No to Low Fat Diets

The quality and composition of our food is the single most influential factor on our health. This is true now more than ever before.

One component of the modern human diet, which has undergone significant changes, is fat composition. Western perception has regarded fat as a risk factor for weight gain, resulting in an all-encompassing recommendation for low-fat diets.

Low fat diets tend to be high in calories that originate from available carbohydrate sources. The result is an expanding weight-gain epidemic throughout the Western world accompanied by a long list of diseases.

Where did we go wrong?

Every cell in our body contains fat (or fatty acids) in its composition. Optimal cell functioning is dependent on having the fatty acids in them. In order to supply the optimal amount, 30% of the calories of our daily diet must consist of the right mix of fats.

The amount of fat alone is only part of the answer.