Originally Posted by longhornDr
1. Natural PB has a neglible amount of carbs (2-3g/serving)
2. Eating carbs shuts down lipolysis completely. Fats are metabolically invisible, so a combination of a calorie deficit and low carb diet allow for increased duration of lipolysis. There is nothing inherently better about fats for energy, they are just a means of providing adequate caloric intake when carbs have been cut out. It would be impractical to get 100% of your calories from protein.
3. You calculate your daily calorie goal and subtract the calories you get from your protein intake, this will give you how many calories you need from fat. 50g of fat seems low. In these low carb/high protein diets, protein is used as fuel, there is no way to get around that, and it is actually the reason the high protein diets are effective, protein is an inefficient fuel source.
4. Any fat source is fine. Being restricted to fat/protein with low carbs will automatically eliminate most of the "bad" foods.
The advice to get most of your fats from EFAs is horrible. Too much EFA is just as bad as too little...1-2 servings daily is more than enough.