The daily diet is made up of protein, fat and carbohydrates. Excess fat and too many of the wrong kinds of fat not only causes weight gain, but can be a contributing factor in certain cancers and cardiovascular diseases.
There are two very good reasons to reduce the consumption of dietary fat when trying to lose weight. The first reason is that fat has more than twice as many calories per gram as do carbohydrates and proteins (9 cal./g. fat, 4 cal./g. carbohydrate or protein). That means that more weight can be gained eating fat than when eating the same amount of carbohydrates and proteins.
The second reason to reduce the consumption of fat is that individuals who are overweight produce more of the enzyme lipoprotein lipase (LPL). LPL is highly effective at taking fat from dietary sources and storing it in human fat cells. This being the case, it is important that overweight individuals who are trying to lose weight avoid ingesting too many of their calories from fat. Otherwise, LPL might store those fat