FAT
Dietary fats are essential to life and good health, and are pivotal to attaining permanent weight loss and
glowing health. Some fats are not good for you, such as hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated fats
(found in margarines, commercial-baked and processed foods), all seed oils and trans fats. (Trans fats are
damaged fats found in many margarines, seed oils and processed food.) All these unhealthy fats are high
in omega-6 fatty acids, are extremely inflammatory, and vie for position of receptor sites with the healthier
omega-3 fatty acids. By taking in too many omega-6s, you sabotage the body’s ability to make use
of omega-3s, which are anti-inflammatory and health-promoting.
Better fats and oils to choose are those which are found in nature and are more stable, such as lard, duck fat
and butter, as well as coconut oil, olive oil and macadamia nut oil. When cooking, saturated fat is superior
to all other fats due to its stability. Healthy fat intake does not lead to fat storage, unless it is mixed with
sugar and other carbohydrates. Fat functions well with protein and thus by avoiding high-carbohydratecontaining
foods, especially if refined, you will spare yourself the inflammation that accompanies this way
of eating.
CARBOHYDRATES
The reason for cutting carbohydrates is because carbohydrates elicit an insulin response. Insulin is both an
inflammatory hormone and a fat-storing hormone, which we wish to keep as low as possible, using only
the bare minimum to remove glucose from the bloodstream to turn it into energy. The excess is stored
as fat, and this acts as a back-up fuel supply. The problem is that in today’s age we aren’t fleeing woolly
mammoths and we seldom use up the stored fuel, and continue to eat so much in the way of carbohydrates
for the body to use immediately, that the stored fat is never needed, and continues to be built upon.
By keeping the body’s level of glucose in a narrow range, you prevent the huge release of insulin that is
usually required to clear the glucose from the blood after a high-carbohydrate meal. Stable blood sugar
allows the body to begin to burn the stored fat as energy.
sound right?
