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Fat is 1 of the basic components that make up the structure of your body. The other components include muscle, water, bone and your organs.  All are necessary for normal, healthy functioning.
When it comes to the topic of Body Fat, most people will think that body fat is bad and they are actually wrong about it.   Even though many the fat is really bad for you, there are also good fat that you can consume and it is ok for you to consume.  Everyone has fat on them where there is a certain quantity of of safe fat, and then there is excess fat.  Body fat can be divided into 2 categories: Essential fat and storage fat.
As its name implies, essential fat is necessary for normal, healthy functioning. It is stored in small mounts in your bone marrow, organs, central nervous system and muscles. In men, essential fat is approximately three percent of body weight.  Women, however, have a higher percentage of essential fat - about 12 percent. This is because their essential fat also includes a few sex-specific fat found in the breasts, pelvis, hips and thighs. This sex-specific fat is believed to be critical for normal reproductive function.  Too much fat in our body will produce negative effects to our body and health.
As our body needs fat to function, we must choose wisely what food we eat.  This is extremely important in our diet and in our quest for weight loss.  Good Fats come from fish oil, sunflower oil, Omega 3, nuts, olive oil, avocado.  Bad Fats come from coconut oil, palm oil, meat, cheese, eggs, margarine, French fries, Cheetos.
So it is important to keep in mind that you must have a few fat in your diet so that your body can function properly.  Include the good fats in your daily diet so your weight loss program becomes more achievable.  Stay away from bad fats and eliminate them from your daily diet as they are bad for you and does not help you in losing your weight.
However, if you have been taking and including bad fats in your diet, it is actually removable from your body.  When your body burn less calories than what your consume 1 particular day, fat is stored.  So in order for you to remove the bad fats, burn more calories than you consume that day.

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