Going chemical free

[flamingjimmy 10]

Now not only sabotaging other people's threads, he's making his own!

[Cyclone 10]

When did I say animal fat? I said high fat.

The normal terminology is oil if it comes from a non animal source. Fat, by the common definition, is always animal. Admittedly this isn't very precise.

 

I havent done any valid scientific experiments yet. I just read a bunch of stuff and piece together.

So you read a bunch of opinion and swallowed it all whole.

[Eric Arthur 10]

In my opinion.

 

That's where you keep going wrong.

[TJC1 10]

The normal terminology is oil if it comes from a non animal source. Fat, by the common definition, is always animal. Admittedly this isn't very precise.

 

No youre not very precise or very accurate at all.

 

Monounsaurated fats dont come from avacados, nuts and olive oil?

 

Would we just say 'oil' when referring to these foods or would we say 'fats'?

 

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That's where you keep going wrong.

 

Ive read a few books and trying out a chemical and toxins free lifestyle.

never claimed to be an expert...

 

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So you read a bunch of opinion and swallowed it all whole.

 

No. I follow fitness guys such as ben greenfield, who goes into depth about things like blood analysis.

Tim Ferris too.

 

I've read various books...im interested in lifestyle design.

[Obelix 11]

The normal terminology is oil if it comes from a non animal source. Fat, by the common definition, is always animal. Admittedly this isn't very precise..

 

IT is rather rent with problems isn't it... olive oil is in fact about 75% monounsaturated fat.... oils are generally liquid at room temp, expect mink oil which is rendered from animals, and is a solid...

 

The general terms used basically gave up on that and the constituents are referred to as fatty acids in the literature these days, even when they are what you'd call an oil like palm oil...

[TJC1 10]

Normal people when we say fats have an idea what fats are.....

[Obelix 11]

Is a wax a fat?

[TJC1 10]

Is a wax a fat?

 

Well I read this on the net...I don't know if it's true. fats and oils are 3 fatty acids attached to one glycerin, waxes are 1 fatty acid attached to 1 glycerin. That's the difference.

 

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Plus you don't eat wax so it's kind of irrelevant to a conversation about macros.

[crimescene 10]

As a chemist and skeptical activist I find this thread hilarious.

 

That is all.

[Cyclone 10]

Normal people when we say fats have an idea what fats are.....

 

What's your idea of what they are then?

 

What is it you used to spread on your skin, but now don't, and what is it you eat?

[TJC1 10]

As a chemist and skeptical activist I find this thread hilarious.

 

That is all.

 

Let us know your opinion as a chemist...All ears.

[Obelix 11]

Well I read this on the net...I don't know if it's true. fats and oils are 3 fatty acids attached to one glycerin, waxes are 1 fatty acid attached to 1 glycerin. That's the difference.

 

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Plus you don't eat wax so it's kind of irrelevant to a conversation about macros.

 

Which rather goes to show that you don't want to trust what people say on the internet.

 

Palm oils and fats are not attached to glycerines for example.

 

waxes are usually an ester....

 

As for eating wax you had any apples recently?