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A small amount of fat actually helps slow digestion!! Fats
slow emptying of the stomach contents into the small intestines.
Our taste buds are trained from day
one to prefer unhealthy fats. We learn to like unhealthy fats because of our
exposure to them. There is good news though; we can retrain our taste buds to
PREFER healthy food choices such as healthy fats.
Many fats are healthy, and you do
NEED fat to be healthy. Fat is not all bad, it is actually good if you eat the
right kind. A small amount of fat actually helps slow digestion!! Fats
slow emptying of the stomach contents into the small intestines. Because your
stomach stays full longer, you feel full, your appetite decreases, and you eat
less. Second, a little fat helps keep blood-sugar levels stable. Because sugars
are largely absorbed in the intestine, the fat-induced delay in the movement of
food into the intestine means that sugars are absorbed more slowly. As a
result, the level of sugar in the blood rises more slowly and doesn't peak as
high. Evening out the peaks in the levels of sugar in the blood retards some of
the aging arteries experience when blood sugar levels are high.
You should be eating unsaturated
fats such as monounsaturated or polyunsaturated. You want to avoid saturated
fats and trans-fats. Saturated fats can be found in red meats, dairy products,
palm, and coconut oils, and to a lesser extent, poultry and other animal
products. Saturated fats have a wealth of cautions in the areas of;
cholesterol, aging arteries, heart disease, stroke, impotence, and aging.
Saturated fats also impede your immune system, which can increase your risk of
cancer and serious infections. According to Real Age experts, you can retrain your palate in about eight weeks. They say to make small, gradual substitutions that slowly retrain your family's taste buds.
Paraphrase from Cooking the RealAge way by Micheal F. Roizen, M.D., and John
La Puma, M.D.
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