Jim_Smith
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What I have read is that the "new" findings that "vindicated" saturated fats is more complicated than is often represented in the media. What they found I think is that when people gave up saturated fats they would replace them with carbohydrates which increases health risks. But if you replace saturated fats with unsaturated fats that lowers your health risks.Right - this is one of the extraordinary things - there was a big study that found that the optimum BMI was somewhere in the middle of the overweight range - not at BMI 22.5. Furthermore, all these curves are pretty flat at the optimum, so that the sweet spot probably extends some distance into the obese range.
Biassing over towards fat is supposed to help - but by the sounds of it, you are doing that - do you worry about saturated fat - it sounds to me to be the most healthy.
This quote is not exactly what I wrote but it is focused on heart disease risk and does not consider diabetes risks, but it sort of supports what I wrote:
https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20140320/dietary-fats-q-a#1
"If you replace saturated fat with carbohydrates or refined starch or sugar, you are not changing your heart disease risk," he says. ''If you replace saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat, you do get a reduction in heart disease risk."
If you add the risks of diabetes to this I think you get what I wrote.
I have a broken molar and I am trying to keep it functioning as long as possible because root canals are expensive and I don't like going to the dentist. So I make my own peanut butter. Where I buy groceries I can get 5 pounds of peanuts in the shell for $5.99. I shell them by hand and grind them in a food processor. The final price is $1.58 per lb of peanut butter (20 ounces of peanuts weigh approximately 26.5 ounces in the shell).Don't forget that exercise is supposed to be good for you in terms of longevity, regardless of your various statistics.
Maybe have a jar of peanuts available, and try just eating a handful on such occasions.
I am enjoying it. Thanks.From what I have read, lowering sugar intake is probably the healthiest thing to do.
Don't forget to enjoy your retirement!
David