Vegetable seed oils are inflammatory.  It is the number one thing keeping us fat.  These oils are corn, soy, cottonseed, sunflower and safflower oils.  The more foods we eat of these items the more we will store and increase the fat inside our bodies.   Reducing and eliminating them will go a long way to creating better health and better fat composition in your body.  You could be what is termed “skinny fat” and still have this problem. 

These oils cause oxidative damage. They actually cause signaling to your adipose tissue to cause your “fat to grow” and create metabolic dysfunction increasing your chance of insulin resistance.  This signaling response causes your LDL fat to become oxidized. This is inflammatory fat. Fat and cholesterol are inherently good. They have functions in the body to do. We get cholesterol from the good fat we eat and this creates our necessary sex hormones like estrogen which makes us feel strong and beautiful and cortisol which balances our stress.  However, when it becomes oxidized is where our health goes south and takes our bodies south as well. So focusing on reducing industrial seed oils is important to stop increasing oxidized body fat. 

When we eat these vegetable oils at home, in restaurants and in industrialized food sources we are increasing insulin resistance states Dr. Paul Saladino, author of the Carnivore Code. Insulin resistance means your body is not listening to your hormone insulin signals. So glucose can’t enter the cell and begins to build up in the body eventually leading to diabetes II

This creates too much hunger, makes you overeat and raises your insulin levels more.  Therefore, you store more fat. It’s a vicious cycle. These fats make you tired as well and won’t give you the energy you need to be active, build muscle and feel good in your body.  We want to be beautiful and we want to feel confident we are on the right path to health and vitality.  

We have control over what oils we eat.  We have control over what quality animal protein we buy.  We need to eat a species appropriate diet similar to our ancestors.  The food we eat should also be eating a species appropriate diet and should not be eating corn and soy–that is what makes our food system inflammable.  And us sick and fat! But hopefully, not my followers. We want to minimize all seed oils and esp. cooking with them. Keep in mind that even though avocado and olive oils are healthy,  they are often sold cut with vegetable oils to reduce cost. Olive oil shouldn’t be over cooked as it can become oxidized. Remember we want to burn fat not turn on storage of extra oxidized fat.  Managing this one step will help us reduce insulin resistance and lower our appetite so we can focus on eating healthier meals and snacking less. This is healthy weight management.  

I will keep you updated on holistic tips and ideas for health to manage your ideal body weight so you can get rid of your body fat and keep it off and under control.  My passion and goal in life has always been weight loss and weight management and in the process I discovered how to be healthy, reduce anxiety and depression and establish an active outdoor lifestyle and start a new career.

Weight loss and weight management is lifestyle management and a choice we make. I will be focusing on this and helping women “get rid of fat!’ so you can be as active as you choose, be confident in your body and feel beautiful in yourself and your accomplishments.  My blog posts will help educate you and will highlight stress management, exercise, keto diets, intermittent fasting, herbs and adaptogens that I have found helpful as well as new information as it comes out. Keep a look out for my upcoming Facebook Lives when I am FDN-P!

If you want to fast track and rebuild your life and weight using functional labs to see where to look for healing opportunities, I am here to help you become your best self and will develop a personalized 90-day protocol just for you.  We will begin focusing on dialing in your diet and reducing food sensitivities to help your body heal and lose weight more naturally. What is your main complaint? “If You woke up tomorrow and had no symptoms? What would that look like?” Use your magic wand. 

Email me today Loribalue@gmail.com and let me know what changes you are excited to make.  I am right there with you constantly working to support my health and maintain my body weight and uncover my own healing opportunities. We are in this together–living and learning and getting rid of fat! for a healthier weight and a happier life.

Age Successfully! Be Vibrant!

Lori Balue, FDN-P, A-CFHC

This information is being provided to you for educational and informational purposes only. It is being provided to you to educate you about functional health and nutrition and as a self-help tool for your own use. It is not medical advice. This information is to be used at your own risk based on your own judgement. For my full Disclaimer, please go to my website loribalue.com