In a message dated 12/5/02 8:20:38 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:

>I have been trying very high fat, moderate protein, low carb with zip results
>in terms of weight loss.   I just don't know what to do. 

You are not alone. I am in exactly the same position -- in my case my carb 
count is generally under 25 grams. Like you I exercise, including weights. 
But nothing … the scale just won't move. 

I am investigating though - I'm more and more convinced that in my case my 
weight is related to stress. I got my cortisol tested and it was high. 
Cortisol can be high because of poor sleep, high protein diets, alcohol, and 
life stress. The up shot is that cortisol increases insulin resistance, fat 
deposition in the abdominal region and resistant weight. On a low carb diet 
cortisol stimulates gluconeogenesis -- reading Schwarzbein's second book 
right now and she definitely says that it is detrimental to eat too few 
carbs. 

As far as the kind of fat and satiety -- monos and unsaturated fatty acids 
are metabolized a little faster that saturated fatty acids of the same chain 
length, but I wouldn't have thought it would have been that noticeable. Could 
there be a psychological component -- a feeling of deprivation not having the 
saturated fat. A saturated fat that is metabolized quite fast BTW is coconut 
oil -- great with eggs.



Namaste, Liz
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