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. [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> 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 > >