Fat is good for you!

Year ago the low fat diet was born and research shows that this diet is the one that seems to have done the most damage to people. You see we need fat in our diets and believe it or not some fat helps you to burn fat.

The problem with the low fat diet is that people now buy so called “low fat” products, what they don’t realise is if the fat has been removed from something then the manufacturers add all sorts of flavourings and sugar and basically whatever they can to still make that product taste nice.

There was a fantastic BBC 3 documentary recently with Zoe Salmon called “The big fat truth about low fat foods” she basically ate only low fat foods for 4 weeks. At the end of the 4 weeks I think she had lost 2 lbs in weight but her skin looked awful and she said that she felt awful always hungry and always tired. The show also showed you some of the ingredients which were used in things like Weight Watchers puddings and the ingredients definitely didn’t come from food. If you get the chance to watch it please do.

Margarine is a man made product and is only a few chemicals away from being plastic, so the information now is to eat butter – preferably organic butter, because at least that is a natural product. To cook we should be using coconut oil.

Coconut oil is really good for you, it was once believed to be a “bad fat” by doctors as it contains 90% of its fat from saturated fat. I need to tell you though not all saturated fats are the same. The saturated fat within coconut oil will not raise your cholesterol levels.

I am going to try and keep this simple, the saturated fat within coconut oil comes from Lauric acid and the only other place you will find this naturally is from breast milk. The human body converts this and it works as a fantastic defence against lots of common diseases.

Best of all coconut oil helps your metabolic chain and helps boost your thyroid. So in short it will help you lose weight and boost your immune system. Not bad eh!

So if you want a dollop of butter on your corn on the cob – go ahead, its fine. Dress your salads with olive oil and cook with coconut oil.

Remember we need fat in our diet, to make us healthy and glowing!

If you have any questions please get in touch I would love to hear from you.

Zara Groves

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Lunch Box Diet Tip 2 & 3

We recently told you that we had found a fab new way to drop those winter pounds. The lunch box diet by Simon Lovell has been declared one of the best and simplest diets around. Visit http://www.lunchboxdiet.co.uk/ and see for yourself. In the meantime here are two more of Simon's tips on how to increase your metabolic rate.

Eat plenty of veg ....

The antitoxidants provided in these low calorie powerhouses help our cells run as efficiently as possible thereby increasing digestion AND metabolism

Get a sweat on!....

Activity such as exercise, dancing or even cleaning vigorously increases metabolism. So as a rule of thumb, work yourself into a sweat at least once a day. the point is that activity increases metabolism and the longer you sustain the activity, the better the increase.

Happy Planning!

The Mrs2Be Team x

Lunch Box diet Tip 1

With spring fast approaching yet the winter nights making it seem impossible to avoid those roast dinners or that late night hot chocolate in bed, we decided that it was about time we offered you some practical and doable advice!

Thanks to Simon Lovell and his lunch box diet, we are now clued up about how to increase our metabolic rates, so now all we have to do is make a start..! Here is the first of the tips that Simon shared with us, visit http://www.lunchboxdiet.co.uk/ for more information and to sign up for the diet.

Eat Less, More Frequently!

This method of eating known as grazing increases metabolism because we are providing out body with energy often which promotes a faster burn. Conversely, if we starve ourselves, our metabolism is lowered because our body senses that energy is not coming often enough and goes into the survival mode of storing whatever it does get.

Watch this space for more of Simon's hints and tips over the coming weeks.

Happy Planning!

The Mrs2Be Team x