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Fat is the most calorie-dense food group: each gram has nine calories, compared to four calories for carbohydrate and protein. So if the aim is to create a calorie deficit in your diet, then cutting down on high-fat foods is a good place to start.

Reducing fat intake

Healthy eating guidelines recommend that a maximum of 30 per cent of calories in the diet should come from fat; a low-fat diet for weight loss will typically reduce this to around 20 per cent. However, as usual, the total energy intake is what counts on a low-fat diet just by replacing fatty foods with high-sugar, high-calorie foods, so it is important to keep an eye on the overall balance of the diet, too.

What you can eat

As we have seen, some fats are essential for good health while an excess of others can be harmful. The fats in a low-fat diet should primarily be ‘good’ monounsaturated or polyunsaturated fats, such as those that are found in olive oil or oily fish, for example. Saturated fats, which are found in foods such as fatty meat and poultry skin or full-fat dairy products, should be kept to a minimum.....Continue Reading

Clay is an extremely effective natural beauty detox product.A sedimentary rock derives from the slow decomposition of granite, it is made up of silicates hydrated with aluminum.Its cosmetic properties and color are determined by the minerals(iron oxide, salts, calcium, trace elements) that have infiltrated into it.Whatever its color, it is rich in skin enhancing properties and is exceptionally efficient in draining the skin of its impurities and stimulating the blood and the lymphatic system.....Continue Reading