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Weight Management - Highlights

by Udo Erasmus

 
"Most people with weight problems believe that eating fats will make one gain weight. But the truth is that most of the excess fat we carry on our bodies does not come from excess fat consumption, but rather from eating too many sweets and starches."

The body turns sugars and starches (including bananas and fruit) above what we burn for energy, into saturated and monounsaturated fats. Don't eat more than your body can burn, or this behavior will make you fat, insulin resistant, and more likely to generate a clot in an artery. Sugars, starches, and fruit can also increase triglycerides.

High sugar (and starch) intake increase fat production in the body. This leads to overweight, obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes, bone mineral loss, tooth decay, bad breath, increased cardiovascular risk, increased cancer risk, constipation, varicose veins, mood swings that accompany blood sugar swings, food cravings, headaches, jitters and anxiety, and vision disturbances. It also increases infections and inflammation. To prevent these problems from occurring, people must limit their intake of carbohydrates to the amount their body actually burns, which in turn depends on their level of physical activity. More activity burns more carbohydrates.
 

Since I do not labor as intensely as my grandparents did, I cannot eat the same heavy carbohydrate-based foods that they ate. They burned their food in tremendous physical activity. I do not; therefore, I do not keep potatoes, breakfast cereals, bread, or pasta in my house. Instead, I eat greens, good fats, and protein. I obtain my carbohydrates primarily from non-starchy green vegetables. Remember, when people eat more sweets and starches (carbohydrates) than they burn, the body is forced to turn the excess into fat. This subsequently interferes with the functions of essential fatty acids; substances found in unprocessed fats, which the body can't make, but needs for health, and must obtain from food.

Essential fats help us keep slim. They act like hormones that increase fat burning and decrease fat production in the body. They shift the body from carbohydrate burning mode to fat burning mode. They turn up heat production (thermogenesis), which keeps us warm in winter and increases fat burn-off as heat. Only the essential fats, especially the missing omega-3 (omega-3) accomplishes these functions. By comparison, saturated fats and monounsaturated fats do not increase fat burning and can lead to increased body fats.

 

 

 
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