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Which Fats Should Mothers-to-Be Consume if They Don't Want Their Kids to be Obese as Early as With 2-7 Years?

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Fat is an important nutrient for the unborn child. Accordingly, the question is not if pregnant women should consume fat, it's rather how much and at which ratios saturated, monounsaturated (MUFA) and polyunsaturated (PUFA) fatty acids should be consumed. A new study does now go even one step further and tries t assess the optimal amount of individual fatty acids like arachidonic acid (ARA), Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) or Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). It should be obvious: Out of ethical reasons, the question from the headline can only be answered based on rodent or epidemiological studies. Now, I am not exactly a fan of epidemiology, but  in this important case, I wouldn't like to rely on rodent data, which tends to deviate significantly from human data in long-term trials spanning several developing periods. As you will probably know, a high-intake ratio of n -6/n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) has been suggested to contribute to excess fetal adipose tis...
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Low Carb(-ing) Reduces Fat & Fast Food (10-20%) Cravings Plus 60% Less Hunger After Meals in Obese Men/Women

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You always crave the foods you must not eat, right? No, ... a recent study finds decreases in sweet and starch cravings in obese individuals on low-carb diets. If the calorie intake is standardized, low-carb dieting has no proven metabolic weight loss benefit compared to any other dietary weight loss intervention. In the real-world, as well as less tightly controlled studies in obese  individuals, however, they tend to outperform their American Heart Association inspired bogus low fat, low protein, high carbohydrate counterparts. The reason? No, still no "metabolic advantage": reduced hunger and food cravings and the subsequently increased adherence and reduced energy intake - an assumption that isn't proven, but at least supported by Colette Heimowitz' latest paper. A paper based on a study that was sponsored by Atkins Nutritionals and smells of bias, but a study that's in line with millions of N=1 reports on the internet. Would be interesting to compar...
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Eating 75-100g Fat (M-/PUFA) in the AM Improves Glucose (7-8%), Insulin (40-60%), Trigs (4-16%), GSH & MDA (40-75%)

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If we assume that the protein fried eggs with its comparatively low insulinogenicity is not a problem (unlike your whey, for example), avocado and eggs fried in olive oil is the perfect breakfast to replace the liquid test meal used in the study. There's no debating that increased amounts of free fatty acids in the blood will impair your insulin sensitivity, as they should be there only, when your supply of carbohydrate is running out, AMPK and with it the expression of lypolytic enzymes increase and the triglycerides from your fat stores are broken down into free fatty acids and released into your bloodstream where they can be used by liver, muscle and other organs as an alternative energy source. Now, the word "alternative" is of paramount importance, here, because you'll find yourself being in (diabetic) trouble if those FFAs pile up on top of high glucose levels. This is what happens with the SAD diet and its high carbohydrate and  fat content (and energy!) ...
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Nigella Sativa Quadruples Fat Loss Success: 8% vs. 2% Rel. Body Fat Reduction in 8 Weeks With NS Before Every Meal

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Nigella sativa is not well known in the West. You may remember the SuppVersity special on Nigella sativa from January 2015. A special, in which beneficial metabolic effects of nigella sativa aka black cumin were only one item on a long list of health benefits, of which many had unfortunately been observe in rodent studies. With a recent study from the Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , there's now evidence for humans that the fat loss benefits of the oil from nigella sativa are real - at least when it is ingested before meals by dieting overweight individuals. Learn more about the effects of your diet on your health at the SuppVersity Only Whey, Not Soy Works for Wheytloss Taste Matters - Role of the Taste Receptors Protein Satiety Shoot-Out: Casein vs. Whey How Much Carbs Before Fat is Unhealthy? 5 Tips to Improve & Maintain Insulin Sensitivity Carbohydrate Shortage in Paleo Land We are talking about a double-blind, placebo-controlled, ran...
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Path to Fat-Induced Obesity is Sprinkled With Salt - Sodium Boosts Food & Energy Intake & Reduces Fat's Satiety Effect

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Think you cannot eat the whole pizza? Add salt - this should "help" with the hardest all-you-can-eat challenges. I am not telling you something new if I tell you that excess fat consumption has been linked to the development of obesity. I hope that it's also not news to you that the consistent association between high(er) fat intakes and weight gain in epidemiological studies cannot be reproduced in human studies where the diet is just high in fat and doesn't have the perfect "potato chips"-combination of fat and carbohydrate that has not just been proven to increase food intake, but also to have pro-addictive effects on the brain (Hoch. 2015). The fat to carbohydrate ratio Hoch et al. identified as a crucial determinant of snack food intake and brain reward responses in their 2015 study is yet not the only characteristic feature of potato chips. Learn more about the effects of your diet on your health at the SuppVersity Only Whey, Not Soy Work...
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