12/11/2025
Still being told to “go low fat”?
That advice belongs in the 90s.
Fat isn’t your enemy; it’s essential.
The key is understanding how much and which types your body needs now.
Context matters.
Yes, fat has more calories per gram than carbs or protein, that’s true.
But it’s also vital for hormone health, brain function, and satiety.
When you cut fat too low, you don’t just lose calories.
You lose nutrients, fullness, and steady energy.
The goal isn’t low fat.
It’s the right fats, in the right amounts.
Because feeling constantly hungry, tired, and craving sugar
is the opposite of what midlife women need.
Now I’m not going to start telling you to eat copious amounts of saturated fat because that would be ridiculous advice and that’s probably a whole other post on its own.
But including healthy fats, like olive oil, nuts, seeds, avocado, and oily fish, is part of a balanced, nutrient-dense diet that supports heart, brain, and hormone health.
We’ve been taught to fear fat for decades.
Some people even still believe that eating fat makes you fat.
It doesn’t.
Eating too much of anything can contribute to weight gain, but fat itself isn’t the culprit.
Let’s stop recycling 90s diet myths and start talking about how women’s bodies actually work.
💭 What’s one “low fat” swap you made in the past that you’d never go back to now?
