So it seems that according to the articles on Shapefit.com that "calories
are king" when it comes to weight gain or loss. When or not your loss or gain weight depends on your calorie deficit or surplus.
From a theoretical standpoint, does that mean that daily intake of saturated has little to no bearing in terms of weight loss? More precisely, is it just that saturated fat is merely bad for your health( as opposed to being something that makes you gain a lot of weight)?
What role does saturated fat play in weight gain, if any?
Thanks.
Saturated Fat
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Saturated Fat is already Fat, and stores as such.
Most other weight gain, involves the eating excess calories in a given meal. Now I don't know what constitues excess calories, could be over 500 at once, could be 600+, but I would normally not advocate anybody need exceed 400 calories in one go, except for possibly medical reasons, or they are people looking for large muscle mass, I.E. Powerlifters, BB's, people looking to get erally huge, or even freaky huge, though that then requires Anabolics as well.
Excess calories convert to Fat and store, Saturated already is Fat and can store in it's natural state, with no need to convert to or combine with anything first to knowledge.
The main things that can largely affect how Fat stores, are things like Exercise, water intake and healthy Fats intake, which all have an effect on Fat stores, although recent science would make provision for a pretty high Calcium intake, to affect amount of Fat storage too.
So Saturated Fat is a bad thing, not just for Heart health and other things, but for it's ability to store. Calories are not all the same, and processed Sugars and negative Fats, should be avoided to excess. Realistically, if you ate a meal with 1g of Saturated Fat in it, no real problem, but a meal with 10g in it, is a different story.
So Saturated has a key role in weight gain. diet is pretty much as it was before I started working out 8 years ago, give or take a few things that have since been removed from diet, and I was never Fat, so being sedentary, and eating about 80% clean, didn't chunk me up.
The reason a lot of people are Fat, is down to Excess calories, Saturated Fats intake, and being largely sedentary, which then means the persons diet is putting more calories into their body, than is capable of being burnt in a sedentary state.
So keep your Negative Fats, and processed / Alcohol sugars low. Alcohol sugars to Zero preferably, but definitely restricted.
Calories need ot be mostly healthy and in a good proportion, no matter whether you want to lose weight, or bulk up, it's just depending on what you're doing, the Macronutrient ratios might be different, and then other things like type of weights and / or Cardio training.
Most other weight gain, involves the eating excess calories in a given meal. Now I don't know what constitues excess calories, could be over 500 at once, could be 600+, but I would normally not advocate anybody need exceed 400 calories in one go, except for possibly medical reasons, or they are people looking for large muscle mass, I.E. Powerlifters, BB's, people looking to get erally huge, or even freaky huge, though that then requires Anabolics as well.
Excess calories convert to Fat and store, Saturated already is Fat and can store in it's natural state, with no need to convert to or combine with anything first to knowledge.
The main things that can largely affect how Fat stores, are things like Exercise, water intake and healthy Fats intake, which all have an effect on Fat stores, although recent science would make provision for a pretty high Calcium intake, to affect amount of Fat storage too.
So Saturated Fat is a bad thing, not just for Heart health and other things, but for it's ability to store. Calories are not all the same, and processed Sugars and negative Fats, should be avoided to excess. Realistically, if you ate a meal with 1g of Saturated Fat in it, no real problem, but a meal with 10g in it, is a different story.
So Saturated has a key role in weight gain. diet is pretty much as it was before I started working out 8 years ago, give or take a few things that have since been removed from diet, and I was never Fat, so being sedentary, and eating about 80% clean, didn't chunk me up.
The reason a lot of people are Fat, is down to Excess calories, Saturated Fats intake, and being largely sedentary, which then means the persons diet is putting more calories into their body, than is capable of being burnt in a sedentary state.
So keep your Negative Fats, and processed / Alcohol sugars low. Alcohol sugars to Zero preferably, but definitely restricted.
Calories need ot be mostly healthy and in a good proportion, no matter whether you want to lose weight, or bulk up, it's just depending on what you're doing, the Macronutrient ratios might be different, and then other things like type of weights and / or Cardio training.
You are correct: weight loss or gain depends on a calorie deficit or excess. "Excess" varies with each person because calorie needs are different for everyone. Theoretically, you can consume 75% of your daily calories from fat, but if you do not exceed your total calorie needs, you most likely will not gain weight....ie, "The Zone" or "Atkin's" diets. The majority of calories consumed on these diets are protein and consequently a lot of saturated fat....unless lean proteins are eaten, yet people lose weight because they are low calorie diets. Saturated fats contribute to heart disease, the recommendation is no more than 10% of total fats be saturated while the other 20% are poly and monounsaturated, but remember, all fats contain the same amount of calories and can lead to weight gain if you consume more overall calories than you need.