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Eat
Fat to Burn Fat
by: Jesse Cannone
For about 50 years now, Americans have been eating low fat (some no fat)
diets and the funny thing is we have gotten progressively fatter and less
healthy. Who ever said low fat diets were healthy, and more importantly,
why does eating less fat mean you’ll be less fat? In attempt to
keep this easy to understand, as most of what you read and hear is complicated,
confusing, and contradictory, I’m going to be direct, to the point,
and explain things in a way that most people can understand. Where to
start??? Well, I’ve done some research on this and have found very
little science to back up the claims that eating less fat will keep you
trim. I have also found many examples that totally dismiss this idea.
For example, the French eat significantly more fat than we do here in
the US while there obesity AND disease and illness rates are quite a bit
lower. Another example is the Alaskan Eskimos. They consume as much as
70% of their calories from fat (whale blubber and fish) and they have
one of the lowest rates of heart disease in the world – until they
come to the US and eat like us! Before I cover other examples I’d
like to talk about some the reasons why the “low fat diet”
is not only making us fatter, but also killing people faster than you
can imagine! Does that shock you? If so, do I have news for you! Ok…
here are just a few reasons: eating less fat means you have to eat more
protein or carbs and most people end up eating more carbs (and the wrong
type!) Dietary fat is very slow burning in the body so when you replace
the fat with faster burning carbs you tend to feel less energetic, risk
burning muscle tissue, and wreak havoc on your metabolism and hormones
because your energy levels (blood sugar) are like a roller coaster. Dietary
fats supply some of the best, and most stable sources of energy. So if
you want to feel good all day long, you need to make sure you are getting
enough fats, and the right types. I’ll touch on which types to avoid
and which to include in your diet later in this article. the human body
needs fat just to function properly, let alone optimal health Certain
amounts of fat are necessary for proper hormone production. If hormone
production is off so will your metabolism be. Hormones regulate many things
in the body including your ability to build and maintain muscle tissue,
which is responsible for a large portion of your energy expenditure. In
simple terms, muscle burns calories 24 hours a day and if you eat a low
fat or no fat diet you will have a hard time building and maintaining
muscle. Here are some facts: obesity increased from 14% of the American
population in 1960 to over 22% by 1980 the Harvard Nurse’s Health
Study which ran well over 10 years found that not only did low fat diets
not decrease the risk of heart disease but also that saturated fat wasn’t
so bad after all, and that too little was just as harmful
To read
more of the facts about dietary fat and health check out these great resources:
http://www.gunnarlindgren.com/nutritionx.pdf
http://health.discovery.com/diseasesandcond/encyclopedia/1898.html
http://www.drlam.com/A3R_brief_in_doc_format/2002-No3-FatandChole
sterol.cfm
So to sum things up… if you want to lose weight and be healthy – DON’T eat a low-fat diet! You would have to be absolutely insane to after learning the truth about dietary fats. If you have doubts or questions please do some research and you will be amazed at what you will find out. In the meantime, go eat some healthy fats!
About
the author:
Jesse Cannone is a certified personal trainer and author of the
best-selling fitness ebook, Burn Fat FAST. Be sure to sign up for his
free email course as it is full of powerful weight loss and fitness tips
that are guaranteed to help you get the results you want. http://www.guaranteed-weightloss.com