Flax Oil hype???

[sd27bb]

Flax oil is very popular on the boards, but I dont know of any pros or any of the top competitors (or fitness models) who add it to their fat-loss program. It seems like low-fat diet is used almost exclusively to get to the low single digits for the shoot or competition. Looking at the diet of some of the pros, it would appear that the fat is completely eliminated but relying on egg-whites and very low-fat fish. I have tryed incorporating fats (EFA, fish oils, flax oil, gla, cla) into my fat-loss plan in verious ways, keeping the calories constant and substituting carbs with fats but failed to achieve the conditioning i am able to acheave consistently (<5% bf, measured with lange caliper) but removing the fats from my diet. Comments???

 

[Cutt29]

you need fat to burn fat

 

[sd27bb]

you need fat to burn fat

Absolutely, but how much fat is the question. In my opinion, 10% of calories from fat works great to get into LOW single digits

 

[ZKaudio]

It has taken me so many diets to figure out which ones REALLY work well for me. I've even read some of the crazy blood type specific diet books... Try em all, record results then compare next time

 

[a creed]

I use about 150-175G of fat (exclusively from Flax/Fish oil/MCT's)
I'll have about 350G of Protein, and the only carbs I have are from "greens" (probably 20-30g)


I do this 5 1/2 days/week, and then "Carb-Load" Sat night/ most of Sun.

I find Flax to be the best fat burning fat.

 

[ZKaudio]

I take cla, flax, fish, then just udos on weekends as my schedule changes too much to carry pills all over with me.

 

[sd27bb]

I hear it all. I know whole bunch of guys on here take it, my point is I cant achieve the "shredded" look using oil, while its fairly easy for me to get that look by just eliminating the fat down to 5-10% of total calories

 

[a creed]

I hear it all. I know whole bunch of guys on here take it, my point is I cant achieve the "shredded" look using oil, while its fairly easy for me to get that look by just eliminating the fat down to 5-10% of total calories

best advice - USE WHAT WORKS FOR YOU

 

[Ilk]

Flax oil is very popular on the boards, but I dont know of any pros or any of the top competitors (or fitness models) who add it to their fat-loss program. It seems like low-fat diet is used almost exclusively to get to the low single digits for the shoot or competition. Looking at the diet of some of the pros, it would appear that the fat is completely eliminated but relying on egg-whites and very low-fat fish. I have tryed incorporating fats (EFA, fish oils, flax oil, gla, cla) into my fat-loss plan in verious ways, keeping the calories constant and substituting carbs with fats but failed to achieve the conditioning i am able to acheave consistently (<5% bf, measured with lange caliper) but removing the fats from my diet. Comments???

I use flax oil everyday.. It has nutritional benefits, Essential fatty acid.. It has healing power.. Rich in Alpha Linolenic Acid (ALA) Beneficial for heart disease.. And as it was mentioned.. You need fat to burn fat..

 

[a creed]

I use flax oil everyday.. It has nutritional benefits, Essential fatty acid.. It has healing power.. Rich in Alpha Linolenic Acid (ALA) Beneficial for heart disease.. And as it was mentioned.. You need fat to burn fat..

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