Dieting post marathon 3. Fats, and all the facts about them
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Fats are supposed to be the great problem that is causing obesity and problems with excessive fat all over the world.
We are supposedly gain weight due to the fact that we are consuming fat calories that are being absorbed by our body directly into body fat.
There are more and more fat free products that are supposed to be solving the problem of obesity, but yet the percent of overweight adult population keeps increasing with every day. So why is that so? Why do people keep gaining weight even though people are consuming way less fat than before?
Well there is a simple reason behind this, the actual problem to people gaining fats are not fats but refined and processed carbohydrates. The reason this happens is, that while the carbohydrates are being processed they lose their energetic value, and give you body nothing but excessive calories it can’t use for normal body functions.
And therefore these calories that are absorbed by your body do go directly in your body fat and manifest in the form of excess weight. So now that you know that fats are not to blame, you should start learning the REAL facts about fats.
We divide fats into two different groups, the saturated fats and the unsaturated fats. The saturated fats are basically the fats I like to call »the bad fats« , if you are dieting, you should definitely avoid including large amounts of fats in your diet.
That is due to the fact that your body doesn’t at all require them to function properly, making them useless and harmful. There are some small amounts of them in poultry but that is good, since in small amounts they are not that harmful.
However in large amounts they are really bad for your health and can increase you cholesterol levels in your blood and have all kinds of other side effects. The most common food where saturated fats appear are the cheese, butter and chocolate. On the other hand we have unsaturated fats, that are the complete opposite from saturated ones, these have protective effects.
They improve the functioning of insulin, increase your energy and even help you lose body fat. They also lower the cholesterol levels in your blood. And they are the ones that contain the omega 3 and omega 6 fats, that are essential for our body but it can’t produce them itself. The saturated fats and the unsaturated fats have completely different molecular structure, making them almost two different compounds.
I advice you that you include like 20% of you daily caloric intake from fats, and the important part is that they are all unsaturated fats, I believe that it can really sky rocket you weight loss and improve your chances to success. You should always keep in mind that fats are actually the densest food types of all and that media is trying to trick you by writing the grams instead the energetic value of food on their products. One gram of fats is 9 calories, so be careful about that.
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