Avocados are delicious and it turns out that they’re very good for you. It doesn’t matter if you eat them on toast, on your salad, throw some in your green smoothie, or enjoy them as a dip. There are quite a few benefits to eating avocados aside from the fact that they are mighty tasty.

Avocados are a fruit that is very low in sugar and high in fiber. This makes it a perfect addition to your diet when your goal is to lower your blood sugar and insulin levels to lose a bit of weight. The fiber, combined with lots of healthy fats, will fill you up.

Avocados are also full of vitamins and antioxidants. They contain plenty of Vitamin K, C, B6, B6, and E along with folate and more potassium than a banana. That’s a lot of nutrition packed into one little fruit.

And we haven’t even gotten to the best part yet. Avocados are full of healthy fats. It’s those heart-healthy mono-unsaturated fats that make them a true super food. And it’s that fat that will help you lose weight more quickly. Give it a try. Continue reading →

For decades we’ve all worked under the assumption that to lose fat we have to cut fat out of our diets. Thus the low fat craze was born. As it turns out, that’s not how it works. The problem with eating a low fat diet is that you have to replace that food with something else, and we all turned to carbs.

Those carbohydrates raised our blood sugar levels and thus insulin levels. As it turns out, our bodies are very good at turning carbohydrates into body fat and insulin plays a big role in that process.

And it gets worse. While insulin is in your blood, your body can’t burn body fat for energy, making it impossible for you to lose weight. The first goal when you want to lose a few pounds then is to lower your insulin levels. The best way to do that is to replace some of the carbohydrates you’re eating with fat.

In other words, you need to do the exact opposite of what we’ve been told by so called health experts for decades. Skip the low fat foods and grab some fat instead. Continue reading →