Low Fat Diet
The world consists of all types of people, extremely thin, thin, normal, fat and extremely fat or obese people. Each person has his own way of leading his life which is more or less based on the way he has been influenced by elders in his family and the surroundings he lived in during his growing up years.
An average man’s diet or intake of calories has been influenced by his eating pattern during his child days. If a child has been forced to eat more and make it a habit, this will remain even in adulthood and the tendency to eat more will continue even if there is no need. As a child he would have managed to burn all the extra calories by remaining active throughout the day but as an adult the activities reduce and eating pattern continues which lead to unnecessary accumulation in the body in the form of fat, which can later lead to problems like overweight and obesity. This is where a low fat diet can be helpful.
There is a general belief in the Asian countries that “it is the mother shapes your tummy while it is your father who shapes your brain”. Overindulgence by a mother in the formative years may lead to problems of obesity or related problems, in the later years. I had a friend who was very fat and was very conscious of it. The major part of her day would be spent in gazing at herself before the mirror from all angles. She had good skin, good hair and a beautiful face but her excessive weight prevented her from being attractive to the onlookers and this was her constant worry which had become an obsession too.
Then, one fine day, somebody suggested her to go on a low fat diet as fat was the main contributor to obesity and she took the advice very seriously. She went on almost “no fat” binge and with the result, she started looking very dull, her hair and skin lost their glow and she appeared listless most of the time. To top it all, she had not lost weight at all and appeared as fat as ever! Then it was our turn to advise her that mere low fat diet would not help her cause, but she had to reduce her overall intake and have some amount of fat too, and do a lot of work out, which would give her desired results. She followed this regimen and now she has a better figure and better mental disposition too!