Re: Re: High trans fat diet may create spare tire

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Thanks, Tony,

But let's say perhaps not all is metabolized, especially in an excess calorie mode.

I've eaten a lot of trans fat, having been raised on margarine. If just 2 grams per day that would be 1500 #.

Of course, now I only knowingly eat the transfat that comes out of the air.

I don't see them stopping making it, since it's so stable.

Regards.

[ ] Re: High trans fat diet may create "spare tire"

> Interesting study. So, once again, the question is: what causes > greater weight gain on equal caloric intake?> > So for these monkeys did the trans fat lower body temperature? Or > reduce physical activity? Or act as an anti-diuretic? Or make the > body metabolically more efficient? ........... Or is energy being > magically created/destroyed?> Rodney,I think that the answer is none of the above. Apparently,the trans fats cannot be metabolized like normal fat and they justaccumulate. The experiment took place over several years. A bodyweight increase of a few grams per day is very hard to measure on aday-by-day basis due to fluctuations in hydration, temporaryintestinal retention, etc. However, if you gain only 2.7 grams ofweight per day, at the end of a year you will have gained 1 kilogram(2.2 lb).2.7 grams of fat is the equivalent of 24 calories. That is like twopeanuts. You can burn 24 calories by exercising moderately for5 minutes.Tony