Sugar makes you fat

Without food we die. But we also die if we eat too much of the wrong food. Not easy being a human. Particularly when our bodies have not evolved at the same speed as our technical and creative skills. Today we can buy all sorts of processed food that are really (and I mean *really*) bad for us.

This also means that a lot of different people (most of them trying to make money of you) will tell you, what you should and shouldn't eat and how you can lose the body fat you accumulate eating the wrong kind of food. Typically they will tell you to eat less and exercise more. But this is treating the symptoms, not the cause. And does it really work?

Like me you have probably been taught that the amount of body fat is determined by how many calories you eat and how much you exercise. Because the law of thermodynamics says so! But this is actually wrong. It is our hormones that determine whether we store or burn body fat. And we can improve our hormones by eating the right kind of food and plenty of it.

Basically you should avoid sugar, sweeteners and starch. Our bodies do not need it and a surplus of these removes our ability to burn fat. Think about it: For about 99.8% of our evolutionary history we did not eat any starch or sweeteners. We have evolved to eat non-starchy vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, legumes, seafood and meat.

If you need to add some sweetness there are other sweeteners you can use instead of sugar.

The above is based on "The Smarter Science of Slim: What the Actual Experts Have Proven About Weight Loss, Health, and Fitness", "Escape the diet trap" and "Why we get fat and what to do about it"