If you’ve been sticking to a low fat diet for the past few decades, it can be challenging to change what and how you eat. Here are a few simple tips and strategies to help you get started with incorporating more healthy fats into your diet.
A simple way to start is to replace all low and non-fat products with their full fat version. Start buying whole milk instead of skim milk. Grab full-fat cheese and yogurt. Replace your fake butter spread or margarine with the real deal. These small changes alone will make a big difference in how you feel and how good your food tastes.
Meat is another area where you can incorporate more fat into your diet. Start embracing fuller fat cuts. Replace your grilled chicken breast with chicken thighs every once in a while. Go for a higher fat content in your ground beef and enjoy a marbled steak. Bring pork back into your life and enjoy fatty fish like salmon.
Buy the highest quality meat you can afford, ideally organic and grass-fed. If that’s not an option, stick with leaner fish and meat and top it with some healthy olive oil or a bit of quality butter.
Something interesting happens when you start to add more foods that include healthy fats like nuts, seeds, and avocados for example. Your skin starts to look better, as does your hair and nails. Your eyes have more shine to them and your dark circles start to fade as you start to sleep better. You have more energy during the day and start moving around more. That exercise in turn helps you look even better.
Last but not least, all that healthy fat in your diet keeps you full and satisfied longer. That’s how adding high-calorie fatty foods actually helps you eat less and burn excess body fat. It’s an amazing process that I hope you’ll start to experience for yourself.
Embrace those healthy fats and start making them a part of every single meal and snack you eat. Your body will thank you for it.
Start right now by making a list of healthy fats you can get at the store. Start with avocados, walnuts, pecans, a good quality olive oil, some butter, a steak, and anything else that sounds good. Start using the whole eggs instead of egg whites for breakfast and fry them up in a little butter or coconut oil.
Drizzle the olive oil over your salad and chop up avocado to go on top. Snack on some nuts and full fat cheese. Grill up that steak and enjoy it with a baked potato and some butter. Incorporating healthy fats into your diet is easy. You just need to start.
