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Why Fat Doesn’t Make You Fat!
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 419" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="http://thescienceofeating.com/2018/09/13/fat-doesnt-make-fat/" target="_blank"><strong>Why Fat Doesn’t Make You Fat! - The Science of Eating</strong></a></p><p></p><p>"The plan you’re putting me on includes lots of nuts, seeds, coconut oil, avocados, eggs, and even some butter,” a patient recently told me. “I can’t shake my fear of fat. I think all this food is going to make me gain weight"</p><p></p><p>If you can identify with this patient, you’re not alone. Even I once had a fear of fat while growing up. I subscribed to the antiquated “all calories are the same” myth, a mentality that demonizes fat. After all, eating fat makes you fat, right? End of story.</p><p></p><p>From a caloric perspective, that makes sense. Dietary fat contains nine calories per gram, versus the four calories per gram for carbs and protein. If you eat less fat, you will eat fewer calories, and you will lose weight – easy and done, right?</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, that theory doesn’t work for many reasons. The theory that all calories have the same impact on your weight and metabolism remains one of the most persistent nutrition myths that keeps us fat and sick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 419, member: 1"] [URL='http://thescienceofeating.com/2018/09/13/fat-doesnt-make-fat/'][B]Why Fat Doesn’t Make You Fat! - The Science of Eating[/B][/URL] "The plan you’re putting me on includes lots of nuts, seeds, coconut oil, avocados, eggs, and even some butter,” a patient recently told me. “I can’t shake my fear of fat. I think all this food is going to make me gain weight" If you can identify with this patient, you’re not alone. Even I once had a fear of fat while growing up. I subscribed to the antiquated “all calories are the same” myth, a mentality that demonizes fat. After all, eating fat makes you fat, right? End of story. From a caloric perspective, that makes sense. Dietary fat contains nine calories per gram, versus the four calories per gram for carbs and protein. If you eat less fat, you will eat fewer calories, and you will lose weight – easy and done, right? Unfortunately, that theory doesn’t work for many reasons. The theory that all calories have the same impact on your weight and metabolism remains one of the most persistent nutrition myths that keeps us fat and sick [/QUOTE]
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