The 8 biggest fat loss myths-#5

Myth: DIETARY FAT MAKES YOU FAT

At the peak of the low-fat diet movement, it seemed like almost every food package had the words "no fat" or "low fat" emblazoned in bold print. Why are so many people afraid of dietary fat? One simple answer is plausibility. It seems completely reasonable to assume that fat in your food will become stored as fat on your body. It sounds believable, but it's a fallacy.

Dietary fat is the most calorie-dense macronutrient, with nine calories per gram, as compared to four calories per gram in carbohydrate or protein. This can be a problem if you're not careful. However, this still doesn't mean that eating fat causes you to gain fat. You can actually eat a large percentage of your calories from dietary fat, but if you're in a caloric deficit you will still lose weight. Notice how this brings us back to the calories-in versus calories-out principle. Everything comes full circle to calories.