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Can you get away with a high-animal-fat diet with lots of cardio exercise? |
My husband eats a lot of dead animals of the not-very-lean variety such as pork ribs, pork BBQ, chicken wings, etc. He is very fit in terms of having a very high cardio endurance (he can ride his bike quite fast for over 2 hours straight) but he eats lots of ribs, pork BBQ, etc. He does have some belly fat but his waist size is below the high-risk measurement of 40 inches. He is 38 years old. My thinking is that if you put that artery-clogging crap in your body exercise might help the situation but it's not going to make it disappear or make it like he never ate it, right? I operated on that theory, being athletic and slim, waist of 31 inches. I ate much less animal fat, but occasional pizza, peanut butter, crackers, cheese, ice cream, french fries, or hamburgers. I had a triple bypass last year at age 53. My three primary cardiac arteries were 99%, 99%, and 80% blocked. From my exercise, I at least had wonderful collaterals that supplied most of my cardiac flow until I had monster chest pains. Your husband is probably building both blockages and collaterals. He's taking a huge risk. Get a nice sized life insurance policy on him. A retired co-worker of mine used to go on 100 mile bicycle rides for years. He had a mammoth heart attack while riding, and died on the side of the road. Still had his belly fat. 55% of 1st heart attacks in males are fatal. But they do have warning signs, sometimes for 2 hours or more, such as chest pain or discomfort, and being short of breath. With his diet, no strange symptoms are to be ignored. Better he complain, have some tests and find out. But I had an EKG 2 minutes after 5 minutes of moderate chest pain in my doctor's office. My doctor said it was anxiety, and to go enjoy my coming vacation. I went, and had more pain, came back two weeks later, went to ER had an angiogram. It showed the blockages mentioned above, and they operated the next morning. My doctors said they'd never seen someone with my level of blockages who could walk, let alone go on vacation. Get more fruit in his diet, especially when he has fatty food. He should slow down a little on his exercise. Have him check his heart rate at its maximum cycling, and two minutes after stopping, and 10 minutes later. If it drops 30 points the first two minutes, and back to normal after 10 minutes, it bodes well for him. What about his parents and grandparents, any heart disease ? How much stress in his life ? Stress is also a problem, so arguing about food could be as bad as the food. How high is that good cholesterol ? 70s or 80s ? It's probably not a good idea for anyone to get into the middle of this bicker between you and your husband, but, as a vegetarian I must speak up that the chances are good his arteries are begging for clearance, Clarence, and he should have a complete physical including of course cholesterol testing. The results there will put the argument to rest in a better way than a bunch of opinions from the masses. Meat is not just murder to the animals, you know, it's murder to the consumer! You are pretty much correct. Carbohydrates are easy energy, and so are burned first. If caloric intake (eating) exceeds caloric expenditure (exercise), weight gain results. In addition, fats will increase cholesterol production, increasing the chance that some of it will end up in the artery wall. And, excess fats in the diet love to get stored in fat. The worst case is when fat from the meal starts to get stored in the liver or muscle. This is the beginning of a downhill slide that may well end up in diabetes. Once fat accumulates, it is hard to get rid of. A reducing diet would require consuming a low calorie diet that is substantially below the caloric requirements based on activity level. For example, if his activity dictates he needs a 2500 calorie daily intake, then he would have to consume 20-25% less to begin losing weight. Much better not to get fat in the first place. The simplified explanation: Say the meal is a rack of pork ribs with beans and rice. The carbohydrates from the rice (and some from the beans) would be rapidly digested and absorbed. Excess carbohydrates beyond what is immediately needed will be stored in the liver and muscle as glycogen. The protein is the next part to be easily digested and absorbed and will go to rebuilding tissue, generating carbohydrates (if necessary for energy or storage), or converted to fat for storage (if in excess of the first 2 requirements). The last thing to be digested and absorbed is fat. By the time fat begins to enter circulation after the meal, much of the carbohydrates and proteins have served immediate energy needs. Thus fat (and any excess carbs or protein) are now going strictly to storage. And it is hard to get this excess fat to come back out. |
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