Eat Junk Food And Be Healthy

Scientists have discovered away to make fat laden foods such as ice cream and mayonnaise less unhealthy. By using a protein layer on the fat molecules, these unhealthy foods can be made harder to digest, thus making the ‘consumer’ feel fuller for longer and less hungry between meals. The food will take longer to digest, helping to curb your appetite.

Obesity experts are claiming the breakthrough could lead to people being able to eat what they want without piling on the pounds.

The protein layer makes digested fat slower to breakdown, making the stomach feel fuller for longer. By delaying the digestion of fat whilst still allowing fatty acids from food to reach the ileum in the small intestine, satiety-inducing hormones are produced that tell the body it is still full.

Dr. David Haslam, Clinical Director of the National Obesity Forum states, “The food industry has been attempting to find some way to make food taste the same but be less unhealthy. From a clinician’s point of view, this is something they should have come up with years ago. It will make such a difference if we can eat the food we want to eat, but for it to be a healthy version. If we can eat chips and a burger and not have the unhealthy downsides, that would be great. But why has it taken so long? It has been said for a generation at least that the key to the obesity epidemic is changing the environment to allow people to exercise. The other side of the coin is fodd – and changing the food environment we are in at the moment so no one feels restricted being told they can’t eat certain things.”

“This means they can eat what they want and not be unhealthy. It is a huge step if this comes off.”