Should I not be eating veggies and eat little protein to enter ketosis?

Should I not be eating too much veggies and protein and much more fat to enter ketosis? I''ve been eating veggies and protein and very little fat and less than 20g of carbs per day past week to lose lower belly fat, and I want to enter ketosis. But I''ve been looking around, and everywhere it says fats are the most that I should be eating and little protein and no veggies. I''m scared of eating too much fat in case I never achieve ketosis and I gained weight for no reason. I found out coconut oil is one good choice for fat, are there any others that I should do?

Why Don''t I Lose Weight?

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To keep your body from catabolizing it''s own lean tissues for nutrition, you need to eat adequate calories about 2500 daily on average for a male.

If you are eating 20g carbs (80 calories) & 100g protein (400 calories) that leaves 2020 calories daily needed from the only other source for energy - dietary fats.

Studies have shown that some people can gain fat stores even on a semi starvation diet of 1000 calories a day - if it''s composition is high carb, low fat. So obviously, calories aren''t the key to fat loss.

There is NO evidence to substantiate the calorie theory. It may sound logical, but the body is built for survival & does not follow logical mathematical equations.

Gary Taubes spent 7 years going over all the studies on nutrition, which is the basis of his recent book "Good calories, Bad calories"

He makes a case based on substantiated scientific studies that -

> Obesity is a disorder of excess fat accumulation, not overeating & not sedentary behaviour.

> Consuming excess calories does not cause us to grow fatter, any more than it causes a child to grow taller.

It''s been impossible to study high calorie low carb, since protein is fairly self regulating and low carb creates a natural appetite suppression. The highest study I''ve found is 2600 calories. In one discussion group, the calorie theory was under discussion & one lean fellow experimented on himself & added an extra 2000 calories a day to his normal maintenance level of 2500 calories for a total of 4500 calories a day - an extra 14,000 calories in a week - which according to the calorie theory should add 4# but he lost 1#

Fat won''t make you fat (but a low fat, high carb diet can). Fat is essential to good health. (not including transfats) & supports a strong immune system & helps hormones to function properly. Fat tempers the devastating health effects of carbohydrates. Fat is needed to make the vitamins & minerals in your foods (like calcium & vit.D in milk or alpha and beta carotene and lycopene in vegs) bioavailable so they can be incorporated into the body structure. Most people do better with a higher level of fat than with less, even if the body is being fueled by carbs & not fat.

The body can not release body fat stores until the bloodstream is clear of insulin. Carbs greater than 9grams per hour trigger insulin. Insulin is the only fat storage hormone.



7 Reasons to Eat More Saturated Fat

1) Improved cardiovascular risk factors

Saturated fat in the diet is the only means to reduce the levels of lipoprotein (a) — that correlates strongly with risk for heart disease. Eating fats raises the level of HDL, the good cholesterol.

2) Stronger bones

Saturated fat is required for calcium to be incorporated into bone - According to expert in human health, Mary Enig, Ph.D., as much as 50 percent of the fats in the diet should be saturated fats.

3) Improved liver health

Studies show that saturated fat encourages the liver cells to dump fat content. Saturated fat has been shown to protect the liver from toxic insults & even to reverse the damage.

4) Healthy lungs

The fat content of lung surfactant is 100 percent saturated fatty acids. Replacement of these critical fats by other types of fat makes faulty surfactant & potentially cause respiratory distress.

5) Healthy brain

Your brain is mainly made of fat & cholesterol. Most of the fatty acids in the brain are saturated. The brain needs saturated fats to function optimally.

6) Proper nerve signaling

Certain saturated fats, found in butter, lard, coconut oil, & palm oil, function directly as signaling messengers that influence the metabolism. Without the correct signals to tell the organs & glands what to do, the job gets done improperly.

7) Strong immune system

Saturated fats found in butter & coconut oil play key roles in immune health. Loss of sufficient saturated fatty acids in the white blood cells hampers their ability to recognize & destroy viruses, bacteria, & fungi & have potent germ-killing ability. We need them to keep the immune system vigilant against cancerous cells & infectious invaders.

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/06/06/saturated-fat/


http://www.lewrockwell.com/miller/miller33.1.html

Plaque build up in the arteries is more attributable to carb consumption than dietary fats. Carb consumption raises triglycerides & VLDL (bad cholesterol). Fats raise the HDL (good cholesterol). High triglyceride levels & low HDL levels are an indicator of plaque & glycation - the precursors to a heart attack & heart disease.

http://heartscanblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/after-eating-effects-carbohydrates-vs.html