low fat diet
It used to be that low fat diets were the end-all be-all of healthy eating and a slim
waist line.  Are the tides now turning on this once hailed golden diet?

The benefits of the low fat diet have been studied and argued over for the past few decades, perhaps more
than any other type of diet, due to its common sense nature : "If I cut fat out, it's gotta be healthy,
right?"  Or is this entirely true?  Too much fat is NOT good, that much we do know.

Fat loss supplements which can help to absorb and expel excess fat from the body, such as the product
called
Proactol have hit the market in the wake of the revelation that low fat diets are ultimately better for the
heart, and lead to less body fat and even potentially cellulite (yeah ladies!).

Well, new studies are calling question to many once popular low fat diets, and for good reason.  Before the
low carb craze of the late nineties and today, low fat diets were seen as the golden ticket to health, longevity, a
slim, trim body, and a lifetime of boundless energy.  Only, when I was on a low fat diet, all I felt like doing was
sleeping - was I doing something wrong?  Maybe not.  Read on..

The Study that May (Kind Of) Debunk the Low Fat Diet

The specific study that prompted the new questions was a government backed project with almost 20,000
total participants, including a control group of about 10,000 people.  Most of the participants were overweight
women who were past the menopausal stage of life.  

The study monitored the women's fat-modified diets in order to gauge whether the radical reduction of fat in
their diet led to any significant changes in their frequency of cancer and heart disease.  The other 10,000
women were on unchanged diets, eating as they always had.  The researchers found in their conclusions of
the tests that the results in the control "low fat" group were less than a compelling argument for the low fat
diet.  







The control group did not show any statistically significant alterations in their tendencies to develop heart
disease or different types of cancers.  

Some Important Factors to Point Out in the Low Fat Diet Study

The results of the low fat study admittedly were not earth shattering, however there are some significant
points to be made that may have influenced the outcome of the studies - which to me, only further proves that
not only fat needs to be reduced, but overall caloric intake for not only health and mental acuity but for weight
loss and health weight maintenance.  

First, due to the women's older age they were basically trying to reverse years of bad habits and those habit's
effect on the women's bodies.  The years of mediocre of terrible eating habits may have already produced
irreparable damage to their bodies at this later stage of life, which would have been out of the control of a low
fat diet.  

A second fact, and this is the real kicker that I think drives my point home about the importance of calorie
reduction in a weight loss and maintenance plan, if that while these women's diets were significantly
reduced in fat content, the caloric content remained unchanged.  

These women may have lost a little body fat and weight at first, but for the most part they stayed overweight
through the majority of the study due to caloric intake remaining the same.  Since excess weight is, in itself, a
high risk factor for cancer and heart disease, the low fat diet did not help with these risk factors due to the
extra weight not coming off.

Important Final Note on the Low Fat Diet

While the results of the low fat study mentioned above were not the most compelling proof that one should
decrease their fat intake for accelerated
fat loss, most research still points to the fact that HIGH fat diets are
very bad for your health, as well as for your weight.  Eating a lot of fat in one's diet has been proven to add to
cancer incidence as well as increase the risk of heart and other serious diseases.  

As far as we're concerned, since we are in fact, focusing on the diet and weight loss aspect here, a balanced
diet that is low in fat or at least fat conscious AND cuts down on calorie intake is the best diet that anyone can
be on.  

Check out our
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