Benefitting From Understanding Fats

Welcome to another episode of the HOW - Health, Others (Relationships), Wealth mini-series. Today, Paul and Trainer John (Batterby) discuss the benefits of understanding fats in our diets. John talks about the three functions of fats in our bodies and goes on to explain the roles of good fats vs bad fats and how this can affect our health, our diets and the functions of the body.

Fats provide energy and absorb certain nutrients to maintain your body temperature. You need to consume fat every day to support your functions. Good fats protect your heat whilst bad fats increase your risk of disease.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

The Three Functions of Fat in the body

Fats are a source of energy, your system turns to fats as a backup energy source when carbohydrates are not available. Fat is a concentrated source of energy, with one gram of fat containing nine calories, almost double the calories contained in carbs. Due to fats high-calorie count, we need to limit our intake to 20-35% calories from fats per day.


Vitamins A, D, E & K require fat for absorption. These are known as fat-soluble vitamins and cannot function without adequate fats in the body. If you don’t meet your daily fat intake or you’re on a diet that actively avoids fats the function of these vitamins may be affected as a result.


Insulation and temperature regulation. Fats cells stored in tissue insulate the body and help to regulate temperature. These are not often visible, however, if you’re overweight you may be able to see an abundance of tissue in certain areas.

BEST MOMENTS

“When people go on diets they cut out the fats, however, this can affect the vitamins in the body”

“Fat is not a bad thing around the body”

“People tend to be scared of fats.”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Speaking From Our HEARTS (Paul's Book): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Speaking-our-Hearts-Mastering-game/dp/1781332819
Emerging From The Forest (Paul's Book): Paul Lowe - ‘Emerging From The Forest’
http://www.paullowehearts.com/

ABOUT THE HOST

Something that’s never been attached to Paul is the label ‘normal’ – for which he is immensely proud.  He definitely subscribes to being one of those mentioned – in the Steve Jobs quote:

“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

Paul Lowe is the founder of PaulLoweHEARTS – which has a three-fold purpose. 

Firstly, to help you make the transition from Pain to Purpose; secondly, to get your inspirational messages and stories out into the world and thirdly, to support charitable organisations in their development & fund-raising.

We achieve this by:

Delivering our empowering Mindset For Success programmes
Sharing your true-life inspirational messages and stories through our Mastering Life Podcast and our Speaking From Our HEARTS book series
Utilising our significant charitable knowledge and experience.

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Paul is totally committed to his HEARTS brand vision (an acronym) of:

‘Helping Everyone Achieve Results Towards Success’.

He has a long and distinguished track-record of raising significant funds for a multitude of good causes; positively changing the lives of many disadvantaged children within the UK and globally – drawing on his colourful and wide-ranging life’s experiences to help others do the same and achieve success in the game of life.

“Remember – Mastering Life Starts, By Embracing Our HEARTS!”

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ABOUT THE GUEST

John Batterby is the youngest serviceman to serve in the Falklands war. From a very early age, his ambition was to become a serviceman, following in the footsteps of his Grand-father. Joining as a chef in the Royal Navy, John become a clearance bomb disposal diver. He always had the support of his parents and after 25 years in the Navy and leaving as an NCO, went to Spain to become a Personal Trainer.

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