If
you don't eat fat, you won't lose weight!
By Sherali S. Bharwani
You have always been told
that fat is your enemy and responsible for your
overweight-ness. You are also generally advised to
completely abstain from fat if you want to lose weight.
I think the low-fat craze
has gone too far. My clients are not only confused about it,
they feel disappointed even betrayed. They say.. "I’m
eating fat-free foods, why then am I not losing
weight?" "I’m counting fat grams instead of
calories, but I’m still fat!" "Aren’t fat-free
products healthier?"
The focus on fat content seems
to have so much backfired now that we’ve forgotten all
about calories. According to a study, we’re taking in
nearly 250 more calories a day now than we were 30 years
ago. Meanwhile, Americans are spending over $30 billion a
year on weight control, a large chunk of that on diet and
low-fat foods.
A lot of people mistakenly
assume that since a food is labeled fat-free, they could eat
as much of it as they wanted. So, instead of replacing
high-fat foods with low-calorie fruits and vegetables,
they’ve been bulking up on highly processed foods loaded
with added sugars and refined starches, which offer little
nutrition other than calories.
Let's
clear it up. If you completely eliminate fat from your diet,
you will not lose weight! Research is
showing that you should probably eat more fat, especially if
you're trying to lose weight.
If you
don't consume fat at all, then your body thinks you're
starving. In this 'starvation mode' or 'famine mode', your
body tends to store every ounce of stored fat and thus you
don't lose weight. You may lose muscle and water mass but
you don't lose fat!
Additionally,
appropriate amounts of fats are required in your daily diet
in order to keep your body functioning properly. Fats are
required for your hair, your nails, your joints etc.
But
determining the proper amount of healthy fat in your daily
diet is a very tricky issue. You have to be very careful
with the foods that contain fat. Just consider this..
-
Eat too
much fat and you will not lose weight!
-
Eat too
little fat and you will not lose weight!
-
Eat the
'BAD' fat and you will not lose weight!
-
Don't
eat the 'GOOD' fat and you will not lose weight!
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