What Types of Fats Can You Use to Lose Weight Easier and Stay Healthy?
No matter what you’ve heard before, there are certain types of fats in food, which help you lose weight - read on and you'll find out.
Cutting-edge nutritional research, countless medical studies and a huge amount of real-life tests over the last two decades educated us on all the facts about fats that we need to know. These studies on various saturated and unsaturated fats proved without a doubt that a diet low in good fats causes you to store fat rather than burn it, struggle with hunger pangs and food cravings - especially fatty foods.
So let's start with...
Types of Fats: Good, Healthy Oils
Do you know that certain types of fats are burnt for energy instead of being stored as body fat? It’s true. Almost everyone has been programmed to think that "all fat is a fat and as a result makes you fat". But in reality, nothing’s furthest from the truth.
Healthy fats are rich in essential fatty acids - especially omega-3s - activating your metabolism and helping you burn more of your body fat. They are easy to digest and do not put any strain on your pancreas, liver, or digestive system. They permeate easily the membranes of all your cells and are NOT deposited within your arteries as cholesterol.
So what kinds of foods contain these healthy oils?
flaxseed oil
fish oil
krill oil
chia
walnut oil
And the best about these types of fats?
They stabilize your blood sugar levels and decrease the rate at which carbohydrates are released into your system. What does this mean to you?
Well, it means that you feel full and satisfied sooner after a meal and this satiety feeling lasts for hours.
When you miss these good, healthy fats in your diet you start to experience many and serious health issues, due to an essential fatty acid deficiency.
Types of Fats: Bad Fats, or Unsaturated Oils...
...are canola, corn, soybean, safflower, and sunflower oils. If you are serious about your health, you must remember this: they are NOT healthy cooking oils! Why?
Because their molecular structure is altered at higher temperatures making them toxic for your body. Besides, they are too high in omega-6 and further aggravate an already out-of-balance essential fatty acids ratio in your body.
And there's another scary breed of bad fats - the so-called "hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils" or "vegetable shortening" - more commonly known as trans fats. Why are trans fats bad?
So what should you use in the kitchen?
It's simple, really. Use only these three types of good fats:
for dressings & salads: flaxseed oil and extra-virgin olive oil
If you’re like most people, you probably love cheese and a nice, juicy steak now and then, don’t you? But as you probably know, if you want to lose weight, lower your cholesterol, and your risk of heart disease, you’d better limit the animal fat you eat - too much of it it’s not so good for your health.
With this in mind, you should know that eggs, cheese, and meat from grass-fed animals are healthier than the ones from animals conventionally-fed in a feedlot with grains - usually mixed with growth hormones, antibiotics and other things you don't even want to know about.
Why are products from grazing animals healthier?
Because they are considerably higher in essential fatty acids like omega-3s and CLA (conjugated linolenic acid). Your body does not deposit them as body fat - they are actually reducing your risk of cardiovascular disease and many other serious health conditions.
Yes, it’s true.
Products from grass-fed animals are a bit more expensive than the conventional ones, but what do you prefer to spend your money on: clean, healthy food... or doctors and medicines later on? You decide.
To summarize...
Certain Types of Fats are...
...a key component in your optimum health and indispensable in losing weight and keeping it off. Just remember these 3 tips:
Good fats like flaxseed oil, extra virgin coconut and olive oils should be the only three oils in your kitchen: flaxseed and olive oils for dressings and salads, and coconut oil as the only safe, healthy cooking oil.
Avoid using bad fats like canola, corn, soybean, safflower, and sunflower oils and absolutely eliminate trans fats - found in all products that list "partially hydrogenated oil" or "vegetable shortening" on the label.
And if you want to further enhance your health and get a great help in losing weight, take omega-3 supplements like fish oil or better yet, krill oil (it’s less contaminated than fish oil), and omega-6 GLA (borage/primrose oil), which helps you burn more fat.
Always remember that using these good types of fats allows you to lose weight effortlessly without fretting about dieting all the time.
Here's more on how essential fatty acids help in weight loss, including the specific health issues you risk when you have an essential fatty acid deficiency >>
