Can the foods you eat help you shed fat? Can what you eat really make a difference? This presentation helps to shed some light on this subject. It is not meant to be an exhaustive treatise on the subject.

1. Foods that help shed fat
Is this a myth?

2. Foods that help shed fat
• Can what you eat help you lose fat, not just
weight but actual fat
• Many opinions on this, however, some
compelling signs point to the fact you can eat
to help you lose fat

3. Ketogenic Diet
• Among those who wish to obtain very low
body fat percentages the Ketogenic diet is
popular
• The Ketogenic diet however has been proven
to decrease athletic performance
• Keeping your body in a ketogenic state for
long periods of time can be risky to your
health

4. What is the Ketogenic Diet?
• This is a diet meant to put your body into a
primarily ketogenic state or one where it is
forced to burn body fat
• To do this you consume mostly protein and
fats and avoid any carbohydrates
• The principle behind this is to get your body to
move stored fat to be used to maintain energy
levels

5. What about negative calories?
• There are some foods that due to their high
amount of fiber take a lot for the body to
digest
• If the calories of any food are less then what it
takes for the body to digest then one could
argue that this food has negative calories
– A classic example of this would be celery as it is
very high in fiber but very low in calories

6. Weight loss vs. Fat loss
• Many people focus solely on weight loss and
not fat loss
• By gaining muscle mass you increase your
metabolism and increase the amount of
calories you burn each day naturally
• If you have a negative calorie deficit each day
then you are bound to lose weight
• However, if your goal is to “tone up” then
building muscle should also be your goal

7. Weight Loss vs. Fat Loss
• A calorie deficit can be difficult to maintain to
start
• Avoiding hunger would involve eating foods
that fill you up but don’t have many calories
• There are several diets that can do this but the
best one on the market is probably “Fighter
Diet” by Pauline Nordine

8. Where to keep your focus
• If your goal is to lose weight then you may
also lose muscle mass as well
• Routinely checking your body fat percentage
would be helpful to getting that really athletic
look that many aspire to
• As well performance improvements in your
various sports activities could be helpful
means to measure if you are getting better
overall as a person

9. Final Conclusions
• Weight loss goals can be difficult to obtain if
you don’t have the right mindset
• Only focusing on weight loss instead of fat loss
can lead you down the wrong path
• Building muscle while losing weight will get
you faster results and better results in the end

10. Want to know more?
• If you wish to know more about this then
please feel free to visit my blog at:
• http://www.richardcallaby.com
• As well you can read my in depth article on
this subject here:
• http://www.richardcallaby.com/foods-that-
help-shred-fat-myth-or-reality/