Food as fuel

     I read an interesting blog today on cutting processed oils from your diet.  They have no nutrients and are extremely dense with calories. Here is a caloric density comparison.

Vegetables: 100 calories per pound
Fruits: 300 calories per pound
Unrefined complex carbs, potatoes, whole grains, legumes: 400-600 calories per pound
Avocados: 750 calories per pound
Refined complex carbohydrates: 1,200 calories per pound
Sugar: 1,800 calories per pound
Chocolate: 2,500 calories per pound
Nuts and seeds: 2,800 calories per pound
Oil: 4,000 calories per pound

     I do eat a lot of fats.  I have various seeds daily (flax, chia, sesame, hemp with my morning oats); sunflower or pumpkin seeds on my salads.  I eat nuts and avocados often....several times a week...or make salad dressings with nuts or seeds or avocado. I don't miss processed oil at all and don't eat a low fat diet.
     Granted, when I eat somewhere other than at home I am getting processed oils, but I don't do that very often, so 95% of the time I am avoiding them.
     The point is to get as much nutrition daily as you can by decreasing the foods with zero nutrients.  If something has zero nutrients, is it even food?

http://www.nomeatathlete.com/oil/