Is Fat or Sugar the culprit for weight gain? -

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The age old debate…

Is Fat or Sugar to blame for our weight gain and poor health?

I share my somewhat controversial break down and options below..

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Debate number 1.

Eating fat is the culprit for weight gain and decreasing health.

We must reduce the fat that we consume !!

** Message of the 80’s and 90’s – Yet we all got fatter and sicker (type 2 diabetes rose dramatically)

Loophole = “Oh, I eat low fat, so I can eat truckloads of healthy carbohydrates”

Boiled rice was my typical low fat meal of the 80’s.
Problem was I ate way too much of it because I deemed it “healthy”

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Debate number 2.

Sugar is the culprit for weight gain and decreasing health.

We must reduce the amount of sugar we consume !!

** Message since 2010 – We are still getting fatter and sicker even though the consumption of sugar has decreased in the last decade.

Loophole = “Oh, I eat low sugar, so now I can eat large amounts of anything else”
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A large slice of low sugar (high fat) cake can contain more calories than a Big Mac

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When will we learn that the answer does not lie in ONE single macronutrient.

When we view it that way, we (as a society) usually look for a loophole and eat MORE of something else.
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Maybe the problem is that we (as a society) consume more calories than we burn.

Regardless of what macronutrient those calories come from.

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We burn less calories because we move less during our 100+ waking hours each week (Duh).

We use time and energy saving gadgets
Drive everywhere instead of walking or cycling
Entertain ourselves in front of screens instead of active pursuits
Have sedentary jobs where we sit for most of our 100 waking hours per week

**Ironically we as a society are exercising more, but moving less, but that’s a blog post for another day.

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We consume more calories because their are just SO MANY yummy, convenient high calorie foods and drinks that don’t keep us full for very long and are marketed to us 1000’s of times per day.

These foods can contain excess fat, sugar, carbs or even protein for that matter. Excess is excess.

**Click for Blog post – How to eat MORE food and lose weight**

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So what’s the answer??

a) Choose foods that keep you full (all 3 macronutrients. Meals, not snacks)
b) Eat when hungry, stop when satisfied
c) Move regularly throughout the day in whatever way you enjoy and fits your lifestyle
d) Enjoy treat foods and drinks as sometimes items. Knowing they wont keep you full for very long.

Nah, that would never work. 😉

** Also see –

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Over eating healthy foods is still over eating

The excess will be converted and stored as body fat regardless of how pure, clean or wonderful the fuel source.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

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Last important notes –

1 . But Chriss, I quit sugar and lost weight..

I just know that someone is going to message me to say that they reduced their sugar (or fat) intake and they lost weight and got healthier.

Congratulations, that’s great. You reduced _______ (and didn’t look for a loophole to over consume something else), that resulted in you consuming less calories over all.

The reduction in calories = weight loss.

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2 . Get enough protein

If weight loss is your goal you need to consume less calories than you burn AND get adequate protein so that you don’t lose lean muscle. This means that the amount of carbohydrates and fat will naturally be (somewhat) limited.

NOT because they are evil, simply to fit all 3 macronutrients into your new calorie budget.

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3 . Most of us would benefit by cutting down the amount of sugar that we consume.

Sugar doesn’t keep us full, doesn’t provide (m)any nutrients, can spike and crash our blood sugar levels if eaten in excess and is super easy to over consume.

This reduction of sugar intake should = a reduction in overall calories, IF we don’t replace it with eating more of something else.

**Just to clarify, when I say “sugar” I don’t just mean the white stuff you sprinkle into your cuppa. More on this HERE

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4 . Some of us would benefit by cutting down on the amount of fats we eat, yes even healthy fats.

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Would you like more help and coaching on all of this?

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