september of last year i found out my fasting blood sugar was at a prediabetic level, and that i had high cholesterol. i really didn't have a horrendous diet — so i thought. looking back after a couple days i realized i really was downing a lot of vegan cheese, full fat impossible meat, and snacks. oops.
i was always under the misconception that carbs are what ails you in every aspect of health, but clearly that was wrong (at least for me), because i still eat a lot of them. the biggest change was just knocking down my saturated fat, which i got mostly in the form of coconut oil. we also cook with less oil in general — switching to avocado as our primary has worked out great, and really, i feel as though i'm still eating the same diet as i was before.
i'm still in the process of getting recipes from paper to a web doc, but when i do, i'll share them! it's been crazy enjoyable to me to be able to eat so much healthy food that feels like it's unhealthy.
by Alextricity
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Oil is pretty calorically dense. Makes sense.
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You lost weight because you ate at a calorie deficit. Not because of your macros. Eating less saturated fat may have made it easier for you to eat at a deficit. But if you had reduced your saturated fat intake without eating at a calorie deficit, you would not have lost weight.
How is your pre-diabetes now? Were you able to enter a more metabolically healthy state?
I cut my triglycerides in half, and lost 5 lbs in 2 months doing the exact same thing.
Amazing!
Great. *Cheers*
Interesting. I lost 6.5kg fat upping my saturated fat to 150-200g a day. I love how the body works.
Fair play to you!
Edit: I’m not plant based
Coconut oil can be a huge factor in vegan diets!
Many people don’t realize it is absolutely packed with saturated fats
I’m glad you swapped it out and are seeing benefits!
This is a really cool app. What’s it called? Looks very handy
The Matering Diabetes approach is pretty much what you did. Reducing total fat intake to under 30g a day will also reduce insulin resistance. The root cause of diabetes is insulin resistance. The root cause of insulin resistance is an excess buildup of intramuscular lipids and weight gain.
The scientific establishment has been reporting that saturated fat is the major driver of high cholesterol since the 1980s, no surprise that the preponderance of data and research was right.
Glad that following that advice helped you