Get Fat to Get Fit Fast by Gregg Gillies

Getting enough of the good fats will help you lose fat,

build muscle, and recover faster from your workouts.

In addition, it has myriad health benefits, including being

good for your heart.

Good fats include: polyunsaturated (especially Omega-3's),

such as those from fish and nuts, as well as monosaturated fats,

such as those from peanut butter, olive oil, egg yolks, and fish

oil.

Bad fats include saturated fats from things such as animal

and coconut fats. Then there is the worst kind of fat the man

made kind, trans fatty acids which can be found in our typical,

of no redeeming value, junk foods such cookies, chips, fries

and margarine.

Limit, if not stay completely away from, the bad fats and try

to get about 30 - 35% of your calories from the good fats.

"Studies show that higher-fat diets make more sense for fit

people than low-fat diets," says Liz Applegate, Ph.D., author of

Encyclopedia of Sports & Fitness Nutrition. "In one study,

endurance athletes ran up to 24 percent longer before they fatigued

when they ate a diet that was above 30 percent fat compared to one

that was below 20 percent," she says.

More importantly to most readers of this newsletter, researchers

are now beginning to realize the fact that a nutrition plan high in

the good fats helps the body to burn fat. Omega-3 fatty acids increase

the size of your cells' fuel-burning furnaces so your metabolic rate rises

and you burn more calories every minute of every day.

Omega-3's also help your body's sensitivity to insulin. This helps

your body store less fat. In addition, the fat you do store is more

readily and easily converted into energy and burned during activity.

This keeps your blood sugar levels stable and keeps you away from those

famed sugar crashes and cravings and irritable mood swings.

Another important exercise effect is that Omega-3's also help your

body produce testosterone, the hormone responsible for building new

muscle. The late Dan Duchaine has called the essential fatty acids

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BIO:

Gregg Gillies - trainer, fitness, fat loss expert, speaker, author, Get Fit Fast and publishes a free newsletter at buildleanmuscle.com

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