Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Why eating a low fat diet can make you fat

Eating a low fat diet has contributed to the obesity epidemic because it has lead people to consume more processed foods they are labeled as reduced fat or fat free.  When fat is taken out of food it is also stripped of its nutrients and more sugar and preservatives are added to the food to make it taste better.  Americans end up eating a diet that is very high in sugar and that is what contributes to the obesity epidemic.  A high sugar diet contributes to the obesity epidemic because it causes irregular blood sugar which then disrupts all aspects of physiology including energy, integrity of tissues of every organ and blood vessel, hormonal balance, and brain health.  If liver and muscle stores are full when someone consumes an excessive amount of carbohydrates the liver will convert that glucose to triglycerides and cholesterol that is then stored. 
Foods to avoid!
Fructose is a simple sugar that Americans over consume because there is no fat in it and it is added to a lot of processed foods to make them taste better.  Fructose consumed in high doses can over work the liver and will convert fructose into very low lipoproteins which are the damaging form of cholesterol which then gets stored as fat.  Fatty acids then accumulate in the liver and muscle tissue   Insulin resistance can causes glycation, when sugar sticks to proteins and blocks their receptor sites for insulin.  This leads to people not being able to lose weight because their liver and muscles reject glycogen and everything shifts to fat cells.  Eventually they cannot get into fat cells and people plateau and cannot lose weight.  High sugar and high starch food are quickly converted to glucose and create an overproduction of insulin which can then lead to insulin resistance and eventually diabetes and obesity.  
causing insulin resistance and fat liver disease.

                  In conclusion, Americans end up over consuming sugar which then leads to irregular blood sugar  and sometimes insulin resistance.  When this occurs excess fat is stored because of excessive glucose in the muscles and liver, and glycation.  Another few important points that contribute to weight  
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gain when consuming a high fat diet are people end up never feeling fully satisfied and over eat, they end up craving more sugar and carbohydrates, and they end up feeling sleepy all the time, in which a lot of people associate with hunger or they revert to caffeine.

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