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Originally posted by AXOLiz
No, I don't think it matters when you're counting calories assuming you're taking in less than you're burning. The study I read - which was a long time ago, so I don't remember as much as I probably should - said in general, extra fat in your diet can be stored more readily since it's already fat, basically.
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I don't think that's quite true... Most diet experts agree that simple sugars are bad - if you're sticking to a 1500-calorie diet and 1400 of those calories come from Snickers bars, you're not doing yourself any favors. The reasons differ - some people talk about insulin spikes, others say that it is very easily broken down by the body, others say all carbs are bad, etc. Same thing for alcohol - most experts agree alcohol should be limited if not done away with entirely, but for different reasons. So it does matter where your calories come from.
Dr. Atkins' argument as for why fat is not "bad" is that your body processes any carbs that you eat, and then goes to fat stored in your body. According to him (for reasons I don't understand) dietary fat is not processed before bodily fat.
The important thing is to decide what you're going to do - low-carb, low-fat, low-calorie, Weight Watchers, whatever - and then
stick to it.
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