The Outrageous Truth about Dietary and 'Bad' Fats!

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  • Author Joe Bronson
  • Published August 1, 2010
  • Word count 666

I’ll preface this article by saying that it will help if you have an open mind and accept that some of these facts are a slap in the face to politically correct food in this day and age where fats are rebuked by many doctors, health "experts", and the mass media.

To start, eating supply of good for you dietary fats is vitally important to your overall well being. Fats are one of the main pieces in all of the cell membranes throughout your entire body. If you eat enough natural fats, your cellular processes will proceed normally.

On the other hand, if you eat man-made, heavily processed, chemically altered fats (damaged fats) that are found in most processed foods, your cellular will be harmed as these damaged fats become part of your cell membranes, the body will have to work harder to function correctly, and life threatening diseases can develop.

In addition, good for you dietary fats are quintessential for optimal hormone production and balance within the body and are therefore essential for the muscle building and fat burning processes. Other important s that dietary fats play in a healthy body are aiding vitamin and mineral utilization, enzyme regulation, energy, etc.

I cringe every time I hear so called "health experts" recommend of dietary fat, claiming that a low-fat diet is the key to good fitness, weight loss, and prevention of deteriorating diseases. Reduction of any one macronutrient (protein, carbs, or fat) in your diet works against what your body needs and can only lead to problems.

All three basic macronutrients serve important functionss for a lean, fit, and disease-free body. As Dr. Mary Enig, Ph.D, and one of the leading fats researchers in the world, notes in several of her books and articles, there is very little true scientific evidence supporting assertion that a high fat diet is bad for us.

For example, if these so called "health experts" that admonish fat are correct, and a low-fat diet is the solution to good health, then why did traditional Pacific Islanders who typically obtained 2/3 to 3/4 of their total daily calories from fat (mostly from coconut fat), remain virtually free from an unhealthy heart, obesity, and other modern degenerative diseases (that is, until Western dietary influences invaded)?

Also, why did traditional Eskimo populations, consuming up to 75% of their total caloric intake from fat (mostly from whale blubber, seal fat, organ meats, and cold water fish), display excellent health and longevity without or ?

These examples of high fat diets and the associated excellent health of traditional cultures around the world go on and on, yet it seems that many doctors, nutritionists, and media outlets still ignore these facts and continue to promote a diet that restricts fat intake.

Well, the problem is that the good fats (the natural unprocessed health promoting fats) have gotten mistakenly lumped together in nutritional advice with the deadly processed fats and oils that make up a large percentage of almost all processed food that is sold at your local grocery store, restaurant, deli, fast food joint, etc.

These processed fats are literally everywhere and almost impossible to avoid unless you know what to look for and make smart choices in what you feed your body with.

Take note that I’m not recommending following a super high fat diet. Active individuals that exercise on a regular basis certainly also need adequate supplies of fit carbohydrates for energy and muscle glycogen replenishment as well as good sources of protein for muscle repair. The above examples of the high fat diets of people and their corresponding excellent health were simply to prove the point that you don’t need to be afraid of dietary fats as long as you make natural choices and stay within your daily caloric range to maintain or lose weight (depending on your goals).

I hope this article has shed some light on the truth about dietary fats and made you realize their importance in a healthy diet.

Joe Bronson

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