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body, it begins to use stored body fat. Secondly, the release of glucagon into the
body appears to have the added effect of attacking the fat stores that the insulin has
worked to preserve. The 4 Week Diet is strategically designed to take advantage of
both of these events.
Fat
Unfortunately, fat has received a bad rap for decades. So much so, that it has
become ingrained in our minds to intuitively reach for anything that says “low fat”
even when we know better!
The notion that fat makes us fat makes perfect sense at face value, especially when
you considered how calorically dense fat actually is. A gram of fat contains 9 calories
while the same gram of protein or carbohydrates are only 4 calories.
Fat doesn’t have anywhere near the thermic effect that protein does (only 3% vs
30%), so consuming fat is not necessarily going to “turbo charge ” our metabolism.
On the same token, it is important to note that fat by itself also does not make us fat.
In fact, fat plays an important role in many parts of the body. While we can go for
long periods of time without fat, we cannot live without it completely. Those fats
that we cannot live without are known as essential fatty acids (EFAs). Research has
shown that these EFAs actually help us burn the stubborn, stored body fat that we
want to get rid of, in addition to numerous other health benefits. In The 4 Week Diet,
we will focus on getting an optimal amount of these good fats to enhance our ability
to lose weight fast, while becoming healthier.
Fat Cells
Recently, research has shown that once a fat cell is created, it never goes away.
Fat cells get larger and larger until they can no longer hold stored fat. When this
happens, your body creates new fat cells to hold the excess. And again, once those
new fat cells are created, they are yours for life.
While we cannot totally eliminate fat cells from the body, we can get rid of the
gooey fatty acids and dangerous triglycerides that those fat cells are holding which
will make us thinner.
Understand that fat is actually the perfect fuel for your body. When we can switch
your body to using this “better” fuel, we can effectively turn your body into a 24/7
fat-burning machine.
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