3. Introduction:
Fat, fat, fat! Would all of our weight loss problems be solved if we just eliminated
fat from our diets? Unfortunately, it's not that simple.
1- We actually need fats -- can't live without them, in fact. Fats are an important
part of a healthy diet: They provide essential fatty acids, keep our skin soft, deliver
fat-soluble vitamins, and are a great source of energizing fuel.
2- But it's easy to get confused about good fats vs. bad fats, how much fat we
should eat, how to avoid artery-clogging trans fats, and the role omega-3 fatty
acids play in heart health.
4. Junk Food
You might assume that fat is to blame for the obesity epidemic now plaguing our nation. Actually, fat is only part
of the problem.
In the UK, 60% of us are overweight
The junk foods are made even cheaper through the use of unhealthy filler ingredients and preservatives that
prevent spoiling, with the end result being that the very worst foods for your health are often significantly
cheaper to buy.
The food industry has one ostensible objective – and that's to sell food. But by creating the ultimate oxymoron of diet
food – something you eat to lose weight – it squared a seemingly impossible circle. And we bought it. Highly processed diet
meals emerged, often with more sugar in them than the originals, but marketed for weight loss, and here is the key get-out
clause, "as part of a calorie-controlled diet".
