Eat less fat? Eat the right fats? Confused?
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There is a lot of confusion about fat these days. Does eating a low-fat diet even matter? Researchers have learned in the last few years that a low fat diet is not everything that was once claimed for weight loss.
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There is a lot of confusion about fat these days. Does eating a low-fat diet even matter? Researchers have learned in the last few years that a low fat diet is not everything that was once claimed for weight loss. Instead, low refined carbohydrate (sugars!) diets are much more successful. However, fat still plays a role in weight loss for some people and it has other benefits for overall health.
When it comes right down to it, research shows that subjects who were put on a low-fat diet lost weight. This effect was prominent even when weight loss was not the primary goal of the experiment! Decreasing carbohydrate intake yields weight loss as well, especially when cutting out sugar-sweetened beverages from the diet. Sugar-drinks provide empty calories and inadequate nutrition; therefore eliminating them from your diet and replacing them with nutrition rich healthier options will tremendously assist in weight management (1). Beyond environmental factors such as diet, biological factors such as heredity also play a huge role in the prevalence of obesity. A direct relationship between parental obesity and childhood obesity has been discovered. The genetic inheritance of obesity in conjunction with a high-fat diet has shown significant body-fat accumulation in offspring, whereas the opposite was true for the children of parents who consumed a low-fat diet. Therefore, parental diet has the potential to impact the health of children, especially body-fat accumulation, through inheritance (2).
The quality and quantity of fats necessary for health and wellbeing should not go unmentioned as they effect more than lipid profiles. Following a modified low fat diet (consuming 30% or less of total daily calories from fat derived from polyunsaturated fats such as omega 3 & 6 essential fatty acids) can lower ones risk of developing heart disease. Additional health benefits include:
A) Improved metabolic control in Type 2 diabetes and reduced cardiovascular disease risk (3)
B) Decreased LDL and increased HDL.
C) Better weight management on account of cutting calories from fat.
D) Better control over saturated fat intake, which plays a role on your HDL and LDL cholesterol levels.
The Simply Bar is low fat, low in refined sugars and carbs. It is one of the lowest in fat protein bars available, as well as a great tool in maintaining weight and improving overall health.
The types of fats used in The Simply Bar are all healthy fats.
We only use whole cocoa-solids (roasted chocolate beans) in our cocoa containing flavors (Peanut-Butter Chocolate, Cocoa-Raspberry, Cocoa- Coffee and Caramel Peanut) as a low-fat alternative to milk or white chocolate.
Not all saturated fats are created equal! Take coconut oil for example, as a saturated fat it still provides many health promoting properties while bursting with antioxidants. Our Lemon-Coconut bars contain whole coconut chunks which may help improve skin condition, provide more energy and help with weight loss as well.
High in Vitamin E, we use the finest nuts in our Peanut-Butter Chocolate, Peanut-Caramel and Cinnamon Pecan bars which also act as a good source of poly & mono-unsaturated fatty acids and have been known to decrease LDL while elevating HDL cholesterol.
Reducing the amount of dietary fat while modifying the type of fat we consume may lower our risk of heart disease (4).
Resources:
1) Bray G. Epidemics of obesity and metabolic disorders: are dietary fats or sugars involved? Current Nutrition and Food Science. 2007:3;113-121.
2) Wu Q, Suzuki M. Parental obesity and overweight affect the body-fat accumulation in the offspring: the possible effects of a high-fat diet through epigenetic inheritance. Obesity Reviews. 2006:7;201-208.
3) Kones, R. Low-fat versus low-carbohydrate diets, weight loss, vascular health, and prevention of coronary artery disease. Nutr Clin Pract. 2010;25:528-541.
4) Hooper L, et al. Reduced or modified dietary fat for preventing cardiovascular disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2011.
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