10 Jan, 2009
Good Fats In Your Diet Are Healthy And Help You Lose Weight
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Today, we are constantly bombarded with offers selling the newest fat loss plan or gadget. From medications and useless low fat meal replacements to tiny expensive tummy trimming equipment, each targeting the same thing: body fat. Getting rid of extra weight from our bodies either by burning it off with exercise or by taking it out of our diets. The body actually needs fat for its processes, and needs fat consumption in order to stay healthy.
It is important that we realize that fat is actually good for us when it’s eaten in moderation, even while we are all trying desperately to lose excessive amounts of weight. Fat cells are an important part of hormone regulation, storing energy, and providing cushioning for our internal organs. The problem then is not in the presence of fat but the amount. Not all fat is bad, and once you realize this fact you can start losing weight safely.
There are two types of fats that you can eat. There are good, healthy fats, and there are bad fats. Bad fats are trans fats and saturated fats while the healthy ones are polyunsaturated and mono-unsaturated fats. The former we need to avoid while the latter is an essential part of a balanced diet. The body is unable to manufacture its things like omega 3 fatty acids that are essential to the human body. This means that we must consume them.
Finding out the types of foods that contain all the essential fats is the most efficient way way to get them into your diet. Examples of good fat foods are fish oils, nuts and seeds.
Junk foods are the foods that contain all the fats that we should not be eating. When we eat high levels of saturated or trans fats we can run into health problems. Examples would look something like eggs, cheese, French fries and potato chips.
You can cause a lot of harm to your body by eating trans fats as they decrease the good cholesterol besides increasing bad cholesterol in your body. Stored fat on your body is from the consumption of too many bad fats.
Fat storage adds weight to your midsection and also has an overall adverse impact on your health. Besides having high cholesterol you are prone to the risk of having diabetes, stroke and heart attack. The simple solution is to cut back on bad fats, and exercise more often. This will reduce your risk of these as well as additional health problems, and you also start burning the excess fat from your body.
