Saturated Fat Diet - People

In September of 2003, I was working with a very good friend who just happened to be the owner of the company I then worked for, and I had noticed that he had lost some weight - he kept pulling up the pants of his pinstripe suit like a hobo. I asked him about it and he seemed reluctant to say, but eventually he admitted that he was on the Atkins? diet. This was at the height of the...

52yr old male with a very strong family history of heart disease and stroke. Every male in my family tree (except for me) has had either a heart attack or stroke by age 48. Tried eating "healthy" and exercising religiously for years, only to be saddled with a very low HDL cholesterol (<32). Started taking niacin six years ago to boost my HDL, and while still eating healthy,...

I am the LA Low-carb Examiner at Examiner.com, a Lap-band patient, a low-carb lifestyle proponent, and a fervent reader to stay on top of current medical research. I believe in saturated fat, resistance training, the 912 Project, and all things lard.

First, you should acknowledge that spot diminution of fat through dieting or exercise is impossible. It will be better if you target your problematic areas like flabby arms, a spare tire, thighs or chubby face and concentrate on your efforts on melting the fat from the specific areas

I am an office manager at a dental office, wife and mother of two kids. I love how I feel after excercising but I hate getting up to do it.

I was a vegetarian for 11 years. After that I was on a high carb low fat diet for years another 10 years. None of these diets worked for me long term. As a vegetarian, I wasn't getting enough protein and had very little muscle mass. On low fat high carb, I was constantly hungry and had to do an insane amount of exercise to stay thin. In May 2009, I switched to a Low Carb High Fat Whole Food...

I am challenging conventional wisdom by eating a low carb, high fat diet. Ask me about it only if you want me to talk your ear off, lol. 

I earned my PhD from the University of Toronto (Pharmacology). My PhD research focused on the anticonvulsant mechanisms of the ketogenic diet, a high fat diet used to treat drug-resistant seizures. I sit on the Board of Directors for the University of Toronto Epilepsy Research Program (UTERP). I also sit on the Board for a UofT epilepsy student's group called SACEC (www.sacec.info). I am...

I'm a chubby chick in her 30's who is tired of being fat and miserable. I'm on a journey to lose 200 pounds and gain a healthier and happier me