Know your Fats

Fat loss has been a goal for many in the fitness community, generally summed up as “I want to lose more body fat and gain muscle”. Well, one method of fat loss is minimizing your fat intake. Gram-for-gram, dietary fat has more calories than protein and carbs so it’s a macro that’s easy too overeat. But… not all fats are created equal so there’s important distinctions to be made between the three types of fat: saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated. Also, dietary fat are a contentious subject, so today I’m gonna keep it simple and stick to 3 types of oils representing the three broad categories of dietary fats. I usually stick to just coconut oil for higher heat cooking and olive oil for salad or lower heat cooking. I’ll go into reasons below!

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