Statistics tell us that two-thirds of people who lose weight on low-fat diets gain it all back within one year. After five years, 97% regain their weight( that is a 97% failure rate). Chances are you are not eating enough fat. Yes, you read that correctly. We eat less fat now than ever before. In the past people ate whole milk, butter, eggs, and relished in the fats in meats.
Everything was cooked in lard and butter. Nowadays we avoid fat like a plague. Over the past 30 years fat consumption has decreased by 4%. Despite the fact that fat and calorie intake has decreased, we are heavier than before.
Nearly 60% of Americans are overweight and 31% are obese. Even our children are getting fatter. Among young people 15% of those age 6 to 19 are seriously overweight. Those who reduce the most fat and eat the least food seem to have the hardest time losing weight.
Getting an adequate amount of fat in the diet is essential for effective and permanent weight loss. When people become hungry soon after a meal they tend to overeat at the next. One of the reasons why fat is necessary for successful weight loss is that it satisfies hunger, thus reducing appetite and lowering total food consumption.
Researchers at McGill University in Quebec, Canada are now advocating the use of special type of dietary fat to treat and prevent obesity.
1) Provides a source of quick energy
2) Improves digestion and absorption of fat
soluble vitamins and amino acids
3) Improves insulin secretion of blood
glucose levels.
4) Improves calcium absorption
5) Does not increase cholesterol levels
6) Helps prevent high blood pressure
7) Helps prevent premature aging and
degenerative disease
8) Is lower in calories than other fats
9) Increases metabolic rate
10) Is used by the body instead of being
stored like other fats
11) Helps prevent obesity and overweight
problems
12) Applied topically helps prevent infection