[PolPitasc]

I understand the confusion, I have been wondering the same since I started this process. The information I have read have lead me to two conclusions that may help answer some of these questions.

Taubes says in some of his lectures that he is not sure if protein is a problem with weight gain, probably not, but he is sure fat is not a problem with weight gain or heart disease. He says the chloresteral that is bad, HDL and triglycerides are made by the liver and made from sugar and fructose. That is why the results from the chloresteral studies have been so surprising in LC ways of eating. I have read an found out through all my years of eating that I get hungry and eat more on processed carbs (bad calories) but love the taste and do not get hungry after eating something fatty or if i include fat in the meal some how. So eating fat will turn off the hunger pangs, the chemistry in our brains that tells us we are hungry after we get full. I have not seen anything about calories in his talks, but I would assume that if you have someone who has an addiction to eating and continues to eat past being full that weight gain would happen.

I also read Eat Fat, Look Thin by Bruce Fife and his Coconut Cures book. He says that if you raise your body temp that you can burn off more calories and feel better. He says many people do not know they have thyroid problems, that some cannot be diagnosed, but suggests making our meals spicier with red pepper or salsas. I think naturally thin people, if you took their temp at different times of the day, they would be warmer, maybe a degree or so? I know it takes more calories to make yourself warm, so some people say you can loose weight by drinking cold water. Lol, that I don't know about. What I do k now is that the natives in the gosh awful cold northern parts of our world keep warm and fed by eating lots of fat....