we need to eat so much fat?
Ok to answer that question we first need to understand what fat does. Essentially it is a vehicle for vitamin absorption. Vitamins A, E, D and K need fat in order to be absorbed. Essentially they plonk themselves in a barrel of fat and scoot into the bowel where the fat is then absorbed (with the helpfully dissolved vitamins) across the bowel membrane into the circulation where it goes via the portal vein into the liver and then hangs about until we need it. Any excess gets pushed to the kidneys and then pissed out.
Pssst your skin needs fat. It needs the essential fatty acids to maintain its nice little plump domes of moisture that keep you looking radiant like a teenager before the acne fairy visits. Your skin needs fat like Courtney Love needs a reliable dealer. Symbiosis.
Did you notice how suddenly post DS you became a reptile? I noticed within one week my skin had the texture and look of a puff adder. Left to its own devices I could have turned into the Singing Detective. This is because the fat vehicle that should be pootling along my cavernous and well appointed intestine was passing unchanged until about 100cms of bowel and bugger all meaningful absorption was happening no matter how much bile my body was helpfully shooting out like Linda Blair. I was too busy sleeping, sipping, shitting and wondering when death would release me from the geyser of stomach acid that was resurfacing my nasal cavity.
What does fat do for our body? Well when I have used up the last remaining blood sugar from the M&M peanuts that I ate when I promised I wouldn't and then ran about like a toddler on e-numbers for 6 hours I used the fat that was pootling along my intestine to stop me from having a hypoglycemic attack. That is particularly helpful. Especially when I still have to wash my underpants, take the dogs for a walk, do my tax return and get the shopping in. Bugger me it isn't easy!
Fat is also a shock absorber and a very very good one. All of my boney bits are prominent. I never used to bruise my hips on door frames before and now I can catch the annoying fuckers on things...and there is no bumper on this car now.
There is also a lovely big blanket of fat in your abdomen called the omentum and the lesser omentum. Clever surgeons will use this to plug up hole in the abdominal cavity where bleeding is while thinking of something else. This clever almost sentient fat moves to damaged areas and seals up leaks as if by magic. It also surrounds our abdominal organs like a big fluffy duvet and acts as a shock-absorber. When we loose loads of weight we also lose volume off our omentum. The loss of internal abdominal fat is also why some people develop volvulus and obstructions as the space that is suddenly available allows bowels to move into pockets and crevices where they can become trapped or even telescope into themselves. Suddenly some bastard knocked the stuffing out of my duvet.
Since I turned into a piece of cotton with some knots in it rather than a curvy woman I am cold ALL OF THE TIME....OK I may as well live in a refrigerator in this drafty old house in the Scottish Highlands of miserable weather. The reason it penetrates now is that WE NEED FAT FOR INSULATION. I don't have enough there for I have less of a temperature buffer and my sensation of cold is heightened because my core temperature is effected because of the lack of fat. Simple!
Now what about my nerves...well apart from the usual fraying did you know that fat is an acts as both an insulator and electrical transmitter? My nerve impulses bounce across fat bridges to get to muscle fibers, brain cells etc. I often wonder if my vague weirdy days are down to a lack of fat and a failure to "fire on all cylinders". When you couple this with those not taking in enough protein then you are asking to come a cropper.
You hear people banging on about metabolites passing across cell membranes (all the time I know..I drives me batty all this membrane talk) but fat is part of every cell membrane in your body and without it there is no pathway for lovely metabolites (think vitamins A, E, D and K) to skip across.
Essentially fat is the Magic Morph of the body (OK only the Brits and Aussies will get the reference but I thought it was clever). It transforms into building materials for hormones and the immune system and essentially affects EVERY aspect of the human body.
Knowing what we now know why then are we so dismissive or even hostile towards fat? I know I did every low fat diet under the sun and learned that fat was the work of the she-devil of dimpled thighs. I still find myself pausing as I tip the cream curds out of the bottom of the whipping cream into my coffee whist wiping the garlic butter from my lips. This cannot be good for me. Evidently it can and is.
We DSers shite out our fat, absorbing a paltry amount and then exist in a constant state of fat deprivation unless we eat LARGE amounts of fat. It speeds up weight loss (oh yes it does), it stops you from turning into a zombie puff adder with peripheral neuropathy and wiggly teeth.
So how do you change your mind set from fat fearing to fat worshiping? Well it is simple. Do an experiment. Monitor your weight loss after one week of high fat intake as opposed to that of a normal week. Look at the pounds lost difference and note the changes in your energy, bowel motions and outward appearance. I did this and noticed a massive difference about 6months out from my DS. My old eating behaviors were so ingrained I still limited my fats.
So what can you eat? Well don't eat carby fats like bakery goods and chocolate...OK maybe the odd M&M peanut but defiantly not an entire packet. Here are some suggestions...chime in with yours.
-cook a steak in almost half a stick of butter with garlic then remove the steak, add a dash f white wine if you want or seeded mustard then take the pan off the heat and add cream mixing the entire time. Pour this sauce of the God's over your now well rested and tender steak and NOM NOM NOM.....
-cut up mature cheddar into sticks like carrot sticks and dip it into Bramston pickle and eat NOM NOM NOM
-shed loads of cashew nuts
-olive oil drizzled onto anything that remains stationary long enough then eaten
-Pork rind scored and seared then oven roasted until it is so crispy you may crack teeth then used as an edible spoon to shove in sour cream and chives.
-lamb chops dipped into a mint sauce and cooked in their own outrageous fats...OH NOM NOM NOM NOM......
-Protein sheathed in fat is by far the best alternative because you knock down you protein and fat requirements at the same time.
-peanut butter.....can be eaten off anything. It is pure perfection and should be cannonised as a saint.
My bowel motions were looser after upping my fat intake but not in any distressing way. I shat my usual porridge consistency twice a day with the occasional third sitting on a particularly impressive intake. I never had leaking or incontinence but that would be different if I ate tomato based oily sauce that is processed....my God...leaky arseholearama. Dolmios is the work of Tenalady I am convinced of it...they are colluding I am telling you!
Add your suggestions. What is your target for fat intake?
Ok to answer that question we first need to understand what fat does. Essentially it is a vehicle for vitamin absorption. Vitamins A, E, D and K need fat in order to be absorbed. Essentially they plonk themselves in a barrel of fat and scoot into the bowel where the fat is then absorbed (with the helpfully dissolved vitamins) across the bowel membrane into the circulation where it goes via the portal vein into the liver and then hangs about until we need it. Any excess gets pushed to the kidneys and then pissed out.
Pssst your skin needs fat. It needs the essential fatty acids to maintain its nice little plump domes of moisture that keep you looking radiant like a teenager before the acne fairy visits. Your skin needs fat like Courtney Love needs a reliable dealer. Symbiosis.
Did you notice how suddenly post DS you became a reptile? I noticed within one week my skin had the texture and look of a puff adder. Left to its own devices I could have turned into the Singing Detective. This is because the fat vehicle that should be pootling along my cavernous and well appointed intestine was passing unchanged until about 100cms of bowel and bugger all meaningful absorption was happening no matter how much bile my body was helpfully shooting out like Linda Blair. I was too busy sleeping, sipping, shitting and wondering when death would release me from the geyser of stomach acid that was resurfacing my nasal cavity.
What does fat do for our body? Well when I have used up the last remaining blood sugar from the M&M peanuts that I ate when I promised I wouldn't and then ran about like a toddler on e-numbers for 6 hours I used the fat that was pootling along my intestine to stop me from having a hypoglycemic attack. That is particularly helpful. Especially when I still have to wash my underpants, take the dogs for a walk, do my tax return and get the shopping in. Bugger me it isn't easy!
Fat is also a shock absorber and a very very good one. All of my boney bits are prominent. I never used to bruise my hips on door frames before and now I can catch the annoying fuckers on things...and there is no bumper on this car now.
There is also a lovely big blanket of fat in your abdomen called the omentum and the lesser omentum. Clever surgeons will use this to plug up hole in the abdominal cavity where bleeding is while thinking of something else. This clever almost sentient fat moves to damaged areas and seals up leaks as if by magic. It also surrounds our abdominal organs like a big fluffy duvet and acts as a shock-absorber. When we loose loads of weight we also lose volume off our omentum. The loss of internal abdominal fat is also why some people develop volvulus and obstructions as the space that is suddenly available allows bowels to move into pockets and crevices where they can become trapped or even telescope into themselves. Suddenly some bastard knocked the stuffing out of my duvet.
Since I turned into a piece of cotton with some knots in it rather than a curvy woman I am cold ALL OF THE TIME....OK I may as well live in a refrigerator in this drafty old house in the Scottish Highlands of miserable weather. The reason it penetrates now is that WE NEED FAT FOR INSULATION. I don't have enough there for I have less of a temperature buffer and my sensation of cold is heightened because my core temperature is effected because of the lack of fat. Simple!
Now what about my nerves...well apart from the usual fraying did you know that fat is an acts as both an insulator and electrical transmitter? My nerve impulses bounce across fat bridges to get to muscle fibers, brain cells etc. I often wonder if my vague weirdy days are down to a lack of fat and a failure to "fire on all cylinders". When you couple this with those not taking in enough protein then you are asking to come a cropper.
You hear people banging on about metabolites passing across cell membranes (all the time I know..I drives me batty all this membrane talk) but fat is part of every cell membrane in your body and without it there is no pathway for lovely metabolites (think vitamins A, E, D and K) to skip across.
Essentially fat is the Magic Morph of the body (OK only the Brits and Aussies will get the reference but I thought it was clever). It transforms into building materials for hormones and the immune system and essentially affects EVERY aspect of the human body.
Knowing what we now know why then are we so dismissive or even hostile towards fat? I know I did every low fat diet under the sun and learned that fat was the work of the she-devil of dimpled thighs. I still find myself pausing as I tip the cream curds out of the bottom of the whipping cream into my coffee whist wiping the garlic butter from my lips. This cannot be good for me. Evidently it can and is.
We DSers shite out our fat, absorbing a paltry amount and then exist in a constant state of fat deprivation unless we eat LARGE amounts of fat. It speeds up weight loss (oh yes it does), it stops you from turning into a zombie puff adder with peripheral neuropathy and wiggly teeth.
So how do you change your mind set from fat fearing to fat worshiping? Well it is simple. Do an experiment. Monitor your weight loss after one week of high fat intake as opposed to that of a normal week. Look at the pounds lost difference and note the changes in your energy, bowel motions and outward appearance. I did this and noticed a massive difference about 6months out from my DS. My old eating behaviors were so ingrained I still limited my fats.
So what can you eat? Well don't eat carby fats like bakery goods and chocolate...OK maybe the odd M&M peanut but defiantly not an entire packet. Here are some suggestions...chime in with yours.
-cook a steak in almost half a stick of butter with garlic then remove the steak, add a dash f white wine if you want or seeded mustard then take the pan off the heat and add cream mixing the entire time. Pour this sauce of the God's over your now well rested and tender steak and NOM NOM NOM.....
-cut up mature cheddar into sticks like carrot sticks and dip it into Bramston pickle and eat NOM NOM NOM
-shed loads of cashew nuts
-olive oil drizzled onto anything that remains stationary long enough then eaten
-Pork rind scored and seared then oven roasted until it is so crispy you may crack teeth then used as an edible spoon to shove in sour cream and chives.
-lamb chops dipped into a mint sauce and cooked in their own outrageous fats...OH NOM NOM NOM NOM......
-Protein sheathed in fat is by far the best alternative because you knock down you protein and fat requirements at the same time.
-peanut butter.....can be eaten off anything. It is pure perfection and should be cannonised as a saint.
My bowel motions were looser after upping my fat intake but not in any distressing way. I shat my usual porridge consistency twice a day with the occasional third sitting on a particularly impressive intake. I never had leaking or incontinence but that would be different if I ate tomato based oily sauce that is processed....my God...leaky arseholearama. Dolmios is the work of Tenalady I am convinced of it...they are colluding I am telling you!
Add your suggestions. What is your target for fat intake?
I love it, and I love that I can eat it again. I'm not a mayo person except for tuna/egg/chicken salad, but I use full fat mayo. Full fat ranch and bleu cheese dressings too. I cook in butter all the time, eat red meat a few times a week, avocado, full fat cottage cheese, cream cheese. No problem getting the fat in now 
