xenonscreams wrote:
But cutting out wheat is (for the vast majority of people) a huge dietary restriction inherently. Chances are if you cut out wheat you will accidentally eat at a deficit unless you make a very big effort to eat at maintenance. Hence weight loss. Same goes for many people when they first become vegetarian or cut out dairy products. I wouldn't advocate for any of the three.
Bingo.
"lol lol" "bad science", (er bad wiggins"), "max" and the rest of the paleo kool-aid drinkers are full of it. I am sorry to be rude, but it's the truth. They've invested 100% philosophically in the paleo concept, and I guess there is no turning back for them, no matter what the evidence, so they will continue to non-stop push the notion that Sat fat is great for you (BUTTER!!) and whole grain carbs are the devil. It's complete nonsense. (they are sort of the like the "vaccines cause autism" crowd. )
It is now known that we were eating grains and wheat during the paleo period that they are so obsessed with.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/174441.phpSo we've been eating grains for at least 100,000 years. Evolutionarily novel my a$$. And even if we weren't, we've figured out, for 10,000+ years, a way to obtain nutritious plant food (which we've ALWAYS eaten in some form) more easily, and get nutrients without having to chase down animals in the wild and risk our lives. Yay for us.
Humans can exist on many diets. Humans can exist on an all meat/fish diet, or eat a diet with ZERO fish and meat, and do quite well if active and not eating too much sat fat, and not overeating calories. But strong evidence continually shows vegetarians with much lower heart disease and overall mortality than non-vegetarians. And the obesity epidemic has only really happened in the last 30 years or so, and yet we've eaten grains for centuries and centuries, but somehow these two things are connected??? Yes, the same could be said about meat (eating it forever, but only recently getting fat), and that's true, and that's why 99% of being overweight is calories in calories out. But the fact remains that a high meat diet that is ALSO high in sat fat (which is often the case, but not always) is certainly going to be more deleterious for one's health than a high whole grain diet that is very low in sat fat, if the two diets are matched in calories, and close to matching the caloric needs of the people eating them.
Facts about sat fat:
* more likely to be stored as fat rather than oxidized as energy compared to carbs and unsat fat, thus leading to weight gain
* has been shown to be toxic to beta cells, leading towards, along with excess calories and sedentary lifestyles, T2D (unsat fats are protective)
* leads to inflammation and plaque build-up and raising of total and ldl cholesterol, which is directly linked to arteriosclerosis
Now of course, if you are very active and not eating too many calories, and genetically pre-disposed to NOT having heart disease, than moderate amounts of sat fat are fine. But for the average person, that's a lot of "if's."
But keeping spreading the nonsense paleo-people.