Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from March, 2019

The benefits of a High Fat Diet

The high fat diet is becoming widely known as the best way to loose weight, improve energy levels and boost mental performance. There are a whole list of benefits associated with eating a high fat diet . The benefits of a High Fat Diet The benefits of a high fat diet result not only from the fat being consumed but also from the absence of sugar being burned as a primary fuel. Disease avoidance: Because there is less glycation of proteins in the blood when we eat more fat and less sugar we suffer less chronic inflammation. Fat is a clean burning fuel so at the cellular level there are fewer Rective Oxygen Species (ROS) generated and therefore less mess for the immune system to clean up. More energy: Ketones are broken down from dietary fats. Ketone bodies are much more efficiently converted into Adenosine Tryphosphate (ATP) than glycogen. This means more energy is produced  within the cell and more energy is then available to the body as a whole. Mental clarity: The brain