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How eating fat WON'T make you FAT!
Hi Beautiful,
Do you hear the word FAT and want to run a mile away?
Do you have a "bad" perception of high FAT foods?
Perhaps you are so confused about what to eat when it comes to FATS?
Well...I am here to solve your FAT FOOD problems, change your perception of fat and make you fall in LOVE with the word!
A few fun facts first...
- Did you know that 60% of your brain is FAT?
- FAT is our number 1 source of fuel and energy for the body!
- FAT is responsible for balancing your hormones and blood sugar!
- FATS help with digestion!
And.....wait for it..........
EATING FAT WILL HELP YOU LOSE FAT! That's right....LOSE fat!
To put it quite simply, we could not LIVE without FAT!
Surprised? Well, don't be...we have been misled as a society for years and years as our perception that fats were bad was founded in the 1950’s by a scientist called Ancel Keys. Ancel Key’s had a hypothesis. He believed that eating fats contributed to coronary heart disease, so he decided to do a study to prove his theory called the ‘Seven Countries Study’. Keys performed his study testing his hypotheses on 22 different countries. However, out of the 22 different countries, only seven came back showing support for his theory.
So as any good scientist does he ditched the findings of the other 15 countries and only published those of the seven countries! And as a society we awarded him with the Nobel Peace prize, put him on the cover of Time magazine and based our nutritional principals over the past 60 years on these findings, which meant manufacturing companies started taking the natural fats out of foods and pumping them full of sugar to enhance flavor, hence the many health problems we have today in modern society.
New science and research proves that it is so important to include healthy fats as part of your daily diet. These healthy fats include saturated, polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats. The fats you want to try stay away from are your trans fats and hydrogenated fats (which are all processed and man-made.)
Here are a few examples of good fats you should include every day as part of a healthy diet:
- Olive oil (do not heat to high temperature as it becomes rancid)
- Avocado oil, Macadamia oil, Rice bran oil, Coconut oil (can heat to high temperatures)
- Salmon
- Fish
- Sardines
- Flaxseeds or flaxseed meal
- Eggs
- Ghee
- Organic butter
- Nuts (almonds, walnuts, cashews, brazil)
- Nut butters
- Chia seeds
- Avocados
- Fatty meats
Which of the above foods can you start including as part of your daily diet?
Now...back to the million dollar question....
How does eating fat, help you lose fat?
Well, quite simply put, the body has 3 core energy providers - protein, fat and carbohydrates. When you don't have any good fats in your diet, your body desperately lacks the energy it needs to burn body fat and calories. You are then left seeking energy from quick sources such as sugar or white processed carbohydrates and this signals to your body to store the existing fat as you are getting your fuel / energy from sugar instead of fat! However, when you eat a diet that is substantial in "good" fats, your body recognises to use fat as it's primary source of energy, so it then in turn uses your body fat for energy and eats away at it! Eating fat signals to your body to more readily access fat stores for energy instead, while also allowing fat to fuel your muscles. Fats also keep you feeling fuller for much longer and helps you balance those blood sugar levels that can leave you feeling depleted and searching for more sugary foods!
As always, I encourage you to be your own food detective and give it a try! See how you feel...Do you feel fuller for longer? Do your sugar cravings reduce? Do you gain more energy? Do you lose weight?
What small step can you take today to start including more "good" fats into your daily diet?
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