I am going out on a limb here ...

At the end of the day olive oil is just fat. Excess fat that we really just don't need (especially if you're already carrying around some extra lbs- like me!). It just takes up a lot of your calories and doesn't have any nutritional value- no vitamins, phytochemicals, fiber, protein, etc. I water sautéing my food to avoid taking in extra calories and fat. We should stick to natural fat sources- nuts, seeds, avocados, etc. I learned all of this in Dr. Fuhrman's "Eat to Live" book. I would highly recommend this read! It will also blow your mind about meat and dairy!

Eating fat doesn't make you fat. In fact, the more fat you eat the more your body will shed body fat. There is a saying.........It takes fat to burn fat.

And since when is expeller pressed extra virgin olive oil not natural? It is just the oil extracted from the olive itself and does have much nutritional value, just as coconut oil does even though it is extracted from the coconut.

Absolutely! Fat is not the enemy and cutting it out of your diet is not the solution, fat is the best source of energy in the human body. Just get a nice mixture of the good fats, the only fats you need to be worried about are trans fats (hydrogenated fat) & damaged fats!

I LOVE olive oil!! I put that *kitten* on everything! :happy:

I do, however, prefer to use non-stick cooking spray when making eggs and omelets as it doesn't have any calories.

At the end of the day olive oil is just fat. Excess fat that we really just don't need (especially if you're already carrying around some extra lbs- like me!). It just takes up a lot of your calories and doesn't have any nutritional value- no vitamins, phytochemicals, fiber, protein, etc. I water sautéing my food to avoid taking in extra calories and fat. We should stick to natural fat sources- nuts, seeds, avocados, etc. I learned all of this in Dr. Fuhrman's "Eat to Live" book. I would highly recommend this read! It will also blow your mind about meat and dairy!

I re-read my post again and my wording is awful! I was writing specifically to olive oil fat, not fat in general. What I really should have suggested is to ingest lesser amounts of olive oil since it doesn't have as much nutritional value as other healthy fat sources like avocados, nuts, seeds, etc. I try and use those as my primary fat sources (plus the fat in meat and fish!). I never said we didn't need fat, or that it equals body fat. I definitely understand that it has an important function in health- giving us energy and keeping us fuller longer, among other things. Sorry for the confusion!