What?  After all the fuss that has been made over saturated fats over the years, how can we believe these fats are nothing but pure evil?  It’s true, sat fat has been vindicated.

All fats perform essential functions in the body.  Many of my clients have been so brow-beaten into believing fats are bad that many of them are not getting enough.  This leads to hormonal imbalances, mood disturbances, and even overeating as the body seeks to meet its needs.

Now we discover that the most villainous of all nutrients, saturated fats, can actually prevent heart disease.  It goes to show, once again, there are no bad foods–only bad information about food.  Apparently listening to your body is much better than listening to your head (or those that fill your head with misinformation).

So if saturated fats don’t cause weight gain and heart disease, what does?  Overeating, of any kind of food, is the real culprit.  The way to avoid overeating is to understand the cause (typically emotional eating, stress eating, boredom eating, binge eating, etc.), and deal with that directly.  Trusting your internal hunger and fullness cues as well as legalizing all foods will be the most effective tools for promoting healthy eating.

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