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You mention how good olive oil is for weight loss, however if I ate this
with virgin coconut oil daily and also with an omega3.6.9. oil will it
still be okay if the aim is weight loss and healthy eating?
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 Eugene Thong:
Certainly. There’s no reason to exclude healthy fat from your
diet, and
olive oil, and an omega 3-6-9 oil are certainly healthy fats (we
don’t recommend regular use of coconut oil for reasons I’ll detail
below).
Assuming you’re
following
proper nutritional principles with the rest of your diet and not
consuming an overabundance of calories, we recommend that you get fat in
your diet, as minimizing dietary fat (i.e., consuming less than 10% of
calories from fat) will retard your fat loss efforts.
Here
are some benefits to the oils you mentioned:
Olive oil:
Although olive oil contains a high Omega 6 to Omega 3 ratio (see below),
its role in healthy eating is well documented. It has been shown in
studies to decrease risk of colon cancer and contains antioxidants such
as Vitamin E and polyphenols. Just don’t cook with it – the unsaturated
fatty acids in olive oil are easily damaged by high temperatures,
causing oxidative damage to the oil.
Virgin coconut oil:
Because it contains a high amount of saturated fats, coconut oil is
considered safe to cook with at high temperatures since its chemical
structure is stable enough to resist those high temperatures.
Although it is reputed
to bestow a myriad number of health benefits, such as metabolic
stimulation, improved immunity, and better skin, it also has a
tremendous ratio of Omega 6 to Omega 3 fatty acids. Since one of the
problems with the modern diet is overconsumption of Omega 6 fatty acids
to Omega 3 fatty acids, adding coconut oil to the mix may only make this
problem worse. Because of this, we recommend you use it sparingly.
Omega 3-6-9:
An oil mix like this is helpful if you don’t normally get enough Omega
3 fatty acids in your diet (fish oil is the best source – Mike
and I write about the fat
loss benefits of fish oil in Black Book of Secrets) and you
don’t like oily fish or can’t sit down long enough to eat it. The Omega
9 fatty acids in these oil blends aren’t essential to your health,
however.
Don’t fear fat – it’s
a good part of a sound fat loss approach, and so long as you don’t go
overboard and over consume calories, dietary fat consumption will only
work to speed your fat loss.
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About the Author:
Eugene Thong, CSCS, was born a weak, skinny,
bespectacled child. Now, thanks to a steady diet of martial arts, scientific
inquiry, and heavy compound movements, he's no longer weak. His scientific
bent, Zen-like demeanor, and efficient but intense methods have made him one
of New York's most sought-after personal trainers.
 When
not helping clients cultivate their own inner 6-packs, Eugene can be found
arm barring opponents at Renzo Gracie's Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy or
sailing through the air on his snowboard. Read Eugene's semi-weekly musings
on exercise, fitness, and fat loss
at his blog
Eugene is Mike's co-author of The Black Book of Secrets. You can purchase
it by clicking
here.
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