Top Ten Diet Fallacies — Fallacy #4: Fat Will Make You Fat……“But Not If You Eat These Primal Fat-Rich Foods in the Correct Way ,” Says Warrior Diet author Ori Hofmekler
Can correct use of “primal fat-rich foods” be the secret to higher energy, better endurance and — most surprisingly — a leaner, stronger body? Is it true that adding more of the right fats to our diet can make us sexier and sexually more magnetic? “Absolutely Yes!” says weight loss and strength gain expert, Warrior Diet author Ori Hofmekler. http://www.dragondoor.com/b17.html. But you need to know what you’re doing, or you probably will still bloat up into an overweight eyesore.
St. Paul, MN, (PRWEB) May 31, 2005 -- Can correct use of “primal fat-rich
foods” be the secret to higher energy, better endurance and — most surprisingly
— a leaner, stronger body? Is it true that adding more of the right fats to our
diet can make us sexier and sexually more magnetic? “Absolutely Yes!” says
weight loss and strength gain expert, Warrior Diet author Ori Hofmekler. http://www.dragondoor.com/b17.html. But you need to know what
you’re doing, or you probably will still bloat up into an overweight
eyesore.
How to Eat Plenty of Fat-Rich Food… Without Becoming A Blot on
the Visual Landscape
The claim “Fat is a fat is a fat … and therefore
makes you fat”, isn’t theoretically untrue, but nevertheless, in real life it is
wrong and literally misleading.
Fat isn’t a fat isn’t a fat, and can’t
be regarded as such. Dietary fat consists of a huge variety of fat molecules
divided into groups and subgroups; each plays a different role in the body.
Numerous studies demonstrated the critical functions of essential fatty
acids (EFAs), phospholipids and cholesterol compounds, in regulating blood
pressure, inflammation, lipid metabolism, stress reaction, build up of cell
membranes, nerves functions, immune actions and steroid hormone production,
respectively.
It’s evidently clear, that the role of dietary fat goes
far beyond just being a fuel for energy or storage.
The real question is
does dietary fat convert efficiently into energy?
And for that matter,
is the human body primarily well adapted to utilize fat as an immediate fuel for
energy?
As you’re about to read the answer isn’t simple, but even so it
is yes and yes.
Studies at the department of clinical biochemistry and
medicine, Addenbrooke’s hospital, Cambridge, UK, revealed that different people
respond differently to high fat intake. An excess fat calorie was predominately
stored in some individuals and in contrast, it increased total energy
expenditure and fat oxidation with no fat gain, in others.
The question
remains: why some individuals are more prone to gain fat from fat calories than
others?
There is substantial amount of evidence that certain variables
profoundly affect the capacity to utilize fat fuel.
These variables
include gender, exercise intensity, source of dietary fat and diet composition.
Recent studies at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark,
discovered that women have higher levels of lipid binding proteins, with a
higher capacity to utilize fat fuel in the muscle tissue, than men.
Interestingly, same studies found that men’s capacity to utilize fat in
the muscles significantly increases with application of intense
exercise.
The effect of exercise intensity on fat burning was farther
investigated at the University of Maastricht, the Netherlands. Studies revealed
that fat serves as a most efficient fuel in the form of intramuscular fat (IMT).
IMT stores function as an important and most effective substrate source of
energy, in particular during intense prolonged exercise.
As noted, it has
been suggested that fat mobilization and utilization seems to be also determined
by other variables such as diet composition (ratio of fat/carbs), glycemic
index, source of dietary fat as well as the frequency and intensity of
exercise.
According to the thrifty genes theory (Journal of Applied
Physiology 96:3-10, 2004) humans have primarily adapted to better survive when
following cycles of famine and feast (undereating and overeating); exercise and
rest. It has also been suggested that we humans have adapted better to primal
foods on the bottom of the food chain evolution (late Paleolithic
period).
It has been suggested that following a lifestyle that mimics
primal feeding cycles and physical activity, would most likely trigger genes
(thrifty genes) that help us better survive; making us more efficient in
utilizing fat and carb fuel with an increased resistance to fatigue, stress and
disease.
From that aspect, we humans generally do better on primal fat
rich foods (bottom of the food chain), such as nuts, seeds and fertile eggs than
later fatty foods (top of the food chain), derived from farm animals or
processing, i.e. lard, butter or margarine, respectively.
Primal fat
foods such as nuts and seeds are also good sources of amino acids and
fat-soluble vitamins. In their raw state, they contain phytosterols
(cholesterol- like plant compounds), which predominately support the production
of sex steroid hormones.
To take advantage of nuts and seeds, eat them
alone or with veggies and protein. Do not combine these fat foods with sugar or
grains. Nuts and seeds are naturally low glycemic. Generally our body is better
adapted to food with a low glycemic index. (Slow releasing nutrients)
In
summary, fat is primarily a superior fuel. Muscle is the largest fat utilizing
organ. Exercise intensity positively affects the body’s capacity to utilize fat
for energy. We humans have adapted to better survive on primal high fat foods
that belong to the bottom of the food chain, such as nuts and seeds or fertile
eggs.
These primal high fat foods should maintain their natural low
glycemic character and therefore should not be combined with later high glycemic
foods such as grains or sugar. Evidently, the same fat foods that may cause fat
gain could instead convert to energy and promote fat burning if combined
properly.
In conclusion, “fat makes you fat” is a fallacy that completely
disregards the complexity and critical functions of dietary fat.
If
taken seriously, this fallacy often causes fat phobias, typically leading to
extreme low fat diets, with severe consequences including malnutrition, chronic
fatigue, eating disorders, impotency, compromised immunity and fat gain.
For more articles by Ori Hofmekler on the Top Ten Diet Fallacies visit
http://www.dragondoor.com/articler/mode2/Nutrition and read
Ori Hofmekler’s The Warrior Diet. http://www.dragondoor.com/b17.html
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