Fat! For too long, it has been neglected that what a precious resource for health, what healing potential lies behind "healthy fat. Healthy fat, unhealthy fat? For decades, prejudice has been stubbornly maintained and, as you know, reflected in dietary recommendations.
Today, carbohydrates from bread, pasta, rice, and potatoes are considered a proven foundation for a "healthy" diet. Fats still have only one place to go: at the cat table. Yet do they really have such a bad reputation? Aren't they a chance for a new, revolutionary medical approach?
Modern fat research is debunking myths and discovering new facts. Let yourself be bewitched for a few minutes, because if you take into account the benefits of fat for our bodies, from now on you will understand it as a declaration of love for your body cells and redefine yourself.
During my research for this book, I was able to gather some startling facts:
MYTH #1:FAT MAKES FAT
A huge problem is the fact that we use the single word "fat" for two completely different concepts. Fat, as in fat from food, and fat, which is responsible for the life preserver effect, the extra pounds hanging off the waistband of your pants.
So many of us think that fat from nuts, avocados, eggs or olive oil "lands" on the hips and belly. This is a myth that has held up for far too long.
After all, the fats consumed with food are not stored directly on the butt and waist, but are broken down into components when digested in the mouth, stomach and intestines - mostly fatty acids. From these, new valuable biomolecules and hormones are formed in the intestine and liver.
MYTH #2: FAT MUST GO.
Fat doesn't have to go away because healthy fat can save lives! And yours too! Fat is an essential component of every cell membrane in our body. A kind of protective knight's armor of cells, guaranteeing the health of the smallest parts of our body, are built from fat.
Fat-containing cell membranes, for example, wrap the thin branches of nerve cells and make rapid impulse conduction possible. Without fat, there is no flow of thoughts in your head.
Fat keeps us warm, regulates our body temperature, and protects our internal organs from accidents and bumps.
Fat helps us with absorption (the chemical or physical process of absorbing one substance into another. - Ed.) vital, fat-soluble vitamins (E, D, K, A) and minerals such as calcium.
Fat is essential for the production of vital hormones and neurotransmitters.
Fat gives our bodies the ability to accumulate reserves, which from an evolutionary point of view is extremely useful in times of food scarcity and starvation.
In us and in other developed countries, fortunately, people don't usually go through periods of real starvation. The problem is that sympathetic fat cells, because of the abundance of carbohydrates in the diet, are overloaded with energy and emit neurotransmitters that fuel inflammation and make diseases such as myocardial infarction and type 2 diabetes more likely. Being overweight and obese can also be a consequence of this.
Fat as a macronutrient speeds up the metabolism and reduces hunger due to its miraculous satiety property.
Fat limits your total calorie intake by producing a quick sense of satiety.
MYTH #3: FAT MAKES US SICK.
The role of fat in health has been the subject of intense research for years. Rather than producing disease, fat, which is good for us, has become a luxury health producer:
Fat suppresses dangerous systemic inflammation in the body, reduces the risk of thrombosis and factors in myocardial infarctions.
Fat speeds up the passage of food lumps through the gastrointestinal tract, making it easier for the digestive system to function.
Fat makes us more satiated and satisfied, happier, sexier, slimmer and smarter.
As an integral part of every cell, the smallest unit of our body, FAT is able to program the body for health on this micro level. Those who know and use this miraculous secret have a powerful key to positively modeling their health.
And this is my personal confession of love for fat."
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