Given the state of the science behind diet as described by Taubes, all we 
have to go on is our anecdotes. This list is valuable for that.
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From: "Paula" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: Taubes again


> Pat,  The following is only my own anecdotal experience.
>
> I eat all the fat on my meats.  I eat chicken, turkey, salmon, tuna, eggs,
> beef, pork - going for the fattier cuts like thighs, wings, etc.  I eat a
> wide variety of vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds to total a daily 
> consumption
> of 40 - 80 grams of carbohydrates.  I use raw butter, and I use cream once
> in awhile.
>
> I changed my ewating habits 11/01/1996.  I am 5'2".  I then weighed 212
> pounds.  After 11 years of eating this way I maintain a weight of 123 - 
> 128
> pounds.  I don't believe cholesterol means diddly, but mine is 163 with an
> HDL of 76, LDL of 80, triglycerides of 33, glucose 89, CRP 0.2 as of last
> April.
>
> So, eating fat is not making me fat!  I wear a size 6 or 8, depending.
>
> Paula H.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pat Barrett
>
> How do you all interpret the role of food fat? Taubes states that a major
> mistake was made in assuming that intake of fat in foods translates to 
> body
> fat and that is wrong. SNIP
> Cordain does not list lamb as a meat to eat and waves us off fatty meats.
> Pat Barrett
>
>