Saturated Fat and Weight Loss

Do you need some saturated fat while your on a diet and trying to lose weight?

saturated fat and weight loss

 YES!!!! Sorry for the enthusiasm.

Saturated fat from a good source is good for metabolism. You technically don’t need it to lose weight, but it can help you lose weight and is essential for your health. I like cold-pressed raw coconut oil and eggs from my farmer’s market that are fed sunflower sprouts. The egg yolks are a gorgeous bright orange and I usually prepare them sunny side up or over easy. I don’t want to damage the nutrient content of the yolks so I keep them really raw. I threw them in a shake a couple times but it seemed like a waste of something so delicious. I always cook them them in coconut oil since it’s a very stable cooking oil.

Avoid trans fats, even if the label says 0g trans fats look for hydrogenated vegetable oils and vegetable shortening in the ingredients list and avoid that product. It still can contain up to a gram of trans fat.

Sugar and carbs are the real problem and cause you to gain fat (not fat), which is why people lost weight on Atkins. Not that I’m advocating that . You’re not just what you eat, but what your food eats. So saturated fat from an industrialized meat source, which is fed subsidized crap and given hormones and antibiotics will likely cause you to gain weight.

Check out the books Know Your Fats and Wheat Belly for good sources of information on fats in your diet.

5 thoughts on “Saturated Fat and Weight Loss”

  1. Lauren, if I can't find eggs from chickens that are fed sunflower sprouts, than what would be a good alternative? I usually buy organic brown eggs from whole foods.

  2. Quality is really important, especially when you eat the yolks really raw. Check some farmer's markets and see if anyone has eggs local. They could be fed flaxseeds or alfalfa sprouts too and they will likely have more room to move. When it comes to animal products the mass produced stuff lives in really unsanitary conditions and could be potentially dangerous. Food Inc is a great documentary about that. Choose local first, some health food stores carry local eggs too.

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