I haven't found a good thread on this, but read a few posts of people saying their T skyrockets on a low-fat diet, which goes against what you hear in a lot of communities, being that fat is a very important precursor for hormones.
I myself am experiencing with a lower-fat diet at the moment to fix my circulation and skin sebum issues. I've been experiencing better circulation and more morning woods, but I've also been eating way more liver so maybe it's that.
How much fat do you actually need for proper hormone function? May men need less than women? There are indigenous tribes of people that eat very low-fat diets, and they don't seem to have problems. Moreover, carbs can be converted to fat, so that could be used for hormones, or do I misunderstand this?
I'm trying to find the minimal amount of fat I need to consume, as I'm pretty convinced that excess lipid is the worst thing you could do for your health. Back in my carnivore days, when doing PKD (2:1 fat to protein ratio in grams), I had the WORST circulation ever, and literally felt my heart beating so fast in the morning after my high fat breakfast (probably 100g+ of fat), and that paper hypothesising that sebum is just excess lipid was very intriguing to say the least.
I myself am experiencing with a lower-fat diet at the moment to fix my circulation and skin sebum issues. I've been experiencing better circulation and more morning woods, but I've also been eating way more liver so maybe it's that.
How much fat do you actually need for proper hormone function? May men need less than women? There are indigenous tribes of people that eat very low-fat diets, and they don't seem to have problems. Moreover, carbs can be converted to fat, so that could be used for hormones, or do I misunderstand this?
I'm trying to find the minimal amount of fat I need to consume, as I'm pretty convinced that excess lipid is the worst thing you could do for your health. Back in my carnivore days, when doing PKD (2:1 fat to protein ratio in grams), I had the WORST circulation ever, and literally felt my heart beating so fast in the morning after my high fat breakfast (probably 100g+ of fat), and that paper hypothesising that sebum is just excess lipid was very intriguing to say the least.