Eat Fat, Get Thin: Why the Fat We Eat Is the Key to Sustained Weight Loss and Vibrant Health: 5 (The Dr. Hyman Library)

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There are several other studies cited by Eat Fat, Get Thin that we found to be misrepresented or overstated. For example, Eat Fat, Get Thin references the DIRECT trial and claims that this trial shows that a low-carb, high-fat diet showed greater weight loss than a low-fat diet. However, the group that was given the “low-fat” label by the researchers were not actually following a low-fat diet, as has been previously noted by others. Additionally, the carbohydrate levels were not very different between the two groups with the low-fat group consuming ~50% of their calories from carbohydrate whereas the low-carb group consumed ~40% of calories from carbohydrate. Instead the participants in the “low-fat” diet group were instructed to consume their typical diets and did not make any significant changes to their daily diets. There was, however, another group in the study that was not mentioned by Eat Fat, Get Thin. That group was following a version of the Mediterranean diet which instructed participants to keep their fat intake to under 35% of their daily calories. This level of fat intake was similar to the “low-fat” group, with only a 3% difference in calories from fat between groups. Of note, 35% fat intake is within the suggested fat intake range found in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. When comparing this lower-fat Mediterranean diet to the prescribed low-carb diet there was no difference in weight outcomes. This study’s findings ultimately undermine the weight loss claims made by Eat Fat, Get Thin. Eat Fat, Get Thin also tends to withhold study nuances from the reader. An example of this is a study by Kennedy et al. In this study mice were placed onto 1 of 4 diets: a ketogenic diet (78.9% fat, 9.5% protein, and 0.76% carbohydrate), a typical chow diet (6.5% fat, 23.5% protein, and 56% carbohydrate), a high-fat, high-sugar “obesogenic diet” (24% fat, 24% protein, and 41% carbohydrate), and a calorie restricted diet (66% calorie restricted). The obesogenic diet group gained weight, the low-fat diet group appeared to maintain their weight, and the ketogenic and calorie restricted diet groups both lost about equivalent amounts of weight. Eat Fat, Get Thin decided to compare the keto group to the control group (which has a higher carb content than the keto group) as they specifically state that “weight loss was greater than in rats fed a high-carb diet, even though they ate exactly the same number of calories”. While the results of the study do support the weight loss claim we do note that the mice on the low-carb diet lost their weight from the nonfat component of their weight. So, although there was a difference in weight between the control diet and the keto diet mice there was no difference in body fatness. The significant change in weight is mentioned but the non significant change in fat is withheld from the reader. Overall, Eat Fat, Get Thin provided references for the majority of their claims, however, the details and conclusions of the papers cited were often misrepresented or greatly overstated. In some key instances the data cited actually undermined the claims being made by Eat Fat, Get Thin. There were also some important studies discussed by Eat Fat, Get Thin for which references were not provided. It is unclear why these citations were left out.

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That the 21 day plan is the minimum, that, "the plan" is for however long it takes you to lose the weight you want to lose, need to lose. So your "21-day plan" might last a year or more. The diet recommended by Eat Fat, Get Thin is likely to cause some degree of weight loss, but we found little evidence that it will improve other major health conditions targeted by the book.

This book is full of good information, but the actual diet is a lot more complicated than I had imagined. The diet turned out to be really strict. For instance, you can’t eat any dairy except for clarified butter or ghee, and you can only eat certain kinds of nuts prepared in a specific way. We feel that it is important to note that Eat Fat, Get Thin was apparently aware of the strong experimental data connecting saturated fat intake to reductions to cholesterol and heart disease. In a later section of the book, the book references a 2014 review that also concluded that there was convincing evidence from both randomized control trials and prospective cohort studies that partial replacement of saturated fat with mono- and polyunsaturated fats is likely to lead to decreases in total and LDL cholesterol. The paper also concluded that there was convincing evidence that replacement of saturated fatty acids with polyunsaturated fat will decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease, particularly in men. lots of research, and it basically says there’s no link between total dietary fat (the fat you eat) or saturated fat and heart disease

Eat Fat Get Thin: Why the Fat We Eat Is the Key to Sustained

His premise is that we as a culture are obsessed with calorie counting and becoming thin… all the while struggling with various diseases and not seeming to make much progress. Here are a few things I took away from this book: Moreover, the diet he proposes is pretty much unattainable for anyone living on a budget and anyone with little time to cook. I mean, grass-fed organic meat, line-caught fresh fish (I'd like to see that happen when you live far away from oceans and lakes!), everything organic (which, by the way, has not been proven to be healthier, especially organic fruits and veggies), all kinds of nuts and seeds, homemade broth/milks, etc. It's very expensive and highly impractical. The recipes are interesting, but to be honest I don’t know how much use I’ll be able to make of them. Many of them include nuts or milk from nuts, and I am allergic to ALL nuts. Tree nuts, coconuts, peanuts – all that stuff. So the number of recipes I can use is pretty small. As well, the recipes use lots of ingredients. Even if lots of them are spices, it’s quite daunting.seemingly good advice from government, health care industry, and food industry is only “seemingly” – they were wrong about a lot of stuff This claim received a score of 1, indicating that the evidence is neutral or nonexistent for the claim. While low-carb diets may be a beneficial tool for some individuals attempting to lose weight, the current evidence, including that cited by Eat Fat, Get Thin, appears to show that in the long run, low-carb diets are no more or less effective than other dietary options on average. Overall (average) score for claim 1 that a low fat/high carb diet is a human-made disaster comparable to wars and economic meltdowns and to natural disasters like hurricanes, the Ice Age and asteroid impacts;