Salt not as damaging to health as previously thought, says study

Re:Salt not as damaging to health as previously thought, say... by dogma1138 on Sunday August 12, 2018 @07:04PM (#17746971)

Butter is not bad it came from the time where liver function and metabolism was not as well understood, the worst thing you can have is insulin resistance which both high carb and high protein diets can cause as they both revolve around glucose.

I would highly recommend to avoid any diet which is less than 30-40% in calories from fat.

That said the worst thing you can have is high fat and high carb since the insulin would cause your body to store all the fat and turn the extra sugar into more fat.

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Re:Salt not as damaging to health as previously thought, say... by cies on Sunday August 12, 2018 @07:34PM (#17747083)

> I would highly recommend to avoid any diet which is less than 30-40% in calories from fat.

Our GI tract is very similar to that of primates. I think it is best to eat like they do: HCLF.

> That said the worst thing you can have is high fat and high carb

100% agree.

> the insulin would cause your body to store all the fat and turn the extra sugar into more fat.

Nope. The extra glucose with spike in your blood (as the fay blocks your insulin on the cells), glucose is only converted to fat a tiny bit.

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Re:Salt not as damaging to health as previously thought, say... by dogma1138 on Sunday August 12, 2018 @07:42PM (#17747110)

Our GI track is simmilar to some other primates primarily chimps but very different from others say Gorillas.

Gorillas nearly only eat leaves while chips are omnivores that hunt even monkeys and even practice cannibalism.

Glucose will turn into triglycerides and be stored into fat but more importantly what insulin does is instruct your fat cells to store energy.

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