Two Guys and Their Gyms Episode 64
This week’s HOT topic is does eating fat really make you fat? If you are confused and wondering what and how much fats you need to eat, then you are going to enjoy today’s episode!
We are going to come clean and say that eating fat will not make you fat. In fact, the dietary fat is different from adipose tissue, the stored fat in your body. Eating the wrong kind of fat or eating too much fat can make gain weight.
Show Notes:
- Fact #1: There are 3 different types of fat: white, brown, and beige.
- Fact #2: The average adult has around 50 billion fat cells.
- Fact #3: 3,500 kcal = 1 lb of fat.
- Fact #4: Fat calories should only be between 20 and 35 percent of your daily calories of your total daily intake.
- Fact #5: Eating healthy fats can prevent weight gain.
- Fact #6: Fat provides more than twice the amount of usable energy than carbohydrates or protein.
- Fact #7: 60 percent of the brain consists of fat.
- Fact #8: Women need higher levels of fat than men.
- Fact #9: Fat cells can live for an average of 10 years!
- Fact #10: Muscle weighs more than fat.
- Fact #11: Liposuction cannot decrease weight-related issues or risks.
- Fact #12: Fat cells do not disappear, they only shrink.
- Fact #13: Fat cells can grow up to 1,000 times their original size.
- Fact #14: Healthy hair and skin are all thanks to fat.
- Fact #15: We have a fixed number of fat cells once adulthood is reached.
- Fact #16: Most people gain at least 1 gram of extra body fat a day!
Fact #17: One place where fat cells do not exist is in your eyelids.
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