You can quote me on this, as long as you’re not eating to many overall calories, eating fat WILL NOT make you fat. In fact at times I’ve adopted an Inuit style way of eating, where 70% of my calories came from fat. And guess what, I got leaner!
Fish for dinner again!
Contrary to popular belief fat doesn’t actually make you fat. Now mind you certain fats will clog your arteries. However healthy fats can actually help you become leaner!
Remember that there are certain vitamins that are fat soluble, A, D, E, K. There are also essential fats, that must be obtained from your diet. Think of it this way if you were to only drink one glass of water each day, your body would actually retain water! I know it sounds counterintuitive, but your body would be in a state of dehydration and therefore hold on to whatever water it can get since it doesn’t know when it will get more. Now if you were to drink 4 liters of water each day your body would flush it self on a regular basis knowing that it will get more water very shortly.
The same thing can happen with your fats. If you limit the amount of healthy fats your body won’t use fats for energy. Increase your healthy fats and keep your carbohydrate levels at a reasonable level and you’ll use fat for energy at times of low energy out put, like sitting around watching TV, imagine that!
- By having more healthy fats your body will use up more fat for energy.
- Best sources include; olive oil, fish oil, hemp oil, flax oil, borage oil, sunflower seed oil, palm oil, avocados, almonds, pecans, cashews, walnuts, coconut oil, pumpkin seed oil, fat in grass fed animals, butter (raw is best or organic).
- LIMIT/AVOID: trans fats (pastries, French fries, deep fried foods) margarine, hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated fats and oils, fats from conventionally raised cattle, roasted nuts, farm raised fish.
just so we're clear...this is the bad stuff!
As if getting leaner wasn’t enough, but you should also notice your skin and hair should look and feel better! So don’t be afraid to ‘chew’ the fat!