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Re:What will health nuts eat on Super Bowl Sunday? Nuts by a8da6b0c91d on Friday January 31, 2014 @06:00PM (#7159744)
> healthy fat

That's debatable. Except for some tropical nuts like macadamias, most are loaded with unsaturated fats that have many negative health associations.

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Re:What will health nuts eat on Super Bowl Sunday? Nuts by neilc on Friday January 31, 2014 @06:24PM (#7159871)
Uh, what? Unsaturated fats are generally regarded as healthier than saturated fats. Which specific unsaturated fats do you think have "many negative health associations"?
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Re:What will health nuts eat on Super Bowl Sunday? Nuts by 3pt14159 on Friday January 31, 2014 @07:38PM (#7160267)
You are confusing unsaturated with saturated or transfats. Unsaturated fats are amazingly healthy.
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Re:What will health nuts eat on Super Bowl Sunday? Nuts by a8da6b0c91d on Friday January 31, 2014 @07:45PM (#7160296)
No I'm not. PUFAs have clear links to immuno suppression, cancer, and low metabolism. Seed oils are best avoided.

Saturated fat is benign. You can eat about as much coconut oil as you care to and the only concern would be excess calories.

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Re:What will health nuts eat on Super Bowl Sunday? Nuts by 3pt14159 on Saturday February 01, 2014 @12:27AM (#7160959)
The CDC says that "Most of the fat that you eat should come from unsaturated sources: polyunsaturated fats and monounsaturated fats. In general, nuts, vegetable oils, and fish are sources of unsaturated fats." Which is (generally) consistent with what I've read on the topic.

http://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/everyone/basics/fat/unsaturated...

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Re:What will health nuts eat on Super Bowl Sunday? Nuts by beachstartup on Friday January 31, 2014 @11:59PM (#7160893)
nutritional ketosis and hormonal theory of obesity are too new for people to understand. give it 20 years or so.
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Re:What will health nuts eat on Super Bowl Sunday? Nuts by 3pt14159 on Saturday February 01, 2014 @12:27AM (#7160960)
I don't need 20 years to change my opinion. I need 20 minutes with some reputable sources.
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Re:What will health nuts eat on Super Bowl Sunday? Nuts by beachstartup on Saturday February 01, 2014 @10:57AM (#7161929)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpllomiDMX0

i'm not sure if you're being serious but it'll take longer than 20 miutes, more like 6 hours. this isn't a simple topic but the new science on it is compelling.

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Re:What will health nuts eat on Super Bowl Sunday? Nuts by a8da6b0c91d on Saturday February 01, 2014 @01:05AM (#7161013)
This is a reasonable overview.

http://www.nutritionbynature.com.au/1/post/2012/09/polyunsat...

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