It's Not Fat's Fault?
Wait just a darn minute,
so you mean to tell me fats are not the bad guys? That they are
merely “accomplices,” or the subject of peer pressure?
Yep, chances are you have
been wrong about fat your entire life. Kind of like that one guy in
high school who was too weird to be friends with, but now owns a
fortune 500 company!
See, for years, decades
even, we have been fed with misinformation, as a result of a
correlational, and not a causational link. To illustrate, a great
example would be to say, “People that are born have a 100% chance
of dying.” We know that we all have to diet, but being born is not
the direct cause of it. That sums up the similar assumptions made on
fat.
Interestingly, fat began
to get a bad rap sheet the same time the introduction of readily
available carbs appeared. Think breakfast cereals, and snacks. At
this time, cases of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, a range of
metabolic disorders and obesity began to spike.
Yes, in fact, by
approaching studies involving fats with a biased eye, the verdict was
met before having a fair trial.
So what is the truth? Read
on and find out yourself!
Insulin Calls The Shots Behind The Scenes
When we ingest foods, be
it fats, carbs or proteins, the molecules contained in them do not
magically turn into fat, or new cells or whatever. They must be
“shuttled” to their final destination y something. This conductor
is insulin.
Under normal circumstances
(by normal, we mean occasional stimulation), insulin is the prodigal
hormone. It is important for ensuring nutrients get where it has to
go, so that cells and subsequent organs function, as they should.
However, following the
introduction, and subsequent frequent consumption of carb heavy
foods, insulin started working overtime, “hoarding” nutrients
into cells, more particularly, fat cells.
As these fat cells grew,
and insulin lost sensitivity, a dangerous cocktail of elevated blood
sugar and fat levels resulted, setting the stage for diabetes and
high cholesterol.
Fat Does Not Like To Be
Stored
You may or may not know
insulin by its name “the storage hormone,” as its primary role is
that defined. However, fat had different things in mind. Research has
shown that our ancestors were very lean and healthy, all thanks to a
primary fat metabolism.
Their diets consisted
mainly of wild animals, with the occasional forage consumed too (such
as berries). The result was a metabolism that used fats for fuel, the
way we were meant to function but altered via means of mass produced
cheap carbohydrate foods. Under the influence of insulin, however,
fats are powerless to be burned directly as fuel, and will only be
called upon in cases when sugars are low.
It is then, or when
following a ketogenic diet (low carb eating that results in ketosis
where the body uses fat for energy instead of dietary carbs), that
the true beauty of using fat as a primary fuel source is revealed.
Fats Do Not Stimulate
Insulin Release
Fact- you can literally
eat a whole cow and not experience a surge of insulin, causing your
body to begin oxidizing the fat directly for fuel. However, the
typical idea of a meal includes both carbohydrate and fat, resulting
in storage of both in cells until needed (if ever).
Without the influence of
carbs, and associated insulin spikes, fats are easily burned off and
not stored in fat cells.
Conclusion
Truth: fat is not bad for
you by itself; rather only when under insulin’s grasp.
What’s even more
revealing is the fact that the ketogenic diet; one high in protein
and fats, but extremely low in carbs, promotes weight loss and leads
to improved health, far over the “approved diets” of the world’s
governments.
A deliberate ploy to
enrich pharmaceutical companies? Hmmm we hope not!
The many studies that have
shown low carb diets to be more effective in actual pounds lost and
reducing cholesterol levels than low fat diets support the theory,
that low carb is more effective for weight loss and burning body fat.
Of course, you can also
ask the thousands of people, many of whom were obese, who have
successfully lost weight and kept it off with a low carb diet if you
are still not convinced.
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