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journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weights.

So you might want to think twice before going on a low-fat diet. I did some extensive research on research regarding low-fat diets.

And I put all of the links down below so you can check it out.

But look at this. In over 65 studies, and I'm talking meta-analysis randomized control trials,

showed that the low-fat group had less weight loss and more blood lipids so their cholesterol went up. Now that's interesting. Why would

the cholesterol go up? Because your body makes over 75% of the cholesterol that you have in your body.

And so if you eat less, it makes more. There's another study with over 28 overweight women,

which showed a significantly lowered

metabolic rate. And there's two other studies that I listed in this group. One was lower satiety,

and the other one showed overeating. Well, that makes sense, because if you're going to lower your

fat in your diet, you're going to be hungry a lot more,

and you're going to eat more.

Now, as far as hormone effects with low-fat diets, there's one study with 33 women showed

significantly lowered estrogen and testosterone.

Another study was 16 patients who had cystic breast, significant reduction in all three types of estrogen.

And then a study with 43 men showed significant decrease in testosterone.

Why is this?

Because all of the sex hormones, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, even cortisol are all made with cholesterol and fat. That's the

raw material. You cut that out and you starve off those hormones. Let's look at insulin resistance.

There was a study of 132 obese adults. In the low-fat group, there was worsened insulin resistance and higher cholesterol.

And that's because if you have insulin resistance, you have more insulin, and that actually

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