Dietary Fat and Weight Loss - Will Eating Fat Make You Fat?

If I had a penny for every time I've heard someone say that they don't eat avocados because avocados are fattening, I'd be rich right now.

The masses are so confused about how people become fat. Most people think that just because a food contains fat, it will make them fat.

The reason that people think that fatty foods will make them fat is because fat contains nine calories per gram. Protein and carbohydrates contain only four calories per gram. But this fact does not mean that if you eat a high-fat diet you will get fat. The only way to become fat is by eating more calories than your body burns. 

You can eat fat all day long and never become fat if you do not eat more calories than your body requires. Fat is necessary and should be eaten because it allows vitamins to be absorbed into the cells of the body. Health problems linked to fat consumption only arise when a person eats cooked fat.

All raw fats, including Saturated fat promote health and are safe to eat.

For instance, coconuts, which contain mostly Saturated fat, are excellent foods to eat. The fat in coconuts contains medium-chain triglycerides which significantly reduce body fat. 

People have lost up to thirty-six pounds a year without dieting, simply by using coconut oil instead of other oils. However, it must be remembered that all processed oils are cooked and should not be consumed, no matter what.

So, fat is safe and healthy, and the only thing to remember is that the fat source must be raw, not processed or cooked, because cooked and processed fat is the only deadly kind of fat, and should never be eaten.

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