Why not to fear the fat.

Quick note before you all grab a dogunt after reading todays blog title, I am not talking about ‘that’ type of fat, nor am I asking you to start working towards a new bigger bountiful you…. step away from the Krispy Kreme!!!

I’m talking about fat found in food, the good kind. And hopefully going to debunk the myth that fat makes you fat. As we should know by now sugar makes you fat, processed carboydrates mixed with fat, makes you fat.

But fat, just as fat is an excellent energy source and is crucial to many metabolic processes. Making sure you diet has enough healthy fats means you  have the right building blocks for vital organs, cells and hormones.

When I say to people I live off a high fat/ low carb diet, they imediatley think atkins…. I immediately tell them to pipe down. Most people go wrong on low carb diets as they think they are doing themselves a favour by just eating protein, word to the wise diet queen, your body needs at least 30g of carbs per day for liver function, and if you want to have any energy whatsoever you need to replace where your body sources its fuel from, if you take out carbs you need to replace with another which would be fats, so eating just protein and no fats, will leave you to become dreary and energy less, plus starving .. all in all epic fail.

I am by no means saying a high fat low carb diet is for everyone, I have seen amazing results and body transformations with carbs, when used correctly.

But for myself and anyone else with any internal damage out there, the high fat diet has one little bonus that a high carb does not, it prevents immflation.

3 Types of Fat 

TRANSFATS 

I am not going into this. Avoid at all costs, they are found in processed foods like biscuits, crisps and margarine.

Eating these bad boys will double your risk of heart disease, plus double your waistline

Read your packaging - Steer Clear

MONO- UNSATURATED

These babies are gold dust, eating your mono’s will

• Improve blood pressure
• Improve cholesterol levels
• Anti inflammatory effect

These can be found in food such as avocadoes, macadamias, hazelnuts, olives and olive oil (cold)

SATURATED FAT

The fat that makes you all kind of fat? right? Wrong?

Saturated fat found in REAL unprocessed food, actually makes you healthier, it is only bad in poor quality food, depending on how the food was sourced and prepared.

Bad sat fat - Fast food chain burger

Poor quality meat + bad cooking methods + gluten in bun + fatty/processed condiments

Good sat fat - Home made burgers

Lean organic meat + grilled + hold the bun or use an alternative eg sweet potato sliders / salad

Don't be afraid of red meat, the harmful kind of sat fat comes from eating too many refined carbs.

Other ways to get your fats:

Butter - is a great source of fat! Unless your dairy intolerant due to it being 20% Milk

but your butter needs to be either grass fed or organic

and my favouriteeee COCONUT!! 💗

Coconut in all forms provide a great source of good fats, butter/ flakes/ milk or canned unsweetened milk.

Lastly a bit of PUFA education

Poly-unsaturated Fatty Acids

Were going to look at omega 3 and omega 6

Lets keep this basic

Omega 3 - GOOD prevents inflammation

Omega 6 - BAD promotes inflammation

So you need to keep your omega 3 balance above your omega 6.

Every good fat source will have an omega 3/omega 6 ratio

For example nuts:

Best Ratio - Cashews/Hazelnuts/Macadamias 

Limit to 2/3 per week - Almonds/Brazil/Pistachios 

More 6 than 3 - Flax/Pumpkin/sesame/ sunflower/walnuts - eating too many of these could cause problems.

So go gettttt your fats 😊

Much Love 

Linda xxx