For a while, I've avoided seed oils because I know they're toxic, but have still allowed them in my diet occasionally when eating out with friends & family.
Recently I came across a few websites and have gained a renewed sense of repulsiveness toward them, as well as the importance of a high saturated fat diet (at least, in my opinion). These are:
- fireinabottle.net
- high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com
- reddit.com/r/SaturatedFat (check the resources on the right - doesn't work on old.reddit.com)
I've also been mostly carnivore for a while and felt best when I was unintentionally eating a higher saturated fat percentage. I lost weight faster, had WAY more energy, slept better, libido was MUCH higher, etc. More recently, I've been animal-based with a higher protein percentage and have been having a hard time losing some weight, but never seemed to put 2 + 2 together. One of the users on r/SaturatedFat (u/exfatloss) has been doing a very low protein percentage and just chugging heavy cream all day (~4,000 calories/day in total) and the weight has fallen off. Meanwhile, in the three days I've been testing a similar diet, I have already noticed I feel much better and have (visibly) lost some fat.
Apparently, in rat models, higher protein percentages lowers metabolic rate and that seems to be the key factor here. I'm not saying it'll work for everyone, but for those of you who might like to experiment, I encourage you to check this out.