Fat Only Makes You Fat When Paired With Carbs – Truth Or Myth?

Last Updated on July 1, 2022 by Cheryl Moreo

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Fat Only Makes You Fat When Paired With Carbs – Truth Or Myth?

Wait, just a darn minute, so you mean to tell me fats are not the bad guys? That they are mere “accomplices,” or the subject of peer pressure?
Yep, chances are you have been wrong about fat your entire life. Kind of like that one guy in high school who was too weird to be friends with but now owns a Fortune 500 company!

See, for years, decades even, we have been fed with misinformation due to a correlational and not a causational link. A great example would be to say, “People that are born have a 100% chance of dying.” We know that we all will die, but being born is not the direct cause. That sums up the similar assumptions made on fat.

Interestingly, fat began to get a poor rap sheet simultaneously with the introduction of readily available carbs appeared. Think breakfast cereals and snacks. At this time, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, a range of metabolic disorders, and obesity began to spike.

Yes, in fact, by approaching studies involving fats with a biased eye, the verdict was met before having a fair trial.

So what is the truth? Read on and find out yourself!

Insulin Calls The Shots Behind The Scenes

When we ingest foods, be it fats, carbs, or proteins, the molecules contained in them do not magically turn into fat, new cells, or whatever. Instead, they must be “shuttled” to their final destination by something. This conductor is insulin.

Insulin is a peptide hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets; it is considered to be the main anabolic hormone of the body. It regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and protein by promoting the absorption of glucose from the blood into liver, fat and skeletal muscle cells. 

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Under normal circumstances or occasional stimulation, insulin is the prodigal hormone. It ensures nutrients get where they have to go so that cells and subsequent organs function as they should.

However, following the introduction and subsequent frequent consumption of carb-heavy foods, insulin started working overtime, “hoarding” nutrients into cells, particularly fat cells.

As these fat cells grew and insulin lost sensitivity, a dangerous cocktail of elevated blood sugar and fat levels resulted, setting the stage for diabetes and high cholesterol.

Fat Does Not Like To Be Stored

You may or may not know insulin by its name, “the storage hormone,” as its primary role is defined. However, fat had different things in mind. Research has shown that our ancestors were very lean and healthy, all thanks to primary fat metabolism.

Their diets consisted mainly of wild animals, with the occasional forage consumed too (such as berries). The result was the proper functioning of metabolism that used fats for fuel. But when altered via means of mass-produced cheap carbohydrate foods, fats are stored and not burned. Under the influence of insulin, however, fats are powerless to be burned directly as fuel and will only be used when sugars are low.

It is then, or when following a ketogenic diet (low carb eating that results in ketosis where the body uses fat for energy instead of dietary carbs), that the true beauty of using fat as a primary fuel source shines.

Fats Do Not Stimulate Insulin Release

Fact- you could eat a whole cow and not experience a surge of insulin, causing your body to begin oxidizing the fat directly for fuel. However, the typical meal plan includes both carbohydrates and fat, resulting in the storage of both in cells until needed, if ever.

Fat Only Makes You Fat When Paired With Carbs – Truth Or Myth? There is growing proof that fat alone will not make you fat. But, paired with carbs, insulin kicks in and messes with your body’s ability to burn fat. Instead, it burns sugar and stores most of the fat.

Without carbs and associated insulin spikes, fats are burned off and not stored in fat cells.

Conclusion

Fat Only Makes You Fat When Paired With Carbs

Truth: fat is not bad for you by itself, instead only when under insulin’s grasp.

What’s even more revealing is that the ketogenic diet, one high in protein and fats but extremely low in carbs, promotes weight loss and leads to improved health, far over the “approved diets” of the world’s governments.

A deliberate ploy to enrich pharmaceutical companies? Hmmm, we hope not!

The many studies that have shown low carb diets to be more effective in actual pounds lost and reducing cholesterol levels than low-fat diets support the theory that low carb is more effective for weight loss and burning body fat.

Of course, you can also ask the thousands of people, many of whom were obese, who have successfully lost weight and kept it off with a low-carb diet if you are still not convinced.

Again, Fat Only Makes You Fat When Paired With Carbs!

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