
Originally Posted by
GearHeaded
just to clarify, I didn't state "no fats" at all. I suggested cycling fats through out the week. your body does not need dietary fats on a daily basis. your body is very efficient at storing and utilizing fats. the idea that you need fats DAILY for natural hormone production is a little bit over stated most the time, most people don't realize it takes only 1 teaspoon of fat a week to produce all the hormones your body needs (again, 1 Teaspoon... think about how little that is).
of course when eating 300 grams of protein per day from meat, dairy, and eggs.. your going to be getting plenty of cholesterol and saturated fats coming in (as well as omega if your eating steak and salmon).
so when I say "cycle fats" a couple days per week.. I'm talking about "added fats", not fats naturally occurring in the protein sources your eating. added fats are like adding Olive oil, MCT oil, Avacodo's, etc.. to your meals.
its not really necessary to 'add' fats to your meals on a daily basis. as I stated above.
now one situation in which adding extra fats to your meals on a daily basis is good, is for guys that are skinny ectomorphs with super fast metabolisms that struggle to put on weight .. by adding fats to every meal they will slow down their metabolism and better assimilate each meal and more calories will "stick" to them.
but for guys that are not this way, who are running a 500+ calorie surplus from just protein and carbs, the added fats are simply going to add body fat. extra dietary fat when in a calorie surplus gets stored as body fat. period. your body does not even need an insulin response to store dietary fat as body fat. it just naturally stores (via enzymatic processes).
your body does not want to store carbs or protein as body fat (thats a lot of metabolic work to get done), but naturally extra fats your body easily stores and wants to store.
note - an exception to a lot of this, is if your running a keto diet and 'fat adapted'