{"id":268,"date":"2011-12-05T15:00:13","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T05:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katemartin.overhaulhealth.com\/?p=268"},"modified":"2011-12-05T15:00:13","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T05:00:13","slug":"cut-carbs-reducing-grain-consumption-for-health-quick-read-taken-from-marks-daily-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katemartinmentor.com\/fatloss\/2011\/12\/05\/cut-carbs-reducing-grain-consumption-for-health-quick-read-taken-from-marks-daily-apple\/","title":{"rendered":"Cut Carbs (reducing grain consumption for health) – quick read taken from ‘Marks Daily Apple’"},"content":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.marksdailyapple.com\/why-eating-animals-makes-everything-easier\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Overweight people with faulty carbohydrate metabolisms are told (by doctors, by government officials, by dietitians) to eat more carbohydrates and less fat.<\/p>\n

They do it (carb consumption as a percentage of total caloric intake has increased in line with the obesity epidemic, moreso than either fat or protein). They eat carbs and reduce fat intake.<\/p>\n

Because their insulin-resistant bodies can\u2019t handle carbs well, they produce lots of insulin<\/a> to get over the hump. Only problem? Those carbs aren\u2019t sequestered into insulin-sensitive muscle glycogen<\/a> stores as energy, because the muscle is insulin-resistant. Meanwhile, the excessive insulin prevents the burning of fat<\/a>, and any extra fat and carbs from the meal are instead sequestered into fat cells. People get fatter.<\/p>\n

Since the food isn\u2019t being used and is instead being stored away for later use, the body thinks it\u2019s starving and gets hungrier as a result. People eat more carbs.<\/p>\n

The cycle continues uninterrupted.<\/p>\n

But no more. It stops here. I think it\u2019s time we shift toward a new paradigm<\/a>. It\u2019s actually a rather old, classic paradigm that\u2019s been forgotten \u2013 but it\u2019s still as valid as ever.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time for the Fat Paradigm. It\u2019s time to start burning fat as fuel. It\u2019s time to move away from sugar burning.<\/p>\n

You see, fat is the perfect fuel for us. It\u2019s efficient. It burns clean. And it\u2019s the type of fuel our bodies like to burn. Otherwise, why else would we store it on our bodies for lean times?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what people miss about body fat. It\u2019s not just \u201cthere\u201d because we messed up and our body has nowhere to put it. Body fat, or adipose tissue, is stored energy. Sure, the obese have way too much body fat, but the fact is that our bodies evolved the ability to put fat into fat cells because it is effective fuel.<\/p>\n

The problem is that many of us are broken. Sedentary living, modern food toxins, too much stress, not enough sleep, and a distinct lack of play for play\u2019s sake (more on this later, if you\u2019re confused about why I\u2019d rank \u201cplay\u201d with all the other stuff) have fundamentally changed the way we process fuel. Many of us can\u2019t even access the stored fat, instead running on sugar (and poorly at that). All that stored energy \u2013 body fat \u2013 is going to waste.<\/p>\n

So, if you\u2019re overweight or obese, chances are you\u2019re broken. And \u2013 at least for the time being until you\u2019re healed \u2013 excess carbohydrates are making the problem worse.<\/p>\n

But you can be fixed. You don\u2019t need doctors or medication or expensive treatments. You just need to start accessing your body fat and burning fat for fuel.<\/p>\n

By converting to an animal fat-based<\/a> metabolism, you are returning to the ancestral human fuel source. And the best way to switch to fat burning is to start eating more animals and whatever fat comes with them.<\/p>\n

Animal fat, especially from ruminants like beef, lamb, and bison, comes with roughly equal proportions of saturated and monounsaturated fats, with a little bit of omega-6<\/a> and omega-3<\/a> polyunsaturated fats. Interestingly, your own animal fat \u2013 the fat deposited on your body and the fat that your body is designed to burn for energy in lean times \u2013 comes with very similar ratios. It\u2019s almost as if animal fat is good for us!<\/p>\n

Which brings me to my main point of today\u2019s article: eating animals simply makes everything easier.<\/p>\n

With animals, you get healthy animal fat. You get protein, important for building muscles<\/a> and keeping you full. You get all the micronutrients, vitamins<\/a>, and minerals that the animal ate, in a form that your body can absorb. It\u2019s the perfect package of nutrition for a fat burner.<\/p>\n

Now, I don\u2019t hate carbohydrate. They can be useful and even beneficial in certain cases. Eat carbs when you need fuel for endurance activities<\/a>. Don\u2019t eat carbs just because; eat them because you need the energy. Because you\u2019re actually active and they won\u2019t go to waste.<\/p>\n

Otherwise?<\/p>\n

Fat is your friend.<\/p>\n

Fat will fuel your everyday activities, your walking<\/a>, your shopping, your working and reading. Fat can even provide the bulk of the energy required by your brain. Your brain still needs glucose, mind you, but becoming metabolically healthy will allow you to access both glucose and fat for energy.<\/p>\n

Bottom line: if you\u2019re overweight, you\u2019re not utilizing the energy stored on your body. Switching over to the Fat Paradigm and a fat-based diet will unlock that stored body fat and allow you to use what you\u2019ve already got (plus carbohydrates, when and if you eat them). But if you remain entrenched in the Carb Paradigm, your body never gets the message to start accessing body fat for energy.<\/p>\n

If you need to lose weight, start by cutting back on carbs and eating more animals (and their fat). That\u2019s all it takes to enter the Fat Paradigm and start burning fat, and it\u2019s as easy (and delicious) as it sounds.<\/p>\n

Next time, I\u2019ll give more details on what and how much to eat, but for now, stick with eating animals<\/p>\n

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