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EATING FAT DOES NOT DIRECTLY EQUATE TO PUTTING FAT ON YOUR BOD, LOL!
Fat digests slowly and so does not necessarilly convert to stored fat in your body.
Now SIMPLE SUGARS digest WAY FAST and so overload your blood sugar and produce an insulin reaction that stores those sugars real quickly... as fat on your bod.
(Unless you're exercizing so much that the sugars stored in your your muscles and liver are depleted incredibly and need desperate and massive replenishing. Not likely.)
And processed grains (like most flour in bread or fast food buns or just about anything) digest about as quickly as refined sugar.
(A good clue to what's overprocessed is if it's "Enriched," which means they processed everything remotely good out of it and "enriched" it with only five nutrients.)
I agree with everything you said, shane. The fat that you eat doesn't automatically turn into fat. It does have lots of calories though, and I guess that's what people are trying to avoid....who knows.
I wonder what the difference is between Alli and Olestra? Sounds like they both cause anal leakage....wheee!
People are willing to risk anal leakage for 150 kcal a day? I'm sorry, but if things are going to be coming out of my butt willy-nilly, I at least want to get a good cheeseburger out of the deal.
I wonder what the difference is between Alli and Olestra?
No idea how they compare chemically, but Olestra is a food additive and Alli is a supplement. A friend of mine just started taking Alli. She says it's disgusting but apparently effective.
I saw that stuff at the grocery today and didn't know what it was. I thought it was a book (it was with the magazines and books) and didn't look terribly close. I guess if a book gives you the runs it's either unbelievably good or unbelievably bad.
Julie: Plomox is the most effective anti-arrhythmic drug on the market right now. And it has minimal side-effects: Only nausea, impotence, and anal leakage.
Dr. Cox: I'm getting two out of three just from the conversation.
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