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On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, Stan and Cory wrote:
> Just read a book today that strongly supports the Paleo diet. The theory
> here claims that "pyruvic acid in the blood is responsible for obesity,
> because it prevents the utilization of fatty acids and blood sugar, and
> causes them to be stored as excess tissue. The solution is infallible IF
> PROPERLY ADHERED TO. Limiting vegetarian foods lessens the amount of
> pyruvic acid in the blood;
> fatty acids and blood sugar are used more efficiently, and excess fat
> deposition does not occur. As fatty acids are oxidized and utilized for
> energy, and fat stored in the body is released to replace the used up blood
> fatty acids, fat storage is normalized, fat deposits are used, weight is
> lost - and, above all, health is restored. Simply, all that is needed to
> reduce overweight people and bring them to a normal weight with 12 percent
> body fat is to remove pyruvic acid-forming carbohydrate foods from their
> diet."
According to this theory, what does the body do with dietary
fatty acids in excess of its energy needs? Are they excreted?
Todd Moody
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