Nick HowarthFounder, BBHC · Founder - BBHC Health Coaching

Does Eating Fat Make You Fat??? #nutrition #nutritionassistance #nutritiontips #easynutrition

9 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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In this short nutrition segment, the speaker challenges the long‑standing myth that dietary fat causes body fat. He argues that refined carbohydrates and sugar, by raising insulin, are the true drivers of fat storage. When the body receives abundant sugar it prefers it for fuel and spares stored fat, leading to increased fat accumulation. Conversely, eliminating sugar and refined carbs while consuming healthy fats keeps insulin low, stabilises hunger, supports hormone production, promotes satiety, fuels cognitive function and maintains high energy levels. The core message is that high insulin—not dietary fat—is responsible for gaining body fat.

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Myth number 1, fat makes you fat. For decades, we've been taught that eating lots of fat makes you fat, but the actual truth is, it's refined carbs and sugar that drive fat storage in the body. This is because the body's no longer burning fat, it's getting a lot of sugar to use as fuel, and so it disregards the fat as a fuel source and stores it all over the body. However, when you cut out sugar and carbs and you eat healthy fats, it keeps insulin low, it stabilizes your hunger, it's supports hormone production, you feel full when you eat, it fuels cognitive function, and it keeps your energy levels high. So the truth is, fat doesn't make you fat, high insulin levels makes you fat.