Another common dieting myth is that fat is bad for you. Many people believe that if you eat fat, you gain fat automatically. That's why for many, many decades, the traditional way to lose weight was to follow a low fat diet. Today we know however, that eating fat doesn't make you gain fat unless it leads to a long term calorie surplus. In fact, cutting all your fat from your diet can be dangerous, since your body needs to consume fatty acids for hormone production. Low fat diets can decrease your testosterone production.

So make sure to always get some omega three and omega six fatty acids. Also, many low fat products actually contain more calories than their normal counterparts, which really defeats the purpose of cutting fat from your diet to lose weight. Then there's also the idea that saturated fat causes health problems. Now there is some truth to this because based on what we know today, a large amounts of saturated fats might be problematic to the heart. However, there's no evidence that they are the direct cause of heart problems. For now, it makes sense to limit saturated fats to a certain amount while sticking to quality saturated fats like coconut oil or high quality meat.

What you need to know is that at the end of the day, trans fats are the only kind of fat that is directly linked to your health problems and that you should avoid but again, a little won't kill you as long as your overall diet is healthy.