Eat Fat To Lose Weight
It seems the minute we hear the word ‘fat’, we go running for the hills.
But when eaten properly, fats can actually be extremely beneficial to the body and promote metabolism and fat-burning, hormone production, and weight loss.
Growing up with Coeliac’s disease, an intolerance to gluten, opened my eyes to the wonders of fats and how great I felt when I scaled back my grain consumption (even gluten free) and focused on obtaining the bulk of my calories from healthy, nourishing fats.
Not only are grains pretty hard on the digestive system, they can cause a pretty severe insulin reaction and elicit other hormonal responses that promote fat storage.
Replacing grains with fats helped lubricate and nourish my digestive tract vs. tearing it up.
Not to mention, I noticed my high-fat intake helped my skin, hair and sleep all improve dramatically.
My diet now consists of fats galore and the amazing part is I don’t worry and stress about calories or restrict my portions because my body knows what to do with the foods I eat – digest, assimilate, and eliminate.
It’s that simple.
I also rarely feel hungry or need to snack between meals because I eat three high-fat meals and it makes me full and satisfied.
Studies have also shown that saturated fats do not increase a risk of vascular or heart disease.
Take a peek at some of my favorite fats and how to easily incorporate them into your daily diet.
1. Coconut oil
This isn’t just the oil – you can do the milk, the butter, the shreds, the meat.
Whatever you like that contains fat and still has the oil intact – so we’re not talking about coconut water or coconut flour for this specific purpose.
The molecular structure of coconut fat is MCTs, or medium chain triglycerides, which are shorter and more water-soluble than other fats.
This means they can be directly taken to the liver to be burned as fuel versus being stored as fat.
The way your body digests this type of fat speeds your metabolism by about 15 percent.
You can use coconut oil as a cooking oil, top on your oatmeal, cream-up your smoothie or even incorporate into salad dressing.
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