Fat and Your Weight Loss Training
by Jack Kenefick on March 6, 2010
Skinny is good, fat is bad, right? We’ve been told for decades that being overweight is bad for your health and you should minimize fats, especially saturated fats, in your diet. Well, think again my rotund friends; the studies linking weight to vulnerability to heart attack and stroke failed to take physical conditioning into account. In the past few years, studies factoring in physical condition have shown that people who are slightly overweight, but who exercise regularly and are physically fit live longer than thin people who don’t exercise. So, if whether you’re over- or underweight, you need to consider exercising more. Having a regular exercise routine will add years to your life, and you might even want to consider having a personal trainer.
What, you might ask, does this have to do with consuming fat? Here’s a news flash! The body needs fat as a source of concentrated energy; that element that helps you get through the day. Fat also provides the basic building blocks for cell membranes and hormones, help you feel full so you don’t need to eat so often (and, gain too much weight), and are carriers and convertors of many of the vitamins and minerals that our bodies need to maintain strength and health.
The aforementioned are some of the health benefits of consuming fat. Drastically reducing or eliminating fat from your diet can have negative consequences, as well. Followers of the Pritikin lowfat diet, for instance, developed a whole series of health problems including low energy levels, lack of concentration, depression, and mineral deficiencies, because they didn’t have enough fat in their bodies to absorb the necessary minerals.
Fat also adds flavor and tenderness to foods, and helps to cook foods faster. So, if you wonder if fat is bad for you, the answer is – just like anything else, too much fat is not good for you – but then again, neither is too little fat.
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