SALE...Energy for Fat Loss

Ask yourself these following questions to see if you qualify for the subsequent fat burning information…

How often have you found yourself selling your energy levels short in the aim to lose unwanted body fat?

When was the last time you actually stuck to such a diet for more than two weeks?

Would you like to know the ‘secret’ to weight loss AND increased energy levels?

If you answered, very often, not very often and YES, YES, YES, YES PLEASE to the above 3 questions then….

Congratulations, you have been awarded the key to fat loss freedom city and high energy levels town (wherever they are).

Now I’m not referring to a specific diet out there, I’m actually writing about a number of diets from the Atkins diet through to the Weight Watchers diets.

I’m not saying these diets are wrong, what I am saying is that most of these diets are almost always missing out the key ingredient for fat loss and increased energy.






The White Stuff

No, not milk! That stuff should be left for calves to drink; we’re really not good at digesting cow’s milk at all. After all they do have 4 stomachs, well actually cows don’t have 4 stomachs; they have one stomach with 4 digestive compartments but that’s another story!!!

I’m on about Coconut Oil, the very same oil that was used to fatten up cattle in the 1940’s to make more money when they went to auction.

Don’t know that story eh?

Well, as coconut oil is one of the most highly saturated fats out there, the ‘clever’ farmers decided to feed their stock with coconut oil, as this would beef them up (excuse the pun) a little more. To their absolute horror, the cattle actually lost weight!

Does this prove how good coconut oil is?

Not yet…as I mentioned before I got carried away with cow facts, the cows actually lost weight, but they’re not as closely metabolically typed to us as pigs are.

Pigs are in fact the closest to our metabolic make up than any other living creature. So they tried the experiment on pigs and for all you bacon brunchers out there, no surprise…the pigs lost weight.

Excellent news for us, but how much should we take?

According to Bruce Fife, author of Eat Fat, Look Thin we should be taking about 3½ tablespoons a day. Now the way you actually take it is completely up to you, I personally take it straight off the spoon though the texture is a little strange.

What I advise for athletes wishing to benefit from coconut oil is to pour hot water in your water bottle and let it dilute with some form of carb or protein drink, as it is advised to take coconut oil with meals.




A False Hope

We are always told that footballers, marathon runners, trialthletes and nearly all sporting participants eat lots of pasta, rice, baked potatoes. All of the above helping to increase our energy levels and perform to a better standard, these foods are known as carbohydrates.

Yet when I put a client on a specific diet such as my diet, when they return to the pastas and the breads they all complain of feeling lethargic and bloated. In fact, one rugby player who I’ve started recently training, weighing in at a whopping 21 stone and 8lbs (302lbs) or (137kg) virtually lived off pasta!

Six weeks in and he’s already lost 20lbs of which is nearly all body fat!

How does he feel?

Fantastic, he boasts that his energy levels are up, he’s faster on the pitch and is able to run for longer.

I started by eliminating the pasta altogether as well as putting him on a strict tailored nutrition program to help sustain and increase energy levels and increase fat burning enzymes. One of these was coconut oil, the other being fish oils (another article).

Now it wasn’t just coconut oil that performed it’s magic, it was a range of nutritional strategies to match the clients metabolic type.


So what should you do?

Firstly, you need to invest in a tub of coconut oil, as it’s a saturated fat it’s in a solid form and yep, you guessed it; it’s white! (Well I did mention that earlier on).


Now if you didn’t press the delete button as soon as you noticed the word FAT, I will now reward you with the knowledge that coconut oil contains only 6.8 kcals per gram. All other fats (even good fats) contain 9 kcals per gram!


Here are a few more benefits about the wonder oil.

· It has no cholesterol
· It’s naturally organic
· It’s the best oil for cooking
· It contains lauric acid (found in mothers milk) helping support the immune system
· It helps prevent wrinkles and premature aging
· It’s packed full of antioxidants


Not bad eh?

Well, there is just one catch…if you feel that you’re not getting the true benefits of coconut oil. Then you may just be blood type O. According to Dr Peter J. D’Adamo author of ‘Eat Right For Your Type.’ Coconut oil or anything containing coconut has no nutritional benefits to O types. You may also be interested to know that O types tend not to favour Brazil Nuts for those who have read my Bank of Good Health.