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Eat Fat to Burn Fat
by Jesse
Cannone CFT, CPRS, CSPN
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:
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!
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
5 Fitness Myths
That Are Responsible For Thousands of Fitness Failures
by Jesse Cannone CFT, CPRS, CSPN
Unfortunately, many people are misinformed and are also misled by
the many promises of the weight loss industry. Everywhere you look,
you see or hear of people promising “Dramatic Weight Loss” with
products such as “The Fat Trapper”, or “Exercise in a Bottle”.
Then you also have the hundreds of diets out there such as “The
Zone”, “Sugar Busters” or “The Atkins Diet”. I’m sure you have
heard of many of these yourself. You might have even tried some of
them. Unfortunately, these products and diets are not the quick
fix, or the miracles they are portrayed as. They are also usually
very dangerous.
Below are some common misconceptions among people with regard to
exercise and nutrition.
1. You need to exercise to burn fat.
The truth is you don’t gain body fat because of a lack of
exercise. You gain it because your blood sugar levels
exceed what you are using. Basically, you are eating too many
calories at one time.
2. Your metabolism slows down once you hit 30.
WRONG! Actually, hundreds of research studies have
shown that the slow down in metabolism is due to a loss of muscle
tissue. And the loss of muscle tissue is directly related to a lack
of hard physical activity!
3. Pasta and bread are fattening.
Anything is fattening! Lettuce can be stored as
fat! Any food or drink, which contains calories, can be stored as
body fat if it causes your blood sugar levels to exceed what the
body needs at that time. Bread and pasta are actually great sources
of complex carbohydrate! The key is how much you eat and when you
eat it.
4. Eating after 7pm will make you fat.
Absolutely false! It all depends on whether or not
the body needs that amount of calories at that time. Keep in mind
your body is constantly burning calories, 24 hours per day, just the
amount varies.
5. Strength training will make you bulk up.
Another NO! It seems as if mostly women are
concerned with this one. Muscle size is primarily affected by
genetics and hormone production; therefore, most women don’t have
the potential to build very large muscles.
Muscle burns calories, so the more muscle you have, the more
calories you burn which makes easier to burn fat and harder to gain
it!
By no means is this a complete list! There are so many I could
write a whole book just about them. The key is in education, but
not by reading fitness magazines!
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
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