Six simple and essential dietary changes to help you lose weight for good

(NaturalNews) As challenging as it might sometimes seem, shedding those excess pounds and keeping them off is not an impossible task. For many overweight and obese people, simply making a few basic dietary changes is enough to achieve dramatic weight loss results that will actually last for the long haul. Here are six simple steps you can take right now to achieve your weight loss goals without having to go crazy taking diet pills, eating packaged meals, and spending endless hours on the treadmill.

1) Consume only good quality oils and fats. This one is huge, as there is quite a bit of misinformation out there about the role and importance of fats as part of a healthy diet. Contrary to popular belief, oils and fats are actually beneficial to health, and they do not necessarily cause people to become fat. But the kicker here is that only certain kinds of oils and fats are healthy -- and they may not be the ones you think.

Vegetable oils like canola, corn, and soy are often touted by so-called health experts as preferable to fats like butter, coconut oil, and even animal fat. But as it turns out, vegetable oils are among the worst types of oils you can consume, as they contain high levels of omega-6 fatty acids that trigger inflammation and spur weight gain. Sticking solely with truly healthy fats like extra virgin olive oil, organic and/or raw butter, ghee, avocado oil, coconut oil, hemp oil, grass-fed animal fat, and lard can help you achieve and maintain the healthy weight you have always desired.

2) Stop eating processed foods. At the same time, you will also need to cut out all trans fats, hydrogenated oils, and processed foods in order for this to work, as each of these unhealthy foods directly contributes to weight gain. Included in the processed food category are things like fried chicken, cookies, crackers, chips, cereals, and bread products, all of which tend to negatively alter the body's hormone response to food, and switch it into a mode where it stores food as fat rather than burns it as energy.


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