Eating Fat Will Not Make You Fat

Here is what will “make you fat”: Eating more calories than your body uses, eating empty calories, not working out, being a couch potato and eating too many carbohydrates and sugars without the appropriate balance of fats and proteins.

Fat consumption? 

How much Fat to Consume?

It is ideal to include a small amount of “healthy” fats in all meals throughout the day. The key is the amount of fat and the type of fat. As far as the amount – it should be very small. 1 tbsp or less of the right types of fats is considered appropriate. Take a look at a tbsp and you will realize actually how small that actually is.

Too much fat cause obesity

What types fats should you include?

Healthy fats to include in your diet: 

• Nuts – unsalted and raw walnuts, almonds, brazil nuts, macadamia nuts, pecans and cashews. Nut butters are another great choice (almond, peanut, walnut, and cashew). 
• Add oils (grapeseed, coconut, olive, flax oil, sesame oil) to your cooked veggies, salads and proteins for an extra boost of flavor! Seeds and avocado are two other great additions. 

Coconut oil is healthy but coconut milk is not

Fats that I would suggest avoiding are mayonnaise, butters, yellow cheeses, creams, whole milk, corn and canola oils and partially hydrogenated oils.

Benefits of adding healthy fats to your diet:

There are so many benefits to adding healthy fats to a diet. The best one is that it tastes good. Adding some healthy fats will make your veggies and proteins taste scrumptious! That may be reason alone to stop you from attacking that cheeseburger and fries! Additional benefits of healthy fats are that they will satisfy hunger and cravings, keep you full longer, and they can help raise HDL (good cholesterol). Healthy fats may actually help you manage your weight loss efforts by providing a better sense of satiety than other lower fat foods.

When you do not eat enough fat in your diet and you opt for a low fat high carbohydrate diet, you will most likely feel hungrier and eat more which will lead to weight gain. Eating fat will not make you fat. Eating more than your body uses and lack of exercise will.

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