Cover image via imgur.comAsk anyone and chances are the person will tell you that eating food with more fat makes you fat. However, that's not that case. It seems that what usually seems obvious often turns out to be wrong.
For example, contrary to the age-old popular belief, exercising or working hard during pregnancy is actually good for women:
So, why do so many people believe that fat is bad for you and causes heart attacks? As Mark Hyman, an American physician and New York Times best-selling author explains in his HuffPost column:
Just because fat goes into our body doesn't mean it stays there. As Dr. Carly Stewart, medical expert at Money Crashers, explains:
Andy Bellatti, a dietitian, agrees with Dr. Stewart, while providing a little context as to why people might look at fat as a problem:
Moreover, a review of all the research on saturated fat published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found there was no correlation between saturated fat and heart disease. Similarly, an editorial in the British Journal of Medicine argues the same point and shatters the myth that fat causes obesity and heart disease.
Also, as this Quartz article notes, while effectively making the case for whole milk, our body needs fat to absorb vitamins A and D.
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