Good Fat Lip Smack Diet

By Howard Sacks

This book is a practical, informative approach to “begin your journey” into weight loss. The idea of “good fats” as opposed to the unhealthy and detrimental “saturated fats” sets this method apart from the rest.

Other dieting methods are critically evaluated and exercise routines are covered briefly. There is a worldwide pandemic of obesity in developed and some developing countries.

Sugar is the killer!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Aug 18, 2023
• ISBN: 9781035809684

Howard Sacks

Howard Sacks was a podiatrist with a decade-long experience in health and wellness. With a wealth of education and experience, this author brings a unique perspective to the world of dietary and weight loss. Holding a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, a Master's degree in Business Administration, a National and National Higher Diploma in Podiatry, and a Law degree, this author is intuitive, innovative and highly educated, with the knowledge and skills to inspire lasting results for readers. Drawing on his extensive research and healthcare expertise, this author provides a comprehensive guide for achieving long-term weight loss success. Utilizing critical thinking and a deep understanding of the latest dietary research, he empowers readers to make sustainable lifestyle changes and achieve their goals. He hopes to use this step-by-step guide, including photos and descriptions of the right food combinations, to help people reduce weight. His secret weight loss accelerator, known as the "Ignitor" method, is embedded in this timeless book.

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Introduction

Are you scared of eating or including fat in your meals? If yes, this book will help you think otherwise and allay your fears using facts and scientific evidence on the health benefits of eating good fat. There are several debates on fat intake, but it remains one of the three essential macronutrients required by the body to lose weight and function effectively. Consuming healthy fats has a wide range of health benefits, such as boosting metabolism, enhancing body tissues, supporting immunity, boosting hormone production, cell signalling and the absorption of several nutrients like Vitamin A and D. Studies reviewed have found that a balanced diet should include healthy monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats because they help reduce inflammation in the body, enhance brain and eye functions as well as help people feel fuller for a longer duration.

Large Stomach as Appearing on the 20th of March 2020

This is not another book on fad diets, caloric reduction or how to engage in strenuous exercises for weight loss. In January 2020, I returned from a holiday in Cape Town, South Africa, and a friend I stayed with commented on how large my stomach was and often likened it to a ‘pregnancy’. His antic was justified, as I had a lot of visceral and belly fat stretched on my clothes. In February 2020, I decided to weigh on a gym scale that read 86 kg, which was quite overweight for my frame at 1.7 m. (See picture above.)

Below the pic in smaller font, "Stomach Reducing a Few Weeks Later (April 2020) Undercarriage disappearing, stomach reducing in size. The author was ANXIOUS of being overweight. His anxiety was exacerbated by his awareness of the impending and severe consequences of metabolic syndrome associated with a large amount of visceral fat (the bad fatty tissue underlying the big stomach that produces inflammatory chemicals and estrogen, the female hormone).

Metabolic syndrome, heart disease, stroke and diabetes that are associated with being overweight can result if this situation is not dealt with. Alas! The author’s 50th birthday came to pass, and the author knew that he had to do something about his health and body fat. However, the depressing and deadly phase of the Covid-19 pandemic and global lockdown took its toll on him and the rest of the world in March 2020.

With the world on lockdown, human beings were housebound. The internet, television programmes, YouTube channels, Netflix series, and other social media became the only means of survival, both as a medium of entertainment and communication with friends, colleagues and loved ones. At this point, processed foods, home deliveries, fast foods and online grocery shopping became the day’s saviour. This pandemic and global lockdown caused our daily workout routines and physical activities to be relegated and dwarfed by the closure of gyms, movie theatres and other entertainment venues. Air travel was suspended. The quarantine of infected and the isolation of both infected and uninfected people only worsened the situation in a way that our only refuge became our homes. This outbreak was a disaster mixed and baked into a perfect storm, with no physical activities or exercise. Binge-eating, watching television all day and working from home wasn’t a very healthy thing to do and only contributed to weight gain. The Covid-19 era promoted a sedentary life, loneliness and isolation. The pandemic and global lockdown became a breeding ground for depression and other mental challenges.

Over 70 million adults in U.S. are obese (35 million men and 35 million women). 99 million are overweight (45 million women and 54 million men). NHANES 2016 statistics showed that about 39.6% of American adults were obese. Men had an age-adjusted rate of 37.9% and women had an age-adjusted rate of 41.1%. Data from the Health Survey for England (HSE) conducted in 2018 indicated that 31% of adults in the England were recognised as clinically obese with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30. Sixty-three percent of adults were classified as overweight or obese (a body mass index of 25 or above), a 10% increase in 1993. More than two-thirds of men and six out of 10 women were