EATING FAT ISN'T AS BAD AS YOU THINK!
"Eat Fat and Get Thin" is the word on the street as a leading obesity charity agues against low fat diet. Thirty years of health advice urging people to eat less fat and to adopt a low-cholesterol diet deemed to be having “disastrous health consequences,” by the charity. So, can it really be true....?
“Eating fat does not make you fat,” argues a new report by the National Obesity Forum (NOF) and the Public Health Collaboration, as they demanded a major overhaul of official dietary guidelines.
The report says the low-fat and low-cholesterol message, which has been official policy in the UK since 1983, was based on “flawed science” and had resulted in an increased consumption of junk food and carbohydrates, which has led to an obesity crisis causing the NHS Billions of pounds each year.
These extreme new explanations have wiped the table with present and past beliefs as authors
argue that saturated fat does not cause heart disease while full fat dairy products such as milk, yoghurt and cheese, can actually protect the heart. A drastic new theory that would change the way the entire world perceives food. Has this forged a clean slate for healthy eating? Are we reverting back to an evolutionist theory for the need for fat?
This new information has been backed up by scientists and health organisations stating that recognition of the huge increase in obesity led to the idea that eating guidelines and the science behind it that was deeply flawed. Processed foods labelled “low-fat”, “lite”, “low cholesterol” should be avoided at all costs and people with Type 2 diabetes should eat a fat-rich diet rather than one based on carbohydrates, the report urges.
Dr Malhotra says “Eat fat to get slim,” and concludes “Don’t fear fat; fat is your friend.” A huge message and concept we are not used to, and will no doubt cause speculations among the population and may heavily affect dieters. But to what extent can we follow this to?
Snacking between meals is one of the main causes of the current obesity crisis, the report argues, while added sugar should be avoided because it has “no nutritional value whatsoever”. Is this more evidence that sugar is the deadly ingredient?
For me, one of the most interesting things noted was about calories! Calorie counting is a damaging red herring when it comes to controlling obesity, adds the NOF report, as calories from different foods have “entirely different metabolic effects on the human body, rendering that definition useless”. A fascinating statement and will really affect everything we think about when calorie counting. I'm sure calories numbers will continue to be used to promote and aim foods at target audiences, but from this research, how much can we trust what they say?
“Obesity is a hormonal disorder leading to abnormal energy partitioning which cannot be solely fixed by increasing exercise,” the report says. To some this may be disheartening, but this is a good hitting point stressing the need for good exercise along with a healthy diet. The authors call for a return to “whole foods” such as meat, fish and dairy, as well as high-fat healthy foods like avocados - so look out for them in the supermarket!
So, fat is good...and sugar again get bad press? The simple new idea that has recently been published. We will all have to see how far this research goes into changing the lifestyle and attitude towards food, if it will at all...
