Let’s talk about butter. It’s been a staple food for thousands of years, yet somehow it got a bad rep in the 50s or 60s and we were told that our butter and animal fat consumption in general was the reason heart disease was on the rise. The end result was that we were encouraged to eat a low fat diet and if … [Read more...]
How Eating Fat Can Help You Lose Body Fat
For decades we’ve all worked under the assumption that to lose fat we have to cut fat out of our diets. Thus the low fat craze was born. As it turns out, that’s not how it works. The problem with eating a low fat diet is that you have to replace that food with something else, and we all turned to carbs. Those … [Read more...]
Some Surprising Benefits of Coconut Oil
(This post contains affiliate links from which I will benefit at no extra cost to you, if you purchase through them.) Coconut oil is one of my favorites when it comes to healthy fats. It’s also one of the most versatile oils out there, perfect to condition your skin and hair, good in coffee, and perfect … [Read more...]
Not All Fats Are Created Equal
This post may contain affiliate links from which I will benefit if you purchase through them. After decades of thinking all fat is bad fat and causes you to get fat, it turns out that not all fats are created equal. Some of them are actually good for you and you need to consume fat to stay alive and … [Read more...]
Worried About Weight Gain Over the Holidays?
Di you know that the average person gains 1.3 lbs over the holidays. It may not sound like much, but if that weight does not come off it will add up to 13 lbs over 10 years and 26 lbs over 20 years. Kind of disturbing when you think about it, and not really surprising when you look around at the … [Read more...]
When Does Overweight Become Obese?
No one wants to be obese. We can kind of accept being overweight and so we justify to ourselves and others that we are a few pounds overweight, rather than admitting that we are over the line into obesity. I was in the obesity category for 17 years, but did not admit that even to myself. So when does … [Read more...]