fat free diet?

Answer 1

Ian, the human body needs fat for a whole host of processes. In fact, fat is essential to normal function and, ironically, can actually help you lose excess body fat.

Fat helps regulate blood sugar levels, which keeps your energy levels steady and makes you feel less hungry and more satisfied. It's also critical for testosterone production and in the case of certain fats, actually has disease prevention properties.

The trick is not to eliminate fat from your diet, but rather to replace "bad" fats with "good" ones. So what are bad fats?

Bad fats are trans fats and highly saturated animal fats. These are the fats found in fried foods, processed cakes, cookies and breads that contain hydrogenated oils. Butter and animal fats should also be consumed in moderation, but a little butter is actually better for you than margerines (which typically contain trans fats.)

Good fats are generally non-saturated and come from nuts, grains/seeds like flax, fish, egg yolks, avocados and olive oil. Consumption of the these fats can actually protect your body from diabetes, heart disease, certain cancers and possibly even diseases like Alzheimers.

They are also utilized in a different way that trans fats, so the body is more likely to burn them as fuel, versus storing them away as body fat.

The USDA recommends that people consume no more than 30% of their daily calories in fat. So for a person on a 2,000 calorie diet, this would be around 60 grams of fat a day. Most of that fat should come from unsaturated, non-trans fat sources -- again fish, eggs, nuts, olive oil. No more than 10% should come from saturated sources.

If you go to fat free diet, you will typically find yourself making up for the calories with excess carbs and sugar. You will also be hungry all of the time. In the end, it's not only unsustainable, but unhealthy. Researchers believe that one of the reasons that obesity continued to rise in the US was because of the fat-free craze of the 80s and 90s. When you remove the fat from your diet, you tend to binge on high carb foods which actually cause you to sock away the extra calories as ... guess what ... body fat.

The best overall diet profile will include some good fats, plenty of slow-burning carbs like vegetables, oatmeal and whole grains and lean protein at nearly every meal. At the end of the day, if you follow this profile and watch your total calorie consumption, you will be able to hit your health and fitness goals.

Answer 2

In order to burn fat, you need fat from food sources, otherwise you'll end up burning sugar. If you burn sugar, only 10-20% get burned, the rest is converted into fat, which gets stored. The next time your body automatically burns sugar when you have a higher sugar intake than fat intake, so guess what, you gain weight! Fat free diets will make you gain weight. Do not eat fat free at all, as it is the worst for your health you can do, that doesn't mean you will exaggerate with too much fat intake, just eat balanced. Milk come naturally with fat, so drink it with fat, i.e. whole milk only!! If you are concerned about calories, then just eat less! You need more fat than sugar to start burning fat and essentially lose weight. I eat a balanced diet with everything, including saturated fats, but little sugar, I am fit, healthy, have ideal weight.

Answer 3

You could end up putting more weight on doing that.

Try a sugary/processed food FREE diet for better results.

Answer 4

we all need a certain amount of fat so its not really advisable and probably not even doable!!