You are totally correct in your MUFA skepticism. You have to watch your calorie totals in order to be successful and you have to avoid emotional eating. If you just eat MUFA’s without the total calories, you won’t lose weight. You might alter your fat distribution throughout the body, but I have not found studies supporting that. I think the benefit of MUFA’s in the diet is removing the deprival emotion from the diet. You feel full and satisfied from nuts and avocados. Yet, they are calorie rich foods and easy to eat too many.

Good thoughts.

Scott.