ObesityHelp

well, i re-learned something today.  This post is, by the way, an invitation to debate, question, or counter-point.

1) fat-storing happens in the presence of insulin.

well, actually what penetrated my grey matter today is that fat-storing *only* happens in the presence of insulin.  e.g. - low insulin levels, no fat storage.

huh.

2) insulin happens in the presence of carbohydrates.

oh, yeah, you can see where this is going.  please, if you enjoy your carbs and are doing well on your program with your WLS, please please don't take this as in any way critical of what you are doing.  i am totally on board with everybody  having different bodies and different genetics and different metabolisms and i am NOT a one-diet-fits-all kinda gal.  in fact, that's one reason why i am spending so much time perusing articles on metabolism and nutrition.  i LOVE my carbs.  love... love.... LOVE them. 

but this train of thought just makes too much sense for me, with my history, to overlook.

3) if you eat an extremely low-carb diet, and

3a) eat low-fat high-protein, your body converts the protein to glucose, which is basically the same fuel source created from carbohydrates.  therefore your insulin levels will be higher than:

3b) if you eat middle-protein *high fat* (and low carbs), your body switches to using ketones for energy almost exclusively.  And, because your insulin levels remain extremely low, the fat *CANNOT* be stored as fuel.  it WILL be burned.

4) going with 3b, because your body is now *most* efficiently burning fat for fuel, you will burn more body fat assuming you are also following a relatively low-calorie diet.

This came from sundry internet articles which are not, i guarantee you, peer reviewed and possibly belong in the uni-bomber category of flakes.  BUT... from my amateur knowledge of nutrition, biology, metabolism, and the bio-chemistry of metabolism, this actually makes sense to me.

The author(s) recommended a caloric ratio of: 10-15% carbs, 20-30% protein, and 60-70% fat.

OK - YES I LIKE TO PLAY WITH MY FOOD!!! and this is my version of playing!  Now I invite you to chime in!!!   do you agree?  disagree?  i can tell you right now this makes so much sense to me i am about ready to trash my dietician's low-fat high-protein concepts right out the window because that has never EVER worked for me and i can already feel it's setting up cravings like crazy.  the funny thing is i crave... you guessed it... fats.  not carbs.  THAT is wierd.

SO - feel free to beat the contents of this post to a bloody pulp, i truly will not mind.  i am inviting debate and conversation, not preaching.  WHAT DO YOU THINK?

EDIT: ok the way this breaks down by caloric intake is roughly:

600 calories per day
= 40-47 grams fat
= 30-45 grams protein
= 15-22.5 grams carbs


750 calories per day
= 55 grams fat
= 47 grams protein
= 24.5 grams carbs


1000 calories per day
= 72 grams fat
= 65.5 grams protein
= 31.25 grams carbs

If you look at the protein counts, by the ratio proposed, you would have to consume *at least* 1000 calores a day to make the minimum 60 grams (roughly) recommended for most post-RNYers.