Fat vs fat

#1

Since October 2017 I’ve dropped 30 lbs , 210 to 180! My goal is 175. Last year I dropped 25 lbs doing Adkins and brother that was miserable. Keto is the easier way believe me!
So as I am approaching my goal and thinking about maintenance I was wondering about fat. For a long time life style would fat consumed from poultry and fish be more healthy than from beef and pork? Or is fat-fat?

(Jacob Wagner) #2

For most people when you reach your set weight (which isn’t necessarily the same as your goal weight) then you will get more hungry automatically and so your eating fat to satiety will take more fat.

I can’t speak to what is more healthy in a general sense, but if you need more fat to meet your body’s needs then I personally wouldn’t be switching to leaner meats like chicken.

–Jacob

(Chris) #3

Beef will always outweigh chicken as far as nutrition goes. Chicken is like a bland salad in comparison.

(Jacob Wagner) #4

In part that is because what we eat are not real chickens. They are an offshoot called broilers. Broilers have been selectively bred over the last century to optimize the weight of sellable meat grown each day. They can’t survive outside of highly controlled environments.

–Jacob

(Roy D) #5

Not quite.

Basically, if you eat any of the fats listed above, you’ll be OK. Fat from fish is most likely a bit better (see below), but with fish you get a high amount of protein (as compared to fat), you may find it more of a challenge to maintain a high fat/moderate protein content in your diet.

The fats listed above (poultry, fish, beef & pork) all fall into the category of saturated fats. There are also unsaturated fats, trans fats, & poly unsaturated fats. There is also the discussion of the amount of Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids contained in the various fats. (Fish typically contains a higher amount of Omega-3, which is better.)

Nina Teicholz typically presents a good discussion on the health benefits of various fats and oils. You can find multiple videos by Nina on YouTube. The “classic” book on the discussion is The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz (copyright 2014).