Re: 15 years of Mickey D's McNuggets n' fries, and ...
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MuleHunter</div><div class="ubbcode-body">'one and a half times the recommended daily fat intake'
And yet she isn't overweight, hmmm. Thats interesting. Makes you question the whole saturated fat debate. Maybe overeating and lack of vitamins and nutrients is the problem with people being obese, not the consuming of animal products.</div></div>
As far as I know, the primary problem with saturated fats (or any fat really) is not that they make you fat. The problem with saturated fat seems to be its observed negative effects on your cardiovascular system and increased risks for certain types of cancer.
I despise the "fat makes you fat" argument that people who learned everything they know about nutrition and diet in the 70's seem to be going on with. I routinely beat my head against the wall with my mom because she's in the "you can eat whatever you want to as long as your fat grams don't go over x per day" school. Doesn't matter what I say, what studies or books I cite, the fact that I've lost 70 lbs over the last year (NOT watching fat grams, but calories and their sources), she just refuses to accept that Diet Coke's not as good for you as water and thinks margarine's healthier than butter because it doesn't have the same fat makeup.
Sorry for the rant. It wasn't necessarily directed at you, it's just the mindset over some diet and nutrition stuff really sets me off. My mom's gonna be 52 this year and is probably 60-100 lbs overweight, and I can't get her to do anything about it. My dad's about 60 lbs overweight, and he's convinced that since eating nothing but shredded wheat and soup for a week doesn't help him lose weight he "just can't." It's kind of been weighing on me (unintentional pun) lately that though I know nobody can live forever, it just seems like the people I love are doing everything they can to themselves to get out sooner.
