Re: High trans fat diet may create spare tire

[Guest guest]

Hi folks:

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?

This is not the first time this issue has arisen, and it urgently

needs an answer.

Rodney.

>

> " Diets rich in trans fat cause a redistribution of fat tissue into

the

> abdomen and lead to a higher body weight even when the total dietary

> calories are controlled, " Lawrence L. Rudel, a professor of

pathology

> and biochemistry and head of the Lipid Sciences Research Program,

said

> in a prepared statement.

>

> " We conclude that in equivalent diets, trans fatty acid consumption

> increases weight gain, " researcher Dr. Kylie Kavanagh said in a

> prepared statement. " In the world of diabetes, everybody knows that

> just 5 percent weight loss makes enormous difference. This little

> difference was biologically quite significant. "

>

> Results of the study were presented Monday at the American Diabetes

> Association's annual scientific sessions, in Washington, D.C.

>

> http://tinyurl.com/hx772

>

> - Diane

>

[Guest guest]

> 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 just

accumulate. The experiment took place over several years. A body

weight increase of a few grams per day is very hard to measure on a

day-by-day basis due to fluctuations in hydration, temporary

intestinal retention, etc. However, if you gain only 2.7 grams of

weight 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 two

peanuts. You can burn 24 calories by exercising moderately for

5 minutes.

Tony