Nutrition Tip of the Week: Eat more Fat!

The Skinny on Fat:

Time to get serious about your nutrition including your feelings towards FATS! Well the good news is good fats don’t make you fat! Bottom line is, a high fat diet can actually be very healthy for the human body. But you must remember what sources to draw the majority of your fats from. Good fats from nuts, seeds, egg yolk, avocado, coconut oil, olive oil, fish etc can actually help you lose fat, reduce sugar cravings, promote long term health and provide a great fuel source! We remember the low fat era where they took fat out of products and put sugar/sweeteners in it’s place. Well the fall out from that meant we never felt full (fat helps you feel full and satiated) leading to cravings for more and more! So you can start to see how diet too low in fat can be detrimental to your long term health.

How to Increase Your Fats:

We recommend trying to incorporate good fats into your daily regime by reaching for one of these delicious foods as a snack, reducing your intake of carbohydrates at your meals and substituting in some more fat and having fish at least once a week. How does 2 tbsp nut butter, 2 tsp coconut oil when cooking your meals, 1 tbsp olive oil drizzled on salad/veggies, 1/2 an avocado in salads or with eggs, 3 eggs as a snack, 1 tbsp of hemp seeds on oatmeal, chia pudding made with coconut milk etc sound? Be creative and see how you feel fueled by FAT!

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