if I eat fatty foods all the time, but I'm fit, is that bad for my body?

Question

I eat a ton of food (with lots of fat and carbs), but I also do a lot of weights and cardio, and my bodyfat is around 10%, will I have heart/high cholersterol problems?

what about neil armstrong who eats like 6000 calories a day but has like 2% bodyfat

Answer 1

u can eat what ever u like but u have to exercise daily to make ur body fit and slim.

Answer 2

Very bad for your body! No matter your age. I was 6% body fat until a few years ago. I worked out 4 to 6 days a week. I had all the time in the world when I was in college. Now, 3 years later, I am 30 lbs over wieght and my cholesterol is extremely bad. What happens is your metabolism slows down dramatically when you have been working out so hard for years and then drastically quit or reduce the amount your working out, but your eating habits are the same. Now, I own 3 companies and cant seem to find time to work out consistently, but I always find time to eat. Your eating habits are much harder to change than your working out habits. So today you may be working out hard and consistently, but tomorrow may break that habit because something better has come along, like work, kids, and fun! So, just be careful. Even skinny and fit people have heart problems.

Neil Armstrong may eat 6,000 calories a day, but that is not of fatty foods. Lots of healthy carbs though. Plus, he works out like 6 hours a day so he needs those 6,000 calories for energy!

Answer 3

It is a very good possibility that you may end up having heart and other serious problems as you age if you continue to eat this way. I mean, I totally commend you for working out and taking such great care of your body in that aspect, but it just doesn't make sense to me that you would work out so much and then go and eat fatty foods. And just because your body fat is 10% doesn't mean that you don't have high cholesterol right now. Have you ever gone into the doctor and been checked? Chances are your cholesterol isn't the greatest because working out alone will not control it. Also the reason that you have such low body fat percentage is that you are working out all the time, so that keeps your metabolism high, if you were to say cut down on your work out time for any reason, or stop all together your metabolism would crash causing other health concerns because then you would be overweight if you continued to eat that way. So I guess, in a nutshell what I'm trying to say is start eating healthier, for the sake of your life, its not worth it.

Answer 4

It really depends on what you are actually eating and what your defination of "fit" is. Thin does not mean healthy. I also love fatty and carb foods, such as cheese, milk, potatoes, pasta, meat, etc. My idea of junk food is the fast food chains and the canned or frozen meals. Those are the worst foods ever consumed because of all the extra stuff they add to it. I am sure any health nut would disagree with me, but as long as you eat in moderation and are eating a hug variety of all kinds of food including veggies and fruits you will be okay. Humans have been eating fatty foods and meats for generations. Exercise is also a key part of health. Without it I would say anyone is in trouble for health problems. It is also an American culture to have 3 main meals, including a big one right before going to bed. This is actually not the best. Eating smaller meals more often during the day is better for your body. Eat a smaller meal 2 hours before bed to ensure that your food doesn't stick to your butt (hehehe). Example: my coworker and I are teased in by others in our office that we are always eating. Yep. It's true. We do and we are also the thinnest. I love fast food but am careful not to eat it all the time (maybe once every 2 weeks) I make sure to have fresh fruit and veggies too. Instead of fried chicken, I roast it. I cut and bake potatoes with seasoning. Tastier than french fries. If you are in the habit of adding salt to your food. Stop! That is the worst ever habit in America!!! I don't even put a salt shaker on the table. Below are some links you may be interested in. A really good one to review is Shaq's Big Challenge, where he struggles not only to get 6 fat kids in shape but also to improve a school district in Florida to advocate healthier options. It's amazing how much politicial BS he ran into. Armstrong NEEDS all those calories to continue to do what he does. And I'm sure he's not a junk food junky.

Answer 5

Yes, it's bad for your body. There are new studies that say fat can accumulate around your organs (under the skin, so you still LOOK fit) and this is WAY worse for you than actually showing the fat. Most people will eat fatty foods from time to time, but you really shouldn't make it your lifestyle. The older you get the more impact it will have on your health, and the harder the habit will be to break.

Answer 6

Believe it or not, thousands of skinny, healthy looking men have had fatal heart attacks, or heart blockages requiring bypass surgery. You cannot put a ton of animal fat into your body and expect it not to start sticking to the walls of your vital blood vessels. Outward appearances are very deceptive and cannot reflect what is truly going on inside.

There are a rare few people out of the whole population who are blessed with what I like to call "supergenes" These individuals eat what the heck they want, they can drink like fishes, smoke like chimneys, and, as one of them I used to know loved to joke...."I couldn't get sick if my life depended on it LOLOL" Research is quietly going on in many laboratories trying to pinpoint what it is about these people and their genetic makeup that appears to render them immune to all the things that are killing other people in droves as a result of their lifestyles.

In the meantime, there's no kind of test; no way to tell if you or I could be one of those people, which makes it an awwwwfully dumb thing to do to live like we are. I've also heard people say very lightheartedly "Oh well, hey, if a heart attack takes me out some day, that's just the way the chips fall" Actually that often isn't the way the chips fall. In the majority of cases when that "deadly thing" happens it doesn't take the person all the way out but leaves those people crippled, physically and sometimes mentally,too, in the case of a massive disabling stroke. If you are a relatively young person in your 40's/50's, and even in the sixties, with probably a lot of years left; imagine having to live another quarter of a century or more as a totally, or partially helpless cripple. And just because all those years you were doing what you wanted, eating what you wanted, slowly and silently damaging the very inner parts of your body that are absolutely necessary for the whole of you to continue to live and function strong and healthy.

If you accidentally get your hand on to a hotplate, oh boy, you are gonna get that message in a decimal point of a second. Faster than you can even think, another part of the brain reacts with lightening speed and jerks your hand off there to prevent further harm. But, unfortunately, what goes on inside you, as a result of what you put into your body, is not an instant emergency. It's a verrrry slowwww process where the damage is being done microscopically day by day. You never have a clue anything is going on, because your body is constantly trying to compensate. It is only somewhere down the road, perhaps years after the trouble began, that your body finally runs out of compensation room and there is nowhere left for it to go to deal with the damage. Then, suddenly, out of a clear blue sky, it seems, you are stopped dead in your tracks, and, if not, literally, dead, the victim of a massive damaging heart crisis, or a stroke, that will change your life forever - or whatever is left that you can call a life.

So never trust too much in how you look on the outside, or how you feel. Unless you are one of those very rare few people with the "supergenes" you will NOT beat the odds if you keep doing all the wrong things. It will catch up with you eventually.

Answer 7

I guess it's possible, there's a thing called being fat on the inside, even though you may look fit and healthy. It's not just how much fat it's the type of fat. Fat like that in coconut oil is actually good for you, unlike the kind normally used in fast food cooking. Quality not quantity. Aim to eat healthy oils and fats, instead of junk food.

Answer 8

Chances are, you've burned off a lot of those fats and carbs. But the bad fats will get you in the future, giving you possible heart problems. Carbs really won't affect you, unless you have too much sugar, in which case you can get diabetes.

Answer 9

Yeah I said that to when I was 22 and working out looking good...but 15 years later still eating like Im 17 Im fat worthless 60lb overweight, never gunna have a hot chic again, high cholesterol border line diabetic...I am adultery proof though.
If a hot chic can get ANY GUY she WANTS
Why would she go with one FAT BOLD and BROKE

Answer 10

It all depends on your metabolism and how much fat you burn. However you will not always be able to eat like this and remain fit, as you get older your body and metabolism change, I'd suggest cutting back and getting into the habit before you wake up at 40 with a beer belly asking 'where did I get this?!'

Answer 11

It is not a good idea to eat fatty foods all of the time.
I think you know that. You need to cut down. Someday it will catch up with you and you may regret it.
Your health is the most important thing in your life. Without your health, what do you have?