Could that low-fat diet make you EVEN FATTER? As experts question conventional wisdom on diets, the extraordinary results of one man's experiment Dramatic new evidence for this has come from a unique experiment conducted by a personal trainer from East London. As Sam Feltham explains: 'My business is helping people to lose weight, and if all calories aren't equal, that could make a real difference.'
A few months ago, Sam
upped his intake to a massive 5,000 calories every day. For three weeks he got these calories from a low-fat, high-carb diet; for another three, he ate more fat and cut right back on carbs.
He did exactly the same, moderate exercise regimen each time. Now, according to the conventional wisdom, the weight gain would be the same on both regimens. After all, a calorie is just a calorie.
In fact, on the low-fat diet Sam stacked on 16 lb - more than a stone - and gained 3.7 in(9.5 cm) around his middle.
But when he ate more fat and cut his carbs, he added just 2½ lb and lost 1 in (2.5 cm) from his waistline.
Fresh fat: As part of his high-fat diet, Sam ate mackerel, steak, green veg and coconut oil At the same time,
as glucose from carbs is turned into fat for storage in the body, fatty acids are also produced.
It is this combination of fatty acids and low HDL, not saturated fat, that 'clogs your arteries,' says Dr Malhotra. Recent research supports the idea that warning about saturated fat in the diet has probably been a mistake.
'The influence of dietary fats on serum cholesterol has been overstated,' say the authors of a review in Advances In Nutrition in May. 'The lack of any clear evidence that high-fat foods lead to adverse health effects makes one wonder how they got such a bad name.'
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