It is quite a myth that eating fat is always bad for health.
Our body requires us to eat a balanced diet of which fat is mandatory.
Fat is essential to the human body in a variety of ways.
This article helps you see where and when eating healthy fat is good and when it is bad.
Fat is found every where in our body.
Fats help in maintaining cell membrane integrity, nerve impulse transmission, nutrient absorption, etc.
They form cushions around our vital organs and protect them by acting as a shock absorbers.
The excess calories which we consume which are not burnt are converted into fat and stored for future use.
There is a layer of fat under our skin which protects us from temperature differences in the atmosphere.
Also many vitamins like A, D, E and K require fat to dissolve them and used by our body for vital bodily functions.
Even though fat is required by our body for its daily functions, we should be aware of the kind of fat we eat.
Consuming excess fat can lead to weight gain, heart ailments and even few types of cancers.
Good fats are those which are rich in Monounsaturated fatty acids and Polyunsaturated fatty acids.
These promote health by reducing total and bad cholesterol levels in the body.
Bad fats are fats like Saturated fats and Trans fats as these raise the total blood cholesterol and also bad cholesterol.
So it is obvious that one should choose good fats like olive, salmon, corn, safflower and sunflower oils.
These oils are rich in unsaturated fatty acids and hence are health promoting.
Palm, coconut and palm kernel oils are dense in saturated fatty acids.
Animal fats like dairy, meat, eggs and seafood also contain high amounts of saturated fats which are unhealthy.
The type of fat which need to be avoided the most is the Trans Fatty acids which are mainly found in packaged foods and commercially fried foods like french fries.
So what should we do now? First step would be to cleanse your kitchen and throw away the bad fats, now that you know them.
If you find any labels like "hydrogenated oils" or "margarine" or "partially hydrogenated oils" or "vegetable shortening" or anything similar, then you should dispose them to you trash.
Yes, they would have cost you money, but, as you know, it is better to prevent than to cure.
Second step would be to become a nutrients label scanner every time you go to buy groceries.
I never buy anything without reading the ingredients and the nutrition label.
And now you know what should be avoided when you scan the groceries.
Third step would be to avoid foods which contain bad fats or at least minimize them as much as possible.
Possible alternatives are like using low fat yogurt, skimmed milk, using only egg albumin, etc.
And it would be wise to avoid deep fried foods, processed and packaged foods and also baked foods which contain dangerous fats.
Our body requires us to eat a balanced diet of which fat is mandatory.
Fat is essential to the human body in a variety of ways.
This article helps you see where and when eating healthy fat is good and when it is bad.
Fat is found every where in our body.
Fats help in maintaining cell membrane integrity, nerve impulse transmission, nutrient absorption, etc.
They form cushions around our vital organs and protect them by acting as a shock absorbers.
The excess calories which we consume which are not burnt are converted into fat and stored for future use.
There is a layer of fat under our skin which protects us from temperature differences in the atmosphere.
Also many vitamins like A, D, E and K require fat to dissolve them and used by our body for vital bodily functions.
Even though fat is required by our body for its daily functions, we should be aware of the kind of fat we eat.
Consuming excess fat can lead to weight gain, heart ailments and even few types of cancers.
Good fats are those which are rich in Monounsaturated fatty acids and Polyunsaturated fatty acids.
These promote health by reducing total and bad cholesterol levels in the body.
Bad fats are fats like Saturated fats and Trans fats as these raise the total blood cholesterol and also bad cholesterol.
So it is obvious that one should choose good fats like olive, salmon, corn, safflower and sunflower oils.
These oils are rich in unsaturated fatty acids and hence are health promoting.
Palm, coconut and palm kernel oils are dense in saturated fatty acids.
Animal fats like dairy, meat, eggs and seafood also contain high amounts of saturated fats which are unhealthy.
The type of fat which need to be avoided the most is the Trans Fatty acids which are mainly found in packaged foods and commercially fried foods like french fries.
So what should we do now? First step would be to cleanse your kitchen and throw away the bad fats, now that you know them.
If you find any labels like "hydrogenated oils" or "margarine" or "partially hydrogenated oils" or "vegetable shortening" or anything similar, then you should dispose them to you trash.
Yes, they would have cost you money, but, as you know, it is better to prevent than to cure.
Second step would be to become a nutrients label scanner every time you go to buy groceries.
I never buy anything without reading the ingredients and the nutrition label.
And now you know what should be avoided when you scan the groceries.
Third step would be to avoid foods which contain bad fats or at least minimize them as much as possible.
Possible alternatives are like using low fat yogurt, skimmed milk, using only egg albumin, etc.
And it would be wise to avoid deep fried foods, processed and packaged foods and also baked foods which contain dangerous fats.
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