Article: The Right Fat Will Make You Thin
The Right Fat Will Make You Thin
by: Dr. Janet Starr Hull, Ph.D., CN
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A quick search on the web shows approximately 2,400,000 listings for 'weight loss'. Most people want to know how to lose weight fast and easy. Gaining weight more than likely took some time, so losing it will, too. And get-thin-quick schemes are never long-term; your weight more than likely will come back.
Weight loss drugs and chemical food additives like aspartame and diet pills shut down the body's natural processes, resulting in an artificial weight loss that's temporary. As soon as you get off the weight loss program and chemical weight loss products, the weight creeps back on - slowly but surely.
A person's body weight is a reflection of their lifestyle.
Whatever eating and exercise program you adopt for weight loss,
it should be a lifetime habit in order to have permanent results.
Fats and sugars are important for body function. Natural sugar fuels our bodies and fat keeps us lubricated - the right kind of fat, that is. Conjugated linoleic acids (CLAs) are the right kind of fats for a healthy and permanent weight loss. According to research by Dr. David Williams, CLAs are anti-fats that burn-up other fats. CLAs are known more commonly as EFAs, essential fatty acids. Older literature, in fact, refers to them as vitamin F.
EFAs are found in beef, lamb, turkey, and some milk products. Human bodies don't produce enough EFAs to suffice our needs, so we must depend on a healthy diet to have adequate amounts to convert fat into energy. Without sufficient EFAs, fat is stored in the cells. Grass fed beef and natural milks contain more CLA/EFA opposed to cattle fed grain in feedlots and over-processed, diluted milks. If you cannot find a whole food's source for essential fatty acids, you can supplement with CLAs and EFAs. Make sure you purchase a quality essential fatty acid, though, so you get more bang for your buck and lose weight healthily.
To lose weight, omega 3 EFAs are the most affective. Scientists classify essential fatty acids into two types, omega-3 fatty acids and omega-6 fatty acids, depending on their chemical composition. Technically, the omega-3 fatty acids are alpha-linolenic acids found mainly in flaxseed oil, canola oil, soybeans, walnuts, hemp seeds, and dark green leafy vegetables, cold-water fish, including salmon, trout, sardines, mackerel and cod. Cod liver oil is a popular nutritional supplement for omega-3 EFAs.
Omega-6 fatty acids (CLAs) are more common in the American diet than the omega-3 EFAs. These include linoleic acid, which is found in safflower, olive, almond, sunflower, hemp, soybean, walnut, pumpkin, sesame, and flaxseed oils, and evening primrose oil.
A good source for information on essential fatty acids:
http://www.ephca.com/efa-thf.htm
