I don't know how many of you are familiar with Dr. Michael Eades' (author of Protein Power) opinion on fat. Just as a summary, he believes that so long as insulin is kept extremely low, it is impossible for you to gain fat. This is not to say that you will always lose weight on low-carb. You still need a calorie deficit. If you eat past your calorie requirements, you can't LOSE weight, he concedes, BUT: if you're eating too MANY calories, you're body will simply burn off the extra calories naturally with futile cycles and a raised metabolism.

You can read his whole summary here:

http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/...alories-part-2/


But on the opposite side of the spectrum comes this chemical called Acetylation stimulating protein. This little bugger supposedly does not need insulin to increase our body fat. Here is a link to an example research paper on this chemical:

http://www.jpp.krakow.pl/journal/ar..._s4_article.pdf

and heres a quote from this link:

"ASP constitutes of a protein of the C3 complementsystem and is responsible for glucose and lipids metabolism in an insulin independent mechanism. During the process of fat cell formation, ASP synthesis gradually increases (13, 14). In vitro chylomicrons stimulate ASP synthesis in the human adipocyte (15). Mas³owska et al. (8) have proven that insulin enhances ASP synthesis. Both insulin and ASP suppress fatty tissue lipolysis (16). ASP increases triglyceride synthesis and storage in the fat cell and it also decreases fatty acids secretion from adipocytes (17, 18). In vitro studies revealed that ASP significantly stimulates glucose uptake in adipocyte (15 19). In humans, an increased ASP secretion was found after a fatty meal, while the ASP concentrations remained unchanged after an oral administration of glucose."

What do you guys think?