How to accelerate fat loss, increase muscle growth and boost your metabolism by eating the right fats in proper ratios at proper times.

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A small dose of ‘healthy fats’ is very important!

It is well known that by adding the wrong kind of fats to your diet can increase your blood cholesterol, clog your arteries, increase fat storage and wreak total havoc in your body. On the other hand, by adding the right kind of fats can increase your energy, increase fat burning, increase muscle-building hormones, increase your strength, improve insulin function, improve your skin texture and strengthen your joints. With benefits like these good fats sound like some kind of wonder drug, and in many respects, the effects are almost “drug-like.” Surprisingly, these miraculous benefits can be obtained simply by eating small amounts of foods or oils rich in the healthy good fats.

Why you should always eat a little ‘good fat'. Fat phobia has been so deeply ingrained into the consciousnesses of most people, it’s important that the reasons why you should eat a little good fat are clearly explained.

1. A zero fat or very low fat diet puts you into the starvation zone. Low calories and skipping meals aren’t the only things that send you into “survival mode.” When dietary fat intake is reduced to less than 10% of total daily calories, this also sets off the starvation alarm.

2. A zero fat or very low fat diet causes large fluctuations in blood sugar. Fat slows down the release of carbohydrates into the bloodstream. When large amounts of simple and refined carbohydrates are eaten alone, they shoot rapidly into the bloodstream, creating a large spike in blood sugar.

3. A zero fat or very low fat diet causes greater insulin release. When your blood sugar spikes, your pancreas releases a lot of insulin to bring blood sugar back down to normal. Moderate amounts of insulin are necessary (and anabolic, don’t worry we are not talking steroids here!). Large amounts of insulin are lipogenic (cause fat storage) and anti-lipolyic (prevent fat release).

4. A zero fat or very low fat diet causes hormonally related hunger and cravings. You can have a willpower made of steel, but if you get hormonally induced hunger, you won’t to be able to fight it. Whenever there’s an unusually large blood sugar spike, it’s a law of nature that there must be an equal or greater valley. This blood sugar valley, known as hypoglycemia, is the cause of those intense, almost irresistible cravings you face every time you find yourself in that kind of hormonal state.

5. A zero or very low fat diet reduces testosterone. Low dietary fat levels are correlated with low testosterone levels. For someone trying to become leaner and more muscular, this spells disaster.

6. A zero or very low fat diet can be deficient in essential fatty acids. Clinical fatty acid deficiencies are rare, but if you intentionally try to remove most of the fat from your diet, you could come up short of the “optimal” levels. Essential fatty acid (EFA) deficiency can impair fat burning, reduce your energy and cause a whole host of other problems.

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