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<\/a>Yes.<\/p>\nNow we are fatter than ever.\u00a0 The rate of overweight and obesity has actually DOUBLED over the years since low fat became the mantra.\u00a0 Pretty good evidence that fat has been miscast as the bad guy.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t get me wrong — there are fats that are, indeed, bad for you.\u00a0 They are also the most calorie-dense of all foods, so too much can certainly bring your weight loss to a screeching halt.<\/p>\n
However, fat is slow to digest, which makes it low-glycemic.\u00a0 It prevents the big sugar dump (see last post) and also keeps hunger at bay.<\/p>\n
Besides those noticeable things, fat does several other things on the cellular level.\u00a0 Your hormones are made primarily from fat, and hormones are the biochemicals that run your body functions.\u00a0 The walls of nerve cells are made of fat, which enable the nerves to communicate, the heart to beat, and muscles to contract.\u00a0 The fat in cell walls regulates the flow of nutrients into the cell.\u00a0 Even your brain is made up of mostly fat tissue.\u00a0 (Not calling you a fat-head — just stating the facts!)<\/p>\n
There are many other functions of fat in the body.\u00a0 However, we all are mostly concerned with the extra stuff packed in storage.\u00a0 We want to get rid of it!<\/p>\n
A low fat or non fat diet isn\u2019t the answer.\u00a0 Choosing the right fats and eating them at the right level is what will help us clear out the storage units around our middles.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll be looking more at fats in this series which I like to call \u201cFATS — the good, the bad, and the ugly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/p>\n
Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>Yes.<\/p>\n