Avoid Fat Producing Foods

Written by Yasar Shahzad Friday, 02 July 2010 19:36

Avoid Fat Producing Foods

By now you’ve had it drilled into your head many times that too much of anything will get stored as fat and that calories are the most important factor in fat loss. However, certain foods are more likely to be converted to fat than others – even at the same calorie level. This is due to their thermic effect, the way they are metabolized in the body, or the way they affect your hormones.

The Three Types of Food that Promote Fat Storage the Most Include:

(1) High fat foods (high calorie density; 9 calories per gram, low thermic effect)
(2) High sugar or refined carbohydrates (high calorie density, absorbed too quickly)
(3) Alcohol (high calorie density; 7 calories per gram. Suppresses fat-burning)

Avoid Fat-Producing Food Combination

In addition to certain individual foods being more “fattening,” certain food combination are doubly disastrous when you’re trying to lose body fat. The worst of all possible food combination is fat combined with sugar because it elevates your blood levels of fat, sugar and insulin simultaneously. Dallas Clouatre, author of “Anti-Fat Nutrients,” explains, "When fat is eaten at the same time as simple carbohydrates, both the fat and the carbohydrates are pushed into fat storage. The 'bad' coupling of fats with carbohydrates slows down your metabolism and causes you to gain weight.”

The One Food Combination that You should Never, Ever Eat if You want to get Lean

Even though it’s a wise idea to allow yourself a cheat meal once a week, some foods or food combinations should be avoided as much as possible. The fat and sugar combination is undoubtedly the worst of all. It’s a sure-fire way to gain body fat so fast you won’t even know what hit you. Low quality fats and refined sugars, eaten together, are also contributing factors in the development of nearly every major disease. A few obvious examples of the fat + processed carb combination include ice cream, doughnuts, peanut butter cups, and fettuccini Alfredo.

The second worst combination is sugar and alcohol. Alcohol that is mixed in high sugar drinks can contribute to literally thousands of calories over the course of an evening. Alcohol inhibits fat burning. One night with a high-fat, high-carbohydrate dinner followed by un-moderated drinking could set you back an entire week!

Don’t Choose Empty Calories & Junk Foods

All calories are not created equal. If a calorie were just a calorie, then any two diets at the same calorie level would have the same effects on your body composition regardless of their macronutrient profile. If a calorie was just a calorie, then a 2400calorie diet of 100% sugar would have the same effect as a 2400-calorie diet of 100% lean protein - but it doesn't! “Junk foods” have little or no nutritional value and they don’t boost your metabolism. That’s why they’re also called “empty calories.” You simply cannot eat “junk foods” on a regular daily basis and expect to get good results.