I was one of thousands of wannabees

[isobars]

You're right, and the benefits of vastly reduced net carb consumption extend way beyond body fat reduction. It is neither a panacea, nor is it appropriate (not even safe) for certain well-defined subsets of the population, but for a majority of people, especially those eating like Americans, its many benefits outweigh its few and avoidable disadvantages.

I'm still PO'd that for decades I argued long and loud against low-carb eating because the fricking government and our doctors claimed it was harmful. Only after MUCH more research did I realize how WRONG they and I were. My only lingering reservation now is that, although I'm convinced, we could all STILL be wrong.

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One may chose to reply to a post, in the manner set by the Guidelines.
Not in any manner they wish .

[dvCali]

[isobars]

The guidelines are a meaningless, blatantly and chronically ignored, atrocious farce even outside the political forum. Weatherflow wrongly assumes they are immune to libel laws.

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[isobars]

Be careful what you do with anything you read on the 'net, folks, even if it's from someone who claims a degree in the field or wears a white coat. Assume it's wrong or even total BS until you Do Your Own Homework. Realize too, that one valuable marker in spotting balderdash is attacking the messenger rather than debating the message.

From just one among many similar articles, this one from
https://www.askdrsears.com/topics/feeding-eating/family-nutrition/facts-about-fats/hydrogenated-fats:

Trans fats or hydrogenated fats may interfere with the ability of the cells of the body to metabolize the fats that are good for you.

This may damage cell membranes of vital structures, such as the brain and nerve cells. Cell membranes contain receptor sites for fat molecules, sort of like parking places that are specifically designed to receive certain molecules. When the right fatty acid arrives, it fills its assigned parking spot and contributes to the health of the membrane. However, trans fatty acid “cars” may also come along and squeeze into a space that doesn’t really fit these biochemical impostors. A sort of biochemical traffic jam occurs, and the right cars cannot get to where they need to be. Or, think of cell membranes as having millions of tiny locks, which nutrient molecules can enter like keys. Changing the shape of the molecule, which is what happens when a fat is hydrogenated, changes the shape of the key, and it doesn’t fit properly into the lock. Two problems can occur. Either the molecular misfit key is left to wander throughout the body, causing damage in other places, or these misfit keys keep pushing their way into the locks, damaging them, so that the right keys, the natural nutrients, no longer fit. At least in theory, hydrogenated fats can weaken cell membranes, keeping out needed nutrients and also allowing harmful ones to leak in. This may set the body up for chronic, degenerative diseases. This is why fake fats are becoming known in the medical community as “the silent killer.” We can take a tip from Mother Nature that trans fatty acids are not good for the body. Both the placenta and the brain have a biochemical way of filtering most trans fatty acids out, although the protection is not complete. If a diet is not overwhelmed with TFA’s, it can deal with a bit of them by metabolizing these fats as energy sources before they have a chance to do any cellular damage, and then use the good fats (the essential fatty acids) as healthy nutrients for the cells. Perhaps, a bit of trans fatty acids (which may occur naturally in some foods anyway) won’t harm the body but, like all other fats, excess will.

Other such articles and papers add such findings as ANY TFs, even if indulged only once, are harmful because their effects can linger for many days.

[dvCali]

[isobars]

I gave you a chance, DV, to act all grown up, but when you revert to ignoring and even fabricating what I've said, you're outta here again. If I wanted children, I'd have had some.

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