The diet solution program: Here's how to make all your food delicious

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Here's how to make all your food delicious - E-course Day 2

Just yesterday I let you in on my 3 magic bullets for accelerated fat loss. If you've implemented those principles, good for you! Keep at it and you will be seeing the difference really soon.

Now, you may be asking yourself "What is left to eat?" and more importantly "What delicious food can I eat?"

All of the food I eat each day is incredibly delicious and healthy at the same time. I am able to achieve this because many of the foods people think are not healthy, really are. Examples of such foods are coconut oil, butter, bacon, and raw nuts. Yes many of those foods contain a high amount of fat but I am going to let you in on a very important fat loss secret right now:

Fat does NOT make you fat!

You actually need fat in order to shed your unwanted fat. The trick here is to make sure it is the right kind of fat.

Unfortunately, many people (this may include you) have been led to believe the opposite. People still think that butter and saturated fats are the reason heart disease is one of the top killers in this country (and now in many other countries as well). The truth is that it's not the natural fats that are causing this epidemic, it's the sugar, processed and packaged foods and overconsumption of refined oils that are causing so much disease (and you can add Diabetes, High Cholesterol and High Blood Pressure to this list as well).

I go into this topic in much greater detail in the Fats Chapter of The Diet Solution Program but here are a few nuggets of info to ponder:

1. Did you know that during the 60 year period from 1910-1970, the proportion of traditional animal fat in the American diet declined from 83% to 62%?

2. During this same time butter consumption plummeted from 18 pounds per person each year to 4 pounds per person each year.

3. During the past 80 years, the consumption of dietary cholesterol intake has increased only one percent.

So if our consumption of butter and cholesterol has actually decreased, where is the problem? Why all the heart disease?

1. During the same period, the average intake of dietary vegetable oils (margarine, shortening, and refined oils) increased by about 400%.

2. During the same period, the consumption of sugar and processed foods increased by about 60%

Those are the facts, but there's never better proof than the results I see with my clients and my readers. When people finally stop eating margarine, refined oils, "fake" butters, sugar and processed foods, their health sky rockets! (and by sky rockets, I mean: gets better, greatly improves, elevates to whole new levels). Not to mention all the body fat they lose off their body (isn't that just an awful side effect?)

It's important to mention that the butter I use is organic and grass fed. The coconut oil I use is organic and unrefined and the bacon I buy is grass fed and nitrite/nitrate free. These are great foods to add into your meal plan. Not to mention the fact they will make any recipe absolutely delicious.

Now that I told you butter is ok to eat (A glorious day isn't it?) here is a yummy chicken recipe I make in my house often:

(Please remember that the mad scientist in me sometimes forgets to document the exact amounts so you may need to make slight changes for your own tastes.)

Chicken with "I'm not afraid of butter" dressing

Ingredients:

2 large chicken breasts (approximately 1 lb of chicken)
6 Tbsp of melted butter
lemon juice from 1/2 large lemon
1/4 cup olive oil
salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste

Directions:

Melt 1 tbsp of butter in a large pan. Season chicken breasts with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Cook chicken breasts in butter covered on very low heat. Do not let the butter get brown. Pour lemon juice in a seperate bowl. Slowly stir in the remaining melted butter as you stir mixture. Then slowly add the olive oil as you stir mixture. Season with salt, pepper and garlic powder.

Once the chicken is cooked through, served on a plate and pour the "dressing mixture" over your cooked chicken breasts.

Don't be surprised if you are tempted to pour this dressing on your veggies and just about every other food item you can think of. It's delicious!

Remember , it is not the fat that's keeping you fat. It is the refined oils, "fake" foods and sugar and artificial sweeteners that are the real culprits.

Now go on and enjoy some delicious food (while you shed off that unwanted fat at the same time!)

...before I forget...how are you doing on your "no white foods" plan? You should already be feeling the amazing, almost instant effects of giving your body a break from many of these foods. If you have not started yet, just begin today. If you are already 2 days in, good for you! Doesn't it feel great?

Keep up the great work!

In health and happiness,

Isabel De Los Rios
Certified Nutritionist
Certified Exercise Specialist
Author of The Diet Solution Program
www.TheDietSolutionProgram.com

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