Honest Q, Want an Honest Answer

ljk · Post by **ljk** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:02 pm

"Okay". Of course it's okay. no one will get upset at you and you won't get arrested.

Your body doesn't give a shit if the 200 cals are from cake. Fit it into your total cals and you're golden.

(Rage) · Post by **(Rage)** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:54 am

haha yeah, i know, there is a diet that goes like you can eat whatever you want, as long it doesnt exceeds how much you burn a day...=)!

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 4:01 am

your body will give a shit

(Rage) · Post by **(Rage)** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 5:56 am

Tough answer, I agree though..I'm no doing that sort of diet, NOO! I'm still eating healthy, but it doesn't mean i can cut myself 100% back from non healthy food..

That what think. and what ive been doing, and im fine...

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:37 am

ljk wrote:"Your body doesn't give a shit if the 200 cals are from cake. Fit it into your total cals and you're golden.

Incorrect.

Whilst the body might not be able to differentiate, between different Fat sources, I.E you eat some cake then some Flaxseeds, the body is not capable of recognising them as such, exept for your senses like Eyes, Brain, which see and process what you see. You know what you've eaten in that case, as your eyes see the Cake and Flaxseeds, your brain translates that information, and makes you aware in your mind, they are what they are.

The bodies digestive system doesn't react to what those things are, it only really reacts to what's in them, and the weight / molecular density of the food, and even though Flaxseed Fats, and Saturated Cake Fats, are both 9 calories per gram, they are not the same, and have different physiological effects, so having Fats from Cake sources which often contain provessed Flour, saturates, and some Egg Yolk Cholesterol, does have an impact.

Even if you ate 1g of Sature it would almsot certainly store, compared to 1g of Omega Fats, or another healthy Fat source. Whilst 1g of Saturate is not crime of the century, and possibly a tiny amount of Saturate is needed per day, the 1g of something like Omega, will create a different Physiological reaction, because it probably has a different molecular shape, structure, density etc etc, and perhaps different atoms, or configuration / number of atoms.

You could also argue the case, that someone who eat 3,000 cals a day, 2% of which were Saturates, would be better off than someone who ate 2,000 a day, 50% of which were Saturates, making sure of course healthy food is kept to acceptable portions sizes, as excess calories convert to fats, even if they come from things like Egg Whites, Broccoli, Tomato etc etc