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How Some Fat Can Help Your Diet
by Dr. Karen Yale - D.C., C.C.N., F.I.A.M.A., D.A.C.B.N.
You know that one of the best things you can do for your body is to lose weight. Exercise (just a 30-minute walk each day) can help you drop pounds.
The other key area is diet: And the standard prescription in that regard is to reduce the fat, right?
True. But I'm going to tell you two ways that eating some fat can actually help you reduce your body fat as well as help you manage the effects of diabetes.
First, get some omega-3 fatty acids in your diet. This super-fat is found in cold-water fish like salmon and sardines, but can also be taken as a supplement such as fish oil. While there has been some debate among diabetes researchers on whether omega-3's might lower your body's sensitivity to insulin, a recent survey of 23 randomized controlled trials found no indication that omega-3's affected blood glucose levels.
On the contrary, the overall conclusion of all this research is that omega-3's can help you drop the level of triglycerides – or bad fats – in your blood significantly. This is really important, since these fats are linked to plaque build-up (arteriosclerosis) and other cardiovascular problems.
But the story gets even better . . .
A recent small-scale double-blind placebo controlled trial involving 27 women with Type 2 diabetes found that supplementation with omega-3's actually shrunk fat cells and even reduced the number of genes found in fat cells that are responsible for inflammation. (Inflammation being linked to many health problems associated with diabetes and cardiovascular disease.) While the participants' body weight remained the same, their level of body fat was reduced.
Wow – that's some good fat! The participants in this trial took 3 grams of fish oil supplements (containing 1.8 g of omega-3 fatty acids) a day for 2 months....
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