Should I Eat Fat As Part of a Healthy Diet?
Diet
Posted on April 10, 2014 by Jenny Cromack
Many people will often avoid eating fat in their diets, and when the personal training team at motive8 North often suggest eating fat as part of a healthy diet many of our personal training clients look at us like we’ve just come from Mars! This
Eating healthy fats such as nuts, fats from fish, avocado and eggs are beneficial for you in numerous ways. This blog will give you some tips and help you decide about ‘Should I eat fat as part of a healthy diet?
So why should I eat fat as part of a healthy diet? Read these top 6 reasons why and see and feel the difference they bring!
After intense exercise consuming beneficial fats in your diet will help produce muscle gain as it supports hormone balance and recovery. For men this will result in mass gain and for women increased strength and tighter curves.
Eating some fat is necessary if you want to lose fat. Eating adequate fat and limiting carbs can result in fat loss as well as improving metabolism so that optimal body composition can be maintained long term.
The consumption of fat in your diet is critical for both male and females as it’s used to make hormones and helps regulate hormone balance. Ensuing you eat sufficient good sources of fat allows for an increase in androgens, better reproductive health, stronger libido and lower body fat.
In order to stay lean your body needs to take in a greater proportion of fats, this is because the outside layer of your cells in your body are made from fats. This layer is made up of omega-3 fats which make the cells more sensitive to insulin allowing for a responsive metabolism and less inflammation. Omega -3 is also involved with stimulating the burning of fat and turning of the storing of fat in genes. When we take in fat we also take in cholesterol, which is used to make hormones. So higher levels of fats leads to the hormonal balance of androgens such as estrogen and testosterone. The maintenance of a lean physique is much easier when all your hormones are happily balanced.
Saturated fats found in coconut oil and butter contains the fatty acid lauric and myristic acid. These are anti-viral and anti fungal and have been found to kill of nasty bacteria!
Getting at least 3 grams of omega-3 in your diet a day along side eating a variety of saturated fats rich in the fat soluble vitamins A,D,E and K will help you look and feel healthier as they help the body regulate lubrication. Make sure that you are eating enough of the good fats in your diet. Have a look at these recipes for top tips on how to cook healthy high fat meals.
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