11 Things That Happen to Your Body When You Don't Eat Enough Fat
Despite what their name implies, dietary fats won't make you fat. Well, unless you eat too much—or too little—of them. You read that right. One of the most infuriating ironies of a low-fat diet is that going on one is actually more likely to make gain belly fat . And that's not the only negative side effect. Dietary fats are an important nutritional component of a healthy eating pattern not only because they're essential for providing our body with energy, building healthy cells, and regulating hormones, but also because fat is required for the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins that boost immunity and maintain bone, eye, and skin health. Although fats have gotten a bad rap over the past few decades, history is being rewritten, thanks to modern researchers reevaluating past data. For example, in April 2016, the journal BMJ published a re-evaluation of a 40-year-old study that initially concluded saturated fats cause high cholesterol and heart diseas...