5 most common horror stories about fats

Who among us does not know the horror stories about fats?

• Fats contain a bunch of calories, so if you want to lose weight have been reduced fats to a minimum.
• Animal fat is more harmful than vegetable.
• Animal fats lead to increased blood cholesterol levels.
• Animal fat - the cause of heart disease.
• Nuts (vegetable oils, sunflower seeds) useful, but high-calorie, so they need to eat very little.

And that, really?

The world since the 50s of the last century to avoid eating fat all imaginable and unimaginable ways. However, for some reason, the size of the world's population does not diminish from it. Have you ever wondered why? Once everything is so simple, and the whole thing in unhealthy high-calorie fats, we have to sweep away the filthy broom every day from your diet, why none of this does not lose weight?

Today I want to not only help you to stop being afraid of fat, but even to love them with all your heart and other body parts.

Fats - everything, as "useful" (vegetable) and "bad" (animals) - are necessary for our body. Otherwise, why nature made us love them so?

Who does not love zhirnenky kruassanchik or vkusnyuschy mayonnaise? And certainly agree that the salad with vegetable oil and nuts taste better than lemon juice or simply with vinegar. And there's a simple explanation.

Fat - a necessary condition for our health, the protection of the cell membrane. If the cells of our body will lack the fat, it is elementary will not be able to defend against external threats with all the consequences for our health and even just to look.

In addition, contained in fats omega-3 and omega-6 are involved in hundreds of body processes. Including in the development we need hormones and signal substances, which built many processes in the body.

Now, in order to debunk the myths and simply outdated data, which medical industry and many companies prefer to keep silent, or, or, even worse, deny them. It is understandable why... Well, think of yourself! If you sell pills that reduce blood cholesterol levels, and it turns out, it is not harmful, then you should by all means to denigrate cholesterol and blame him for all the troubles.

Or if you are a manufacturer supernizkokaloriynoy products low in fat, and the main driver of sales acts not taste your product, though you and stuffed back a bunch of preservatives and sugar, and the bright packaging "Even less fat by 800%", then of course, you also do not like the news that the fat is not harmful.

And if you do and produce "fat burners" that your business faces immediate ruin.

So back to the myths.

Myth 1: "If you want to lose weight, reduce caloric intake by excluding fats" - though only partially

I have often in the consultations there are people who, even reducing caloric intake to 700 (!) Calories a day, or you will not lose weight, no changes were minor. And there's a simple explanation:

It does not matter how many calories you've got, and where they came from. The body needs not only energy, but also nutrients.

Usually in the low-calorie diet is almost no fat. No. And if we need them to exist, then those that are (on the sides and other parts of the body), it is necessary to keep all imaginable and unimaginable ways. Here the body and holding until there is strength.

Yes, if you sit on such a diet for a long time, the body will be to go nowhere, because we must somehow move through life itself. And then something will go. But it is not surprising that people are after these diets are gaining more than made up. The body thinks, "Oh! Had I waited, and I gave fats? It is urgent to store! And keep even stronger than last time. "

Often people, eliminating fats, lean on sugar and light products with low fat content. But just think: one of the dishes that something was removed, then it will not be as tasty. Something must be done... The most simple - add sugar! Which it was done immediately by many manufacturers.

If you do not already know, the sugar is even in liver pate, canned fish, sausage... And just across the finished product with a few exceptions.

All these manipulations lead to the fact that we are not losing weight, get fat and, like most of the world's population.

Per 1 gram of fat accounted for almost twice as many calories than 1 gram of protein or carbohydrate.

But! If you needed 100 kcal, and you get 150 calories from fat, then they will go first to provide different processes in the body (Need cell signal substances, and so on), and then later to cover the cost of your energy, if anything at all will remain. So you can still be in the red for energy! But if you get 150 calories from carbohydrates, the 100 kcal of them will go to cover energy costs, and the remaining 50 calories - on body fat.

So if you decide to decrease in size, then there are more effective ways than cutting calories, even more so at the expense of fat. For example, running or right separation of the products on the plate by category.

Myth 2: "Animal fats are more harmful than vegetable" - wrong

The thing only in combination of omega-3 and omega-6. In animal fats more omega-6, however, as in many plant (e.g., sunflower oil). Omega-3 predominate in plant foods and oily fish. You may be surprised, but the omega-3 is also in the milk of cows that pinched pot, and in eggs of chickens reared in the wild.

Our body always seeks balance. That is, we need as much omega-3 as omega-6. But in the diet of modern man as much food with a predominance omega-6 that we should strive to compensate for the lack of omega-3.

This can be done in two ways:

1. Reduce the consumption of omega-6.
2. Increase consumption of omega-3.

That is why all the world nutritionists constantly go on about vegetable fats and omega-3.

In addition, it is necessary to fry and hover just on fats with the largest percentage of saturated. Ie animal. They are slowly destroyed by heating, and therefore, do not quickly become dangerous trans fats. therefore fry just need to butter, lard and melted fat. Another suitable for frying plant with a high percentage of saturated: olive and coconut.

Myth 3: "Animal fats lead to increased blood cholesterol" - is wrong

First, cholesterol and animal fats have nothing to do. Cholesterol - is not fat. This so-called polilipoprotein and fats - it's just lipids.

Another issue is that of excessive fats in their (!) The use of synthesized cholesterol. However, as of carbohydrates. Thus the cholesterol that is formed from carbohydrates easily oxidized.

It oxidized cholesterol poses a risk of arteries and vessels. That is, it turns out that cakes and bread with jam is more dangerous than a pork chop or bacon Shmatok.

If the body really needs cholesterol because of inflammation in the arteries, he would get it by any means. If you stop eating animal fats and cholesterol from food (shrimp, eggs and so forth), the body begins to produce its CAM. From carbohydrates and other fats, vegetable and even the most useful. So we arranged.

Myth 4: "Animal fats - the cause of heart disease" - is wrong

High cholesterol in the blood - this is not the cause of cardiovascular disease, but a consequence. Consequence of inflammation in the arteries, which can cause, for example, smoking or excess use of fast carbohydrates (bread, sweet, pasta, white rice).

Cholesterol is designed by nature to eliminate wound on the inner side of the damaged artery. If the arteries are damaged, the body sends to cholesterol.

And not vice versa, as many people think, "cholesterol increased, because I ate a lot of fat, and now I have a clogged artery. And now I have a heart problem. " No, my dear. Not this way.

The cause of cardiovascular disease and may be the stress and lack of sleep, and environmental pollution, and passive lifestyle…

For example: recently by the Danish TV showed the experiment. It took five men with high blood cholesterol. However, they were all terribly addicted to sugar. Drank liters of ordinary cola, eat an incredible amount of chocolates and the like. The level of consumption of animal fats have been normal, even lower than the average, as they had to lose weight.

Within 3-4 weeks (!) Without sugar, even with other fast carbohydrates such as pasta and rolls, all the participants in the experiment significantly reduced the level of cholesterol in the blood. For example, one man has reduced the level of cholesterol from 6.8 units to 4.8! And it's just four weeks.

As you can see (and this has been proved!), The cause of cardiovascular disease is a completely different field. It is an inflammatory process, which has a variety of reasons, including, and stress, and lack of sleepAnd pollution and a sedentary lifestyle.

Myth 5: "Nuts (vegetable oils, seeds, etc.) useful, but high-calorie, so they should be consumed with caution" - wrong

Yes, there are kilos and liters of such products is not necessary. But you and it is unlikely to succeed. Unless you do not have psychological eating disorders. But a teaspoon of vegetable oil on the impressive serving of vegetables - it's too little. And 10 nuts a day - this is also a shortage.

In all these products a lot of useful substances. Not only fat, but also protein, vitamins and minerals. This means that these products quickly eats. For vegetarians and raw foodists it just saved! And by the way, you've met a lot of fat vegetarians and especially raw foodists?

No no. I do not encourage you to be one of them. And I do not even call you to start drinking half a liter of oil per day. I just want to bring to you a simple truth:

Fat is not the enemy of mankind!

Quite the contrary. It aides in our bodies and our health guardians. Do not avoid them. Leave a lean diet, and even more low-fat foods in the past. And miracles do not keep you waiting.

Good health to you!