Ketogenic Diet – Eating Healthy Fats Help You Lose Weight

One of the main focus in a ketogenic diet is eating healthy fats. Eating fats won’t make us fat but sugar does. For years prior to becoming an overweight, I thought eating fats can make me fat. But it won’t. This is where the ketogenic diet comes into play.

When I decided to lose weight, I’ve avoided every fat available, or stay low-fat, but it didn’t make any positive difference on my weight loss journey. Turned out, that old way of thinking is completely wrong.

There are two types of fats; good and bad fats. Certainly, trans fats or hydrogenated fats are bad for us. In fact, FDA recently ban it and food manufacturers have until 2018 to exclude trans fats.

However, good fats like Omega-3 fatty acids, coconut and olive oils, and among many other sources covered below are amazingly healthy fats.

Of course, you don’t want to consume too much of it, or consume it and then later eat too much ice cream or other sugary foods. Sugar does make you fat. I’ve tried this personally.

Once I get rid of sugar particularly refined sugar out from my diet, everything is going smooth. Plus, I can tell the difference that I’m having great results with my weight loss journey and efforts.

Right now, I’m enjoying the many benefits of losing weight and breaking free from being overweight.

You want to avoid the low-fat fad diets. Instead, include healthy fats. However, you want to limit your carbohydrates intake particular simple carbs, which comes mostly from sugar.

Instead, opt for whole grains when it comes to sourcing complex carbohydrates. If you’re a fan of white rice, try mixing it with organic brown rice, and put some coconut oil on it while cooking.

Sugar Is A Sex Drive Killer

An article by Mark Hyman, MD says that sugar raises insulin level and produce a hormonal domino effect that can knock out the sex hormones out of balance.

Eating too much sugar that can be obtained from various food sources like sodas, white flour based products and among many others can lead to the following;

• Lowers testosterone level – Insulin resistance in men is brought though excessive amount of sugar consumption, which causes testosterone level to decrease. In men, testostosterone is a vital hormone that functions as male sexual hormone.

• Creates Leptin resistance – A study revealed a strong association between serum levels of leptin and testosterone in men. The study looked at three groups men and found men with higher level of leptin (most likely) due to leptin resistance have significantly higher BMI numbers and lower testosterone level.

• Decrease natural production of human growth hormones(HGH) – HGH is considered an effective anti-aging hormone, or many call it the fountain of youth. It has many benefits in the body including muscle mass improvement, helps the body burn fat effectively, and most importantly(for men) it helps maintain an optimal sex drive.

• Makes you feel tired – Have you noticed this when you consume a high amount of sugar in the morning? What do you feel during mid-morning? I hope we’re in the same boat because when I was drinking bottled juices in the morning along with sugar on my coffee before I went sugar-free, I feel hungry and tired by 9 AM. I can’t seem to understand why because I do eat a lot during breakfast, but I was eating high carbs and sugar, while low in protein and healthy fats.