The desire to drop kilos, get rid of muffin tops, wobbly arms, back fat and shed those unwanted pounds is more prevalent than ever before.
We are fatter and sicker than ever.
Harsh words I know but true.
Unfortunately there is not a simple solution to this growing health crisis, as there are so many players and layers involved. Sadly, as much as I wish I did, I dont have the all answers for you.
There is however, one thing I can share with you to help end the confusion that surrounds all things weight loss. Actually as I type this I realise there is more that one, but today I’ll stick with one.
A client said to me this week…”it is just all so confusing, you think you’re doing the right thing with what you eat and then you find out all that so call ‘healthy’ food is working against you!”
Yes there is so much confusion out there surrounding food, the right types of food and what you should be eating to drop the weight. Maybe you’re happy with your weight and you just want to make healthy choices, eat well, be well…
And you think you are.
If you’re buying low fat thinking that your choice will
- Help you drop the kilos/pounds
- It’s the healthier choice.
I’m sorry to inform you, you’ve been making the wrong choice, and you need to know it’s not your fault.
We have been living in a low fat world for the last fifty years, (how we arrived here is a whole other story!) and as a result we are constantly bombarded with everything low fat, no fat, 2% fat or 0 fat! If we eat low fat, they tell us, we will lose weight, be healthier and avoid the risk of high cholesterol and heart disease. It is not true.
When you take the fat out of food, you take away both taste and texture. If you take the taste out, then the food is bland, and if the food is bland no one will buy it. So to avoid the problem of no one buying the food, food manufacturers replace the fat with sugar.
Sugar comes in many guises – there are over 60 different names for sugar used in the food industry. The nastiest of the them all is high fructose corn syrup, which is now used freely in our food chain as a cheap alternative to white sugar.
When it comes to taking out the fat and replacing it with high levels of sugar, your body upon consumption responds to the high levels of sugar in your bloodstream by telling your fat stores they are in shut down and it needs to burn off the sugar.
If our body cannot burn all the extra sugar…it converts it to fat.
Boom!
So our so called healthy low fat foods, they do not promote weight loss, they are high sugar and they make you put on weight…
Simple!
Eat FULL Fat healthy foods like, nuts , seeds, olives, olive oil coconut oil, and greek style yoghurts, real butter and quality dairy.
Healthy fats do not make you fat.
Unlike sugar!
Be Healthy, Happy & Amazing
Caroline x