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Dietary Fat and Nutrition
By Brian Gallichan
If I had a penny for every time I have heard someone say that they do not eat avocados because avocados are fattening, I would be rich by now.
The masses are so confused about how people get fat. Most people think that just because a food contains fat, it will make them fat.
The reason that people think that fatty foods will make them fat is because fat contains nine calories per gram. Protein and carbohydrates contain only four calories per gram.
But this fact does not mean that if you eat a high-fat diet you will get fat. The only way to become fat is by eating more calories than your body uses.
You can eat fat all day long and never become fat if you do not eat more calories than your body requires.
Fat is necessary and should be eaten because it allows vitamins to be absorbed into the cells of the body. Health problems linked to fat consumption only arise when a person eats cooked fat.
All raw fats, including saturated fat promote health and are safe to eat.
For instance, coconut oil, which is mostly saturated fat, contains medium-chain triglycerides which significantly reduce body fat.
People have lost up to thirty-six pounds a year without dieting, simply by using coconut oil instead of other oils. However, it must be noted that all processed oils are heated during processing, and should not be consumed.
So, fat is safe and healthy, and the only thing to remember is that the fat source must be raw, not cooked, because cooked fat is the only deadly kind of fat, and should never be eaten.
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