These Things Make You Fat
White Starches Cause Obesity
Sugar: Even Worse Than Starch for Obesity
Starch is bad enough but sugar contains fructose that we can only handle in small amounts. Too much sugar causes fructose overload that leads to insulin resistance, leptin resistance and fatty liver problems. The modern food industry has done a very good job of brainwashing us into believing that sugar is a "normal" and healthy part of the human diet. It is not. It never was.
How much trans-fat is too much? ANY amount of trans-fat is harmful. And beware "Nutrition Information Labels". The term "trans-fat-free" doesn't guarantee that it has no trans-fat. The best way to tell if you are getting any trans-fat is to read the ingredients. Watch out for "partially hydrogenated vegetable oil". Trans-fat comes from partially hydrogenated vegetable oil.
Junk Fats Cause Obesity
Junk fats include saturated fats and omega-6 fats found in cheap cooking or salad oil. Try to use either tree-nut oils like walnut, almond or hazelnut oils OR use extra-virgin olive oil.
Desserts Cause Obesity
What could be dumber than eating until we're full and THEN overstuffing ourselves with sugary fat. Well guess what folks, THAT is what we call dessert. Don't prepare it and certainly don't eat it.
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