Weekly Nutrition Tip - Eat Fat, Lose Fat
This week’s nutrition is about the different types of fat:
To lose fat, sometimes you have to eat fat. Monounsaturated fats and certain polyunsaturates actually speed up the metabolic rate. Lipid researchers believe that the best of the fat burning bunch are the highly unsaturated omega 3s called EPA and DHA. A diet supplemented with omega 3-rich fish oil promotes losses of body fat with simultaneous gains in lean mass.
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You have a good understanding of fats. Omega 3 also is great for reducing LDL cholesterol levels and more importantly reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease.
I think it’s about time people start to realize that completely blocking fat or anything from a diet is a bad thing…. Great quick article.
That’s quite crazy statement, to be honest. If you want to lose fat, you can’t just keep eating the same foods that you are.
Of course, completely stopping eat fat foods would be wrong too. That’s why the best thing to do is to gradually reduce the amount of food you eat.
Other ‘good’ fats include Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Plam Oil (although there is some disagreement about this one.) and something like Almond Oil. Although some of these are very expensive though.
Omega 3’s are also good for cognitive function and help reduce the risk of alzheimers.
Of the Omega-3 Fatty acids, you only mentioned EPA and DHA, are you saying ALA (Alpha-linolenic acid) does not speed up your metabolism?
Thanks Mark